# Hiring in Taiwan

Review edition — pending Theo Smith approval.

## What happens at exit?

For an employer termination under Labour Standards Act articles 11 or 13, article 16 sets notice at ten, twenty or thirty days according to service: over three months to under one year, one to under three years, and three years or more. Pay in lieu is required for missing notice.

Applies to: Taiwan covered employer termination; check exact service anniversary and the authoritative Chinese text

Still to establish: Statutory grounds, coverage, pension-system severance calculation and final pay

- Statutory grounds, coverage, pension-system severance calculation and final pay

Next step: Confirm Statutory grounds, coverage, pension-system severance calculation and final pay.

- [Taiwan Ministry of Labor legislation database](https://laws.mol.gov.tw/Eng/PrintFLAWDAT0201.aspx?beginpos=2&id=FL014930)

Checked 2026-09-28. Research status: partial.

## How do we switch EORs or move to our own entity?

In a reorganisation or transfer, service of employees retained by agreement between the old and new employers must be recognised by the new employer; other employees require the applicable notice and severance treatment.

Applies to: Taiwan Labour Standards Act article 20; covered workers and actual transaction.

Still to establish: Retention decision, notice, pension/severance scheme and employee-specific balances

- Classify the transaction under current local transfer/succession law.
- Determine consent, consultation, service, leave and historic-liability treatment.
- Confirm permits, payroll handover, provider termination and deposit recovery from actual documents.
- Retention decision, notice, pension/severance scheme and employee-specific balances



- [www.mol.gov.tw](https://www.mol.gov.tw/1607/28690/2282/2326/2288/7095/?cprint=pt)

Checked 2026-09-28. Research status: partial.