Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/05
By: Yu Hsiao-han and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Sept. 5 (CNA) Minimum wages in Taiwan will be increased next year, the Ministry

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of Labor (MOL) announced Wednesday, following the Cabinet’s approval of a wage hike proposal that was put forward by a special committee.

The monthly minimum wage will be raised by 5 percent and the hourly wage by 7.14 percent, in line with the recommendations of the MOL’s Basic Wage Deliberation Committee, the ministry said.

The recommendations, put forward by the committee on Aug. 16, have been approved by the Cabinet and will take effect on Jan. 1, 2019, the MOL said in a public notice.    [FULL  STORY]