CAVEAT: As the new amendments to the labor law do not take effect until next month, pay for working over the Lunar New Year is to be calculated in four-hour blocks

Taipei Times
Date: Feb 16, 2018
By: Ann Maxon  /  Staff reporter

Employees working during the Lunar New Year holiday should receive double pay, and if the holiday coincides with working employees’ fixed or flexible days off, they should receive compensatory time off for the public holidays, the Ministry of Labor said yesterday.

This year’s Lunar New Year holiday began yesterday and ends on Sunday.

If the fixed day off or flexible day off of an employee who is working during the holidays happens to fall on any of the four days, they should decide in consultation with their employer when to take the unused days, the ministry said.

If an employee agrees to work on their flexible day off, their wage on the day should be calculated based on the flexible day rate detailed in Article 24 of the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法), the ministry said.    [FULL  STORY]