Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/13
By: Ku Chuan and Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, May 13 (CNA) The Cabinet is to roll out measures to tackle wage stagnation on
Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德)/CNA file photo
Monday, including a decision to raise the monthly wage of employees of outsourcing companies who work in central government organizations to above NT$30,000 (US$1,000), sources said.
Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) is scheduled to host a press conference at 9:30 a.m. Monday to announce the pay raise, a decision that is expected to benefit about 8,500 people.
The number of outsourced employees dispatched to work in agencies subordinated to the Executive Yuan, the Presidential Office and other central government organizations stood at around 8,500 at the end of last year, according to statistics compiled by the Executive Yuan’s Directorate-General of Personnel Administration.
The average monthly wage for the outsourced employees was not immediately available. The minimum wage in Taiwan is NT$22,000 (US$738.55) per month or NT$140 per hour. [FULL STORY]
