Workplace reviews and discussion: 清華蘭園有限公司

1. Receive full salary; the employer covers the labor and health insurance contributions.

2. Work starts and ends on time.

3. No salary deduction for typhoon days off.

1. Labor insurance is not provided according to the labor insurance salary brackets.

2. During the interview, they said that holidays falling on red-letter days would be observed completely in accordance with the Labor Standards Act, but in practice they did not follow the flexible holidays announced by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration (and did not allow employees to take annual leave instead). The company also did not follow the holiday schedule announced by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration for the Lunar New Year; employees had to return to work on the fourth day of the new year (none of this was disclosed during the interview).

3. Most employees at the company do not receive the minimum wage under the Labor Standards Act (21,009).

4. Most employees at the company are not granted annual leave according to their years of service as required by the Labor Standards Act.

5. Company decisions are made through a confusing, fragmented chain of authority.

6. There are many unwritten rules regarding taking annual leave (you cannot take leave on Mondays, and leave is not allowed after consecutive holidays).