Hire and pay employees in
Taiwan, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Taiwan. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.

The average onboarding time frame in Taiwan is 5 days with Deel.

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Onboard, pay and manage employees in Taiwan with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Taiwan, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Deel lets you hire employees in Taiwan quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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All the necessary benefits for Taiwan
built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Taiwan within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

Health Insurance
Pension Fund
Workers Compensation Insurance
Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)
Global Life Insurance - Allianz

Our quickstart guide to hiring in Taiwan

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Minimum Wage Requirements

The minimum wage is TWD 26,400 per month.

Individual Income Tax

The individual income tax ranges from 5% to 40%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates.

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at 21.6% of the employee's salary.

General Labor insurance - 7.70%
Employment Labor insurance - 0.70%
Vocational Disaster Labor insurance - 0.22%
Wage fund Labor Insurance - 0.025%
National Health Insurance - 4.83912%
Pension (Labor Pension Act) - 6.00%
Supplementary National Health Insurance contribution - 2.11%*
Disabiltiy Employment Levy - Estimated: TWD 186

*Only for employees with a monthly salary higher than TWD 219,500.

Please note, effective October 1, 2024, employees with children aged between 0 and 6 years will be eligible to receive a childcare allowance of TWD 10,000 per child per year, to be paid annually in October of each year.

These costs are provided as estimates and are intended solely for general informational purposes. To fully comprehend all associated costs and fees related to the terms of any employment agreement for this country, please contact our Sales team for a quote.

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday.

Overtime payment can be mandatory for positions that are not considered managerial. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 4 hours of overtime. For additional hours, employees are paid:

Normal working days
- 134% of the hourly rate, the first 2 hours.
- 167% of the hourly rate, the following 2 hours.
For rest days
- 234% of the hourly rate, the first 2 hours.
- 267% of the hourly rate, the following 10 hours
On public holidays, annual leave, or regular leave, employees are paid 200% of their hourly rate

Maternity Leave

Employees who have worked for 6 consecutive months are entitled to 8 weeks of paid leave. The employee will receive 100% of the salary during this period, and the employer will be responsible for this pay. If the employee has been with the company less than 6 months, they are only entitled to 50% of their salary during the leave period.

Employees are entitled to an additional 5 days of leave to use for medical checkups before giving birth.

Paternity Leave

Employees are entitled to 5 days of paid paternity leave. The employee will receive 100% of the salary during this period, and the employer will be responsible for this pay.

Parental Leave

Employees are entitled to 2 years of parental leave. Both parents can decide how to distribute the time off. Either parent can take parental leave. Parental leave is unpaid.

Sick Leave

Employees are entitled to paid sick leave for up to 30 days. They are also entitled to up to 1 year of hospitalization leave over two years. Sick leave is paid at 50% of the employee's salary by the employer.

Termination Requirements

Terminations must respect complex rules and the rules of an employee’s employment country. The off-boarding is always handled by the Employer with the primary stakeholders. It may include ad-hoc fees as well as required or recommended steps on specific termination cases.

Employee dismissal must be according to the Labor and Standards Act (LSA). Both employer and employee are required to provide notice or payment in lieu. Any non taken holidays, payments, or benefits must be paid upon termination.

Notice Period

The minimum notice period is 0 days and will be increased according to the length of the employment.

Continuous employment for less than 3 months - No notice
Continuous employment for at least 3 months but less than 1 year - 10 days
Continuous employment for at least 1 year but less than 3 years - 20 days
Continuous employment for at least 3 years - 30 days

Severance for Employees

Required if termination is due to redundancy or poor performance, at 0.5 month’s average salary per year of service, or its prorated amount if the employee’s length of service is less than 1 year.

Paid Time Off

Both full-time and part-time employees are entitled to 3 working days of paid time off (PTO) a year. PTO and accrual rate varies depending on the length of services. Employees are eligible for annual leave after 6 months of work. During the first year of employment, an employee is not allowed to take more than 3 days.

6 months of employment - 3 days' paid leave
1 year of employment - 7 days' paid leave
2 years of employment - 10 days' paid leave
3 years of employment - 14 days' paid leave
5 years of employment - 15 days' paid leave
10+ years of employment - 1 additional day is given every year, the maximum annual leave is 30 days.

Public Holidays

Taiwan celebrates 13 national holidays.

National public holidays include:
New Year's Day
Republic Day
Chinese New Year Holiday
228 Peace Memorial Day
Children's Day Holiday
Children's Day
Qing Ming Festival
Labour Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday
Mid-Autumn Festival
ROC National Day

Onboarding

Within 5 days after MSA signature and deposit payment

Employment Contract Details

Contracts can be in English. They must be in writing and signed by both parties.

All Employment Agreements must include:

- Name
- National ID Number
- Start Date
- Contract Term
- Probation Period
- Notice Period
- Job Role
- Job Description
- Places and Hours of Work
- Holidays and Leave
- Salary
- Variable Salary Elements and Additional Benefits
- Salary Payment Period
- Overtime Conditions
- Termination Conditions

Probation Period

The minimum probation period is 6 months, there is no maximum by law but companies usually set up a maximum probation period.

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Hiring in Taiwan, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Taiwan with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Taiwan and 150+ countries.

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Management fee

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