Do expatriates need to join the National Health Insurance program?
The promulgation of the National Health Insurance Act in 1994 changed Taiwan from a country where most of the population did not have insured health c...
Act Governing the Provision of Judicial Assistance at the Request of Foreign Courts
Clients often ask whether foreign judgments can be enforced in Taiwan and how to serve foreign legal papers. The statutory basis for both processes is...
Landmark prosecution for textbook copyright infringement
The Chinese-language United Daily News reported today (8 Nov.) that Taichung prosecutors have indicted a college student for violating Taiwan's Copyri...
Non-compete clauses in employment agreements
Once mainly found in the high tech industry, non-compete clauses are now routinely added by Taiwanese employers in a variety of industries. While empl...
Foreign professionals and work permits
Foreign professionals may legally work in Taiwan if they possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and at least two years of work ex...
On Monday (Sept. 24), the Chinese-language China Times, ran a series of articles (now behind the China Times paywall) on Taiwanese companies in China ...
Taiwanese law in English: standards and nomenclature
Introduction and Sources Since 2002, Taiwan's national government (through the cabinet-level Research, Development, and Evaluation Commission) has ...
Online sources of English translations of Taiwanese law
The first two databases listed are public and bilingual. Both have English pages with links to translations of many of Taiwan's statutes, regulations,...