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 employers should…
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 experience.…
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 focusing…
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 been urging all government agencies to create bilingual…
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, and judgments.…
Chinese professionals in Taiwan
An important but sometimes overlooked factor in China’s explosive economic growth has been the over US$150 billion invested in China by Taiwanese businesspeople and the…