Labor Dispatch Is Included in and Governed by the Labor ...

The Labor Contract between the Dispatching Entity and a Dispatched Worker Shall be a Non-fixed Term Contract. Labor contracts that most ... | 中文 | ENGLISH Togglenavigation Home OurFirm People News&Updates Video JoinUs ContactUs 首頁 News&Updates News&Updates CivilLaws CriminalLaws IntellectualProperty CorporationLaws GlobalInvestment LaborLaws FairTradeLaw Taxation PersonalDataProtection Litigation-Related Others LaborDispatchIsIncludedinandGovernedbytheLaborStandardsAct. 分享到 [2020/02/10] LegislativeYuanamendedtheLaborStandardsAct(hereinafterreferredtoastheAct)onMay15andJune19,2019inordertohavelabordispatchincludedinandgovernedbytheActtoenhancetheprotectionoftherightsofdispatchedworkers. Inatypicallaborrelationship,astheemployeristheonethatactuallydirects,supervisesandmanagesthelabor,relevantlawsandregulationsimposemanyobligationsandresponsibilitiesontheemployertoprotectlaborrights.Amongthemanymodernanddiversifiedlaborservices,labordispatchisaflexiblewayofhumanresourcesmobilization.Afteracompanythatrequiresworkers(i.e.adispatch-requiringentity)makessuchrequesttoalabordispatchingcompany(i.e.adispatchingentity),thelatterwilldispatchthelaborthatithasemployed(i.e.dispatchedworkers)toprovideservicesatthedispatch-requiringentity,andthedispatchedworkerswillbeunderthedirection,supervisionandmanagementofthedispatch-requiringentity.However,inpractice,thereareoftencasesofimproperuseoflabordispatch.Whenalabordisputeoccursbetweentheemployerandadispatchedworker,thedispatchedworker,whenstrivingforhis/herrights,isoftenmoredisadvantagedthananordinaryworkerashis/herlegalemployerandtheentitythatactuallydirects,supervisesandmanagesduringtheemploymentaredifferent. Thecompetentlaborauthorityoriginallyprotectedthedispatchedlaborwithseveralwritteninterpretationsandadministrativerulessuchasthe“GuidingPrinciplesofLaborDispatchingRightsandInterests,”“MattersThatShouldBeArrangedintheDispatchedLaborContract.”WiththisamendmenttotheAct,labordispatch-relatedmattersarefurthergovernedwithincertainlegalhierarchicalnorms,focusingonkeypointsoftheamendmentasfollows: I. TheLaborContractbetweentheDispatchingEntityandaDispatchedWorkerShallbeaNon-fixedTermContract. Laborcontractsthatmostdispatchingentitiesmadewithdispatchedworkersinthepastwereone-yearfixedtermcontracts.Whenthedispatch-requiringentityhadnofurtherdemandforworkersorrequestedreassignmentofthedispatchedworker,thedispatchingentitywouldnotrenewthelaborcontractuponitsexpirationandsothelaborrelationshipwithrespecttothedispatchedworkerwasinanunstablestateoveralongperiod,andevenwhenthelaborrelationshipwasterminated,thedispatchedworkerwasnoteligibleforseverancepay. Therefore,theMinistryofLaborpublishedawrittenmemorandumin1998,statingthatlabordispatchwasarecurringbusinessmatterofadispatchingentity,andthereforeacontractmadewithadispatchedworkershouldnotbeafixed-termtypetofitthedemandofthedispatch-requiringentity.ThisamendmenttotheActfurtherprovidesthatthelaborcontractbetweenadispatchingentityandadispatchedworkershallbeanon-fixedtermcontract.Thus,adispatchingentitycannotdismissadispatchedworkerunlessthereisalegalcausefordismissal.Intheeventthatthelegalcausefordismissalisnotattributabletotheworker,severancepayshallbepaidtotheworkeraccordingtothelaw. II.TheDispatchingEntityisProhibitedFromSigningaLaborContractwiththeDispatchedWorkerWhoHasBeenInterviewedandSelectedbytheDispatch-requiringEntity. Forlabordispatch,theentityforwhichadispatchedworkerworksandtheentitywithwhichthedispatchedworkersignsalaborcontractareoftendifferentinpractice.Inotherwords,thecompanyrequiringworkersdoesnotemployworkersbyitself,butrequeststhedispatchingentitytoemploytheworkersthatithasdesignatedorselectedthroughinterviewinordertoevadetheresponsibilitiestobeassumedasanemployer.Fromalegalperspective,theworkerswhosatisfythecompany’sspecificdemandforworkersareactuallythedispatchedworkersemployedbyathirdparty.Thatiswhydispatchedworkersareoftenhelplesswhenalabordisputeoccurs. Toeliminatefakelabordispatchforevasionoflegalresponsibility,thisamendmenttotheActexpresslyprohibitsthedispatchingentityfromsigningalaborcontractwiththedispatchedworkerwhohasbeeninterviewedandselectedbythedispatch-requiringentity.Itprovidesthatbeforethedispatchingentityandthedispatchedworkersignalaborcontract,adispatch-requiringentityshallnotinterviewthedispatchedworkerorundertakeanyotherconductrelatedtoappointingaspecificdispatchedworker.Intheeventofanyviolation,thedispatch-requiringentityshallpayanadministrativefine,andthedispatchedworkerwhohasprovidedserviceforthedispatch-requiringentitymayrequestthedispatch-requiringentitytoemployhim/herdirectlyandnegotiatewithhim/herfortheemployment.Ifthenegotiationdoesnottakeplacewithinaspecifiedperiodorifthenegotiationfails,alaborcontractbetweenbothpartiesshallbedeemedtohavebeenestablished,andthelaborcontractoriginallymadebetweenthedispatchedworkerandthedispatchingentityshallbesimultaneouslydeemedtohavebeenterminated. III. TheDispatch-requiringEntityhastheSupplementaryResponsibilitytoPaytheWagesthattheDispatchingEntityOwestotheDispatchedWorker. Thoughthedispatch-requiringentityreceivestheserviceprovidedbythedispatchedworker,thedispatch-requiringentityisnotunderobligationtopaywagestothedispatchedworkerbecausethedispatch-requiringentityisnotthelegalemployerofthedispatchedworker.Whenthelegalemployerofthedispatchedworker,i.e.thedispatchingentity,oweswagestothedispatchedworker,theriskofnon-paymentofowedwagesisusuallybornebythedispatchedworker. ThisamendmenttotheActreasonablyreallocatestheaforementionedriskbyrequiringthatthedispatch-requiringentityshallassumethesupplementaryresponsibilityforpayingthedispatchedworkerthewagesthatthedispatch-requiringentityowes.Ifthedispatch-requiringentityfailstopayowedwages,itshallbesubjecttopaymentoffinesandbeunderordertopayowedwagesbyaspecifieddeadline.Thedispatchedworkerisentitledtorequestthedispatch-requiringentitytomakepaymentdirectlysothatthedispatchedworkerisabletogethis/herwagesearlier.Topreventthedispatchingentityfromshiftingthewagepaymentobligationtothedispatch-requiringentitythroughtheaforementionedsupplementaryresponsibilitymechanism,itisalsoprovidedintheActthatthedispatch-requiringentitymay,afterpayingthewagestothedispatchedworker,askthedispatchingentityforreimbursementordeducttheamountofthewagespaidfromtheexpensespayabletothedispatchingentity. IV. TheDispatch-requiringEntityandtheDispatchingEntityareJointlyandSeverallyLiableforOccupationalAccidentCompensationtoDispatchedWorkers. Forthepurposeoftakingcareofworkers,theemployerisrequiredbytheActtoprovidecorrespondingcompensationfortheworkersinjuredorkilledinanoccupationalaccident.Forthelabordispatchrelationshipandtofurthersecuretherightsofworkerstoreceivecompensationandhavethedispatch-requiringentityvaluetheoccupationalsafetyofdispatchedworkers,thisamendmenttotheActrequiresthedispatch-requiringentityandthedispatchingentitytobejointlyandseverallyliableforoccupationalaccidentcompensationtodispatchedworkers. 撥打電話 為提供您最佳個人化且即時的服務，本網站透過使用"Cookies"記錄與存取您的瀏覽使用訊息。

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