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KMT proposes codifying 80% parental leave subsidy
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (392+ words) Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers yesterday proposed amendments to the Employment Insurance Act () to codify the 80 percent parental leave allowance into law and provide full-pay subsidies for disadvantaged families that would be funded in part by the government. The draft…...
KMT lawmakers seek to codify parental leave pay
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (396+ words) Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators have proposed amendments to the Employment Insurance Act () to codify the current 80 percent parental leave allowance into law and provide full-pay subsidies for disadvantaged families that would be funded in part by the government. The…...
Parental shortened work schedule sees limited use
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (208+ words) Only 2.9 percent of employees at companies with more than 30 workers have applied to reduce their work hours for childcare reasons in the past year, according to a Ministry of Labor survey. Under the law, employees at companies with 30 or more…...
Childcare workers urge rethink on camera rules
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (335+ words) Representatives of childcare workers yesterday called on lawmakers to abandon planned rules that would require surveillance footage of their facilities to be uploaded to the cloud, citing privacy and dignity concerns. The bill says that the data must be uploaded…...
President pledges to improve the quality of childcare - Taipei Times
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (333+ words) President William Lai () yesterday pledged to universally improve the quality of childcare in Taiwan to help ensure that children grow up healthy and happy. Lai wished mothers across the country a happy Mother's Day for Sunday at a meeting of…...
The hidden costs of raising children - Taipei Times
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (433+ words) Although Taiwan continues to encourage people to have children by increasing maternity subsidies, its fertility rate is still among the lowest in the world. This contradiction shows that the real cost of raising children is much more than money. For…...
Samobor in Croatia pays grandparents for childcare - Taipei Times
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (599+ words) Samobor, near the capital, Zagreb, has become the first in the country to run a "Grandmother-Grandfather Service," which pays 360 euros (US$400) a month per child. The scheme allows grandparents to ... A Croatian town has come up with a novel solution…...