工廠法

使用發動機器的工廠適用本法。

Working hours may still be extended after union consent for natural disaster, incident, or seasonal reasons, but daily working time cannot exceed 12 hours and total extension time cannot exceed 46 hours per month.

Child workers may not work more than 8 hours per day.

童工不得在晚上8時到翌晨6時之間工作。

女工不得在午後十時至翌晨六時工作。

工人連續工作滿五小時時，至少應休息半小時。

Workers must have one day of rest in every seven-day period as a regular holiday.

For memorial days or other rest days required by law, leave and rest must be given.

Factory workers who have worked continuously for a qualifying period are entitled to special leave, with the number of days increasing by length of service.

During the rest days and leave periods listed in Articles 15 to 17, wages must still be paid. If a worker does not want special leave, wages for that period must be added.

For military or public work, the competent authority may stop workers’ leave when it considers it necessary.

This provision says that, unless a special rule applies, the competent authority under this law is the city government in a city and the county government in a county.

Minimum wage rates are to be set according to the living conditions of workers at each factory location.

工廠給工人發放工資時，應以當地十足通用貨幣支付。

Wages must be paid regularly, at least twice each month; piece-rate wages are treated the same.

When work hours are extended under Articles 10 and 19, the wage must be increased by one-third to two-thirds of the regular hourly wage.

Men and women doing equal work with equal effectiveness must be paid the same wage.

工廠不得對工人預扣工資作為違約金或賠償使用。

定期工作契約期滿時，只有在雙方同意下才能續約。

工廠終止無定期工作契約前，必須先預告工人；預告天數依工人在廠年資而定，且若契約約定更長預告期，從其約定。

工人在收到前條預告後，為另謀工作，可以在工作時間請假外出，但每週請假工作時間不得超過二日；請假期間工資照給。

工廠在依第二十七條預告終止契約時，除支付工人應得工資外，還要再付半數預告時間工資；若不依第二十七條而立即終止契約，則要照付預告期間工資。

工廠必須備置工人名冊，並登記工人資料後向主管機關備案。

If one of the listed situations occurs, the factory may end the contract before it expires, but it must give the worker notice under Article 27.

在特定情況下，工廠可以在工作契約期滿前，不經預告終止契約。

If a worker wants to end an indefinite work contract, the worker must notify the factory one week in advance.

If any listed condition occurs, a worker may end the contract without notice even before the contract term expires.

If there is a dispute about the listed provisions, the factory meeting may decide the matter.

When the employment relationship ends, the worker may ask the factory for a work certificate, and the factory must not refuse, except in the stated exceptions.

工廠必須讓童工和學徒接受補習教育，負擔全部費用，且每週至少 10 小時；對其他失學工人，也應酌量補助教育。

女工分娩前後應停止工作共八星期；工資是否照給，取決於入廠工作是否滿六個月。

工廠在可能範圍內應協助工人辦理工人儲蓄及合作社等事宜。

工廠應在可能範圍內建築工人住宅，並提倡工人正當娛樂。

工廠每六個月要向主管機關申報一次列明事項。

工廠在每營業年度結算如有盈餘，且扣除股息、公積金後，應對全年工作無過失的工人給予獎金或分配盈餘。

Factories must have the listed safety equipment.

工廠應設置衛生設備，包括通風、飲用水清潔、盥洗與廁所、照明，以及防護毒質的設備。

工廠必須對工人進行預防災變訓練。

主管機關發現工廠安全或衛生設備不完善時，可以限期要求改善；必要時，也可以停止其一部分使用。

If a worker cannot join labor insurance by law and is injured, disabled, or dies while performing duties, the factory must provide a subsidy or pension payment under the labor insurance regulations.

前條撫卹費的受領人先是工人的配偶；沒有配偶時，依遺囑或按法定順序由子女、父母、孫、同胞兄弟姊妹受領。

工人在婚喪大故且急需用款時，可以向工廠請求預支不超過一個月的工資，或請求返還儲金的全部或一部分。

If a factory has a disaster and a worker dies or is seriously injured, the circumstances and follow-up measures must be reported to the competent authority within 5 days.

The factory meeting is organized by factory representatives and an equal number of worker representatives elected by all workers.

工廠不得僱用未滿十四歲的男女擔任工廠工人。

工廠會議的職務包括研究效率、改善勞工關係、協助實施協約與規則、協商延長工時、改善安全衛生、建議工廠改良及規劃工人福利。

One-factory matters must first be negotiated between the factory worker representative and the factory; if they cannot be resolved, or if the matter involves two or more factories, the factory meeting decides; if the factory meeting still cannot resolve it, the matter is handled under the Labor-Management Dispute Handling Act.

Workers aged 16 or older have the right to elect worker representatives.

Certain workers have the right to be elected as worker representatives if they are ROC nationals, at least 20 years old, and have worked continuously in the factory for more than six months.

工廠會議的工人代表和工廠代表，各自人數不得少於三人且不得超過九人。

工廠會議由雙方代表輪流推定主席，並須每月開會一次；必要時可召集臨時會議。

工廠收用學徒時，必須和學徒或其法定代理人訂立契約，做成三份，分存雙方，並送主管機關備案。

未滿十三歲的人不得當學徒；但本法施行前已在工廠當學徒者，不受這個限制。

Apprenticeship training time follows the rules in Chapter 3 of this Act.

學徒除見習外，不得從事本法第七條所列各種工作。

14歲以上、未滿16歲的男女工人屬於童工；童工只准從事輕便工作。

學徒必須對工廠的職業傳授人服從、忠實並勤勉。

Factories must pay apprentices’ meals, lodging, and medical expenses during training and should also provide an appropriate allowance.

學徒在習藝期間原則上不得中途離開工廠；若未經工廠同意離廠，學徒或其法定代理人應償還在廠期間的膳、宿、醫藥費。

工廠招收的學徒人數，不得超過普通工人的三分之一。

If a factory has too many apprentices and there is not enough opportunity to train them, the competent authority may order the factory to reduce some apprentices and may cap future apprentice intake.

工廠在學徒學習期間，必須讓職業傳授人盡力傳授契約約定的職業技術。

工廠在符合列舉情形且不屬於第三十一條所列例外時，可以終止契約。

在特定情況下，學徒或其法定代理人可以終止契約。

If a factory violates Article 7 or Articles 11 to 13, its responsible person is fined TWD 2,000 to 10,000.

If a factory violates specified provisions, its responsible person is fined between 1,000 and 5,000.

童工及女工不得從事列出的危險或有害工作。

工廠如果違反列出的條文，負責人可被處五百元以上、三千元以下罰金。

If a factory violates certain listed provisions, its responsible person is fined between 300 and 2,000 yuan.

工廠工頭如果在職務上因不忠實或懈怠而造成事故，或使事故範圍擴大，會受到刑罰。

Workers who use violence to obstruct factory operations or damage factory goods or tools are subject to punishment according to law.

工人不得以強暴或威脅迫使他人罷工，違者依法受懲處。

工廠規則訂定或變更時，須先報准主管機關，並予以揭示。

The Ministry of the Interior is empowered to prescribe the enforcement rules for this Act.

This law takes effect on the date it is promulgated.

成年工人的每日實際工作時間原則上是 8 小時；在地方情形或工作性質有必要延長時，可以定到 10 小時。

採用晝夜輪班制的工廠，工人班次至少每星期要更換一次。

Chapter 1: General Provisions.

This chapter is about working hours.

This chapter covers rest and leave.

This chapter is titled “工資” (Wages).

This chapter is titled “Termination of Employment Contracts.”

Chapter heading for worker welfare.

Chapter 48 concerns factory safety and hygiene equipment.

本章標題為「工人津貼及撫卹」。

This chapter is about factory meetings.

Chapter heading for child labor and female workers.

This chapter is titled “Apprentices.”

This is the heading for Chapter 12, which concerns penalties.

Chapter 87: Additional provisions.