Leave rules might change for new parentsBy Chen Yun and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerAn amendment proposed by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Wan Mei-ling (萬美玲) would allow a new parent to take partially paid leave for a full year. Wan has proposed amending the Employment Insurance Act (就業保險法) to allow one parent to take a year of leave at 60 percent of their regular salary. Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei TimesSince 2009, only 18.1 percent of dual-income families have applied for one year of leave, Wan said, adding that it is evidence that the current policy does not meet the needs of most families. “It is not easy raising kids, and most families today are dual-income households, but of the 616,958 dual-income families that had babies last year, only 136,476 applied for one year of leave,” she said. It is better to loosen the regulations and let couples decide themselves who will take leave,” she said.

Source: Taipei Times March 14, 2021 15:56 UTC