MOL to expand childcare subsidy scheme to encourage employer supportStaff Writer, with CNAMinistry of Labor (MOL) on Wednesday announced an expanded subsidy scheme aimed at encouraging businesses to provide more childcare support to employees, including higher subsidies for employer-provided childcare allowances, with foreign employees also eligible. “We have looked at the results of employer-provided childcare efforts so far and believe they have indeed been insufficient,” Labor Minister Hung Sun-han (洪申翰) said at a press conference in Taipei. Hung said many business owners understand Taiwan’s low birthrate problem and are willing to help employees with childcare, “but they still face significant difficulties in terms of institutional support and resources.”Logo of the Ministry of Labor. The childcare allowance applies to employees with children from newborns to age 12, according to the ministry. “If a company offers the same benefit to all employees, including migrant workers, we will handle its subsidy application on the same basis,” Huang said.

Source: Taipei Times March 04, 2026 17:15 UTC