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Amended Article 2、Article 4、Article 6、Article 7 and promulgated by the Letter of Lao-Dong-Fu-1- No.1090135371 of the Ministry of Labor on April 23, 2020.

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Article 2 Breastfeeding (Breast milk collection) rooms set forth in Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 23 of the Act are defined as places established by the employers for employees to breastfeed or collect breast milk.
Childcare facilities set forth in Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1, Article 23 of the Act are defined as childcare service institutions established individually or jointly by employers.
Childcare measures set forth in Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1, Article 23 of the Act are defined as follows:
(1) Employers by way of commission, contracting with childcare service institutions to provide childcare services.
(2) Employers employing or entrusting childcare providers at designated locations to provide childcare services for the children of their employees.
(3) Provide employees with childcare subsidies.
The applicable targets of childcare facilities and measures referred to in the two preceding paragraphs are children of employees under the age of twelve.
Childcare service institutions set forth in Paragraph 2 and Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 3 refer to institutions such as baby care centers, preschools, workplace cooperative style education and care service centers, public community infant centers, and after school care centers approved by municipality or county (city) competent authorities (hereinafter referred to as Competent
“Authorities”).


Article 4 Employers may apply for subsidies in accordance with the following standards and provisions:
(1) Breastfeeding (breast milk collection) rooms: A maximum subsidy of NT$20,000.
(2) Childcare facilities:
(a) For newly constructed facilities: A maximum subsidy of NT$3,000,000.
(b) For existing facilities: A maximum subsidy of NT$500,000 per year for the improvement or renewal of childcare facility costs.
(3)Employers employing or entrusting childcare providers at designated locations to provide childcare services for the children of their employees: A maximum subsidy of NT$600,000 per year.
(4) A maximum amount of NT$600,000 a year for employers
whose employees send their children to childcare service institutions for care which are subsidized by employers.
Subsidy items of childcare facilities referred to in subparagraph 2 of the preceding Paragraph include childcare amusement facilities, kitchen facilities, hygiene and health facilities, public safety facilities, educational facilities, safety facilities within dedicated kindergarten vehicles and breastfeeding or breast milk collecting facilities.
Subsidy items of childcare service referred to in Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 1 include childcare amusement facilities, sleep breaks, safety protection, bathing, preparing meals and other facilities and equipment.
Childcare service institutions referred to in Subparagraph 4, Paragraph 1 are not limited to those who have signed contracts with employers.

Article 6 When deciding the amount of subsidies in accordance with the Regulations, the following items shall be reviewed:
(1)Appropriateness of the planning and establishment of the breastfeeding (breast milk collection) room.
(2)The total number of children at childcare institutions set up by employers and the number of employee children;
(3)The ratio between the number of employee children requiring child care and the actual number of children being sent for care;
(4) The level of childcare fee reduction;
(5) The suitability of arrangement of childcare time with respect to the working hours of employees;
(6) Suitability of space and equipment for employers employing or entrusting childcare providers at designated locations to provide childcare services for the children of their employees;
(7)The conditions of childcare subsidies provided for by employers;
(8) Innovativeness and diversity of the measures adopted.
In deciding the amount of the subsidies, the central competent authority may take the following situations into account: Budgets that the local competent authorities allocated for breastfeeding (breast milk collection) rooms, childcare facilities, and childcare measures in accordance with the Regulations for the fiscal year, the number of applications, and the budget of that fiscal year.

Article 7 When an employer applies for subsidies, he or she shall submit the following documents:
1. For the breastfeeding (breast milk collection) room
(1) Application form;
(2) Implementation plans.
2. For childcare facilities:
(1) Application form;
(2) Implementation plans;
(3) Roster of employees' children under care; and
(4) Photocopies of the establishment permit of the childcare service institution.
3. Provide employees with childcare subsidies:
(1) Application form;
(2) Implementation plans;
(3) Roster of employees' children under care;
(4) Documents for employees’ children being sent to childcare service institutions for care; and
(5) Photocopies of proof of childcare subsidies provided by employers.
4. Employers provide childcare services for the children of their employees:
(1) Application form;
(2) Implementation plans;
(3) Roster of employees' children under care; and
(4) Childcare service registration certificates.