勞工退休基金向外籍人士開放

原文來源: 內政部移民署 Taiwan What's Up 電子報 國際生活環境電子報 2011/6/15 - No.73

明年元月1日勞工退休金條例修正案實施後，臺灣公民的外籍或大陸配偶，不論是否已取得公民身分，均可自行提繳部分薪資加入勞工退休基金。
有關雇主為其提繳薪水之百分之6，雇員本身亦可另行提繳薪水百分之6納入其勞工退休金帳戶。
外籍配偶與臺灣公民離異後，倘仍在臺灣受雇，將繼續受到勞工退休金條例規範。
根據勞工退休金條例，雇主違反規定，誤報或不報金額，行政院勞工委員會得予糾正。
勞工退休金條例實施4年後，勞委會在2009年8月提出上述修正案。 ■

【Foreigners Forum‧老外論壇】

Deborah Lu says that foreign nationals working in Taiwan will soon be eligible to join a retirement pension plan

Pension funds to welcome foreigners

Once the amendment to the Labor Pension Act is implemented on Jan. 1 next year, foreign and mainland Chinese spouses of Taiwanese nationals, including non-citizens, will become eligible for voluntary contributions to retirement pension funds.

Employers covered by this program are required to allocate 6 percent of their employees’ salaries toward retirement pension funds. These workers can also contribute an additional 6 percent of their salaries for their pension fund.

If the marriage between a Taiwanese national and a foreign national should terminate, the latter will still be covered under the Labor Pension Act as long as he or she is employed within Taiwan.

The act stipulates that, if an employer should fail to abide by the requirement by either reporting an erroneous amount or not reporting at all, the Cabinet-level Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) will make the necessary adjustments.

The CLA proposed the amendment in August 2009, four years after the Labor Pension Act was implemented. ■