The Ministry of Labor (MOL; ) is a ministry of the

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administering policies relating to employees and labor. The MOL works with various international organizations and engages in bilateral exchanges to elevate the welfare of laborers in Taiwan, administering programs such as Labor Insurance.

History

In 1947, before the implementation of

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, the

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planned to establish the Ministry of Labor under the Executive Yuan. On 18 May 1948, the Ministry of Society () was founded by the Executive Yuan, and labor affairs were downgraded to an agency under the Ministry of Society. On 21 March 1949, the Ministry of Society was abolished, and labor affairs were then administered by the a newly founded Division of Labor under the

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. On 1 August 1987, the Council of Labor Affairs () was established as an independent agency under the Executive Yuan. The council was upgraded to Ministry of Labor Affairs on 17 February 2014. In July 1999, the Taiwan Province government was downsized, the Council of Labor Affairs labor take over the original duties from Department of Labor Affairs, Taiwan Provincial Government, and established the Central Office, Council of Labor Affairs, Executive Yuan. January 1, 2013, Council of Labor take over youngsters employment duties from National Youth Commission (Youth Employment Training Center). 2014, Central Office, Council of Labor Affairs reorganized into Skill Evaluation Center of Work Force Agency, Ministry of Labor. The Taiwanese government had planned to upgrade labor affairs to ministry level. In 1990, the government of

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amended the Organizational Act of the Executive Yuan. February 2009, government of

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amended the Organizational Act of the Executive Yuan, and make sure the Council of Labor will be upgraded to Ministry of Labor Affairs, sending the amended act to the Legislative Yuan. January 29, 2014, Legislative Yuan pass the third reading of Organization Act of the Ministry of Labor, The Bureau of Labor Insurance, Ministry of Labor Organization Act, Organic Act of Workforce Development Agency, Ministry of Labor, Organization Act for the Bureau of Labor Funds of the Ministry of Labor, Organization Law of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ministry of Labor, Organic Act of Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor. February 17, Council of Labor Affairs, Executive Yuan is upgrade to "Ministry of Labor", still rent the part of the office spaces in Empire Garden Plaza for the ministry's administrative units. The other agencies like Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Workforce Development Agency are located in the

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Lease space to own office space

From the start of the Ministry of Labor it was an independent government agency. It doesn't have its own office space, and needs to rent space from a third party. From 2001 to March 2018, the Council of Labor Affairs rented the office space in Empire Garden Plaza on No. 83, Section 2, Yanping North Road, Datong District,

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. In June 2017, Ministry of Labor decided they will move to the "Building of Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Taiwan Province" (the old headquarter of Taiwan Cooperative Bank, No. 77, Guanqian Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City.). In May 14, 2018, the headquarters of the Ministry of Labor officially moved into levels 4 to 14 of the Building of Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Taiwan Province, and started office hours. However, the Ministry of Labor still wanted to seek its own office spaces. June 1, 2020, the Ministry of Labor confirmed they got their own office space. The Veterans Affairs Commission published a press release, which said that after the dismissal of their own company, the RSEA Engineering Corporation, the company's office space in the 9 to 13 floor of Chi Ching Building, Songjian Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, will be sold to the Ministry of Labor in 2021. The Ministry of Labor plans to move into Chi Ching Building 2023, and will no longer prepare budget for rent lease.

Visions

* Autonomy * Equality * Development

Organization structures

Administrative Units

* Department of General Planning * Department of Employment Relations * Department of Labor Insurance * Department of Employment Welfare and Retirement * Department of Labor Standards and Equal Employment * Department of Legal Services

Staff Units

* Department of General Affairs * Department of Human Resources * Department of Civil Service Ethics * Department of Accounting * Department of Statistics * Department of Information Management

Agencies

* * * ** Taipei-Keelung-Hualien-Kinmen-Matsu Regional Office ** ** ** ** Kaohsiung-Pingtung-Penghu-Taitung Regional Office ** * *

List of ministers

Political Party:

Access

The MOL headquarters is accessible within walking distance from

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of the

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References

External links

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Labour Taiwan, Labour 1987 establishments in Taiwan