The Executive Yuan yesterday approved three legislative amendments that would allow retired military and government officials, as well as workers in the education sector, to continue receiving monthly pensions after obtaining work in the private sector.
The amendments would also make all pension fund payouts to civil servants, military personnel and educators salary tax-free.
The bills were drafted in response to Constitutional Interpretations Nos. 781, 782 and 783 by the Council of Grand Justice in August 2019, which ruled that withholding pensions is unconstitutional.
The council said that clauses of the Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation for the Teaching and
The Ministry of the Interior on Friday reported that Taiwan’s population last year decreased for the first time on record, with the number of deaths exceeding births by 7,907. Coupled with concerns about slowing growth in the nation’s labor force and productivity, and the effects of an aging society, this is causing an escalation of Taiwan’s demographic crisis. The government must seriously address the issue with effective measures, as it is a matter of national security.
Taiwan’s population shrank to 23.56 million as of the end of last year, a decline of 41,885, or 0.18 percent, from 2019, the lowest population