| Salary Assessment |
1.The level of teachers’salary is approved according to one's degree and seniority.
2.According to the regulations of Ministry of Education, the faculty's salary can be assessed based on one's seniorities after acquiring a highest degree (PhD, master's degree),a year a grade.
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| Registration |
1.Degree Verification: For faculty holding overseas degree which is not issued by schools in Taiwan, please go through degree verification process in Embassies,Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Please submit one copy of degree certificate approved by R.O.C Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a transcript. Teacher Certificate will be issued by the Ministry of Education after all the documents are submitted.
2.Certificate of Work Experience and Service: Please attach certificates of employments after the completion of the highest education(PhD, master's degree)if any.
3.Physical Checkup: Please have a physical checkup at any of Taiwan's public hospitals .
4.Work Permit: Foreign faculty members can be employed after the successful application for work permit issued by Bureauof Employment and Vocational Training, Council of Labor Affairs, the Executive Yuan.
5.Resident Visa: Apply for Resident Visa in Taipei City Police Bureau. Upon arriving in Taiwan, work permit is required.
6.Bank Account: Please open an account at China Trust Commercial Bank For pay transfer.
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| Insurance |
Teachers, on duty, have to join Government Employees' and School Staffs' Insurance (GESSI) and National Health Insurance.
1.The items of payment of Government Employees' and School Staffs' Insurance (GESSI) include disability benefit, old age benefit, death benefit and dependents’ funeral allowance.
- Disability Benefit：
- Total Disability: 36-month insured payment if on duty; 30-month insured monthly payment if due to sickness or accidents.
- Hemi-disability: 18-month insured payment if on duty; 15-month insured monthly payment if due to sickness or accidents.
- Partial Disability: 8-month insured payment if on duty; 6-month insured payment if due to sickness or accidents.
- Old Age Benefit: The maximum benefit payable amount is set to 36-month insured salary.
- Death Benefit：
- 36-month benefit would be provided for service-connected death.
- 30-month benefit would be provided for non-service-connected death. However, 36-month benefit would be provided for more than 20 years of insured seniority.
- Dependents’ Funeral Allowance：
- Parents or spouse of the insured died: 3-month insured monthly payment.
- Children’s death: That age between 12 and 25, 2-month funeral allowance would be payable.; for the age less than 12 and infants already registered of their births by competent government agency, 1-month funeral allowance would be payable.
- Maternity Benefits：
- 2-month benefit would be paid for childbirth or premature labor.
- In case of a plural birth resulting from childbirth, the payment shall be increased proportionately.
2.The criteria of application : The insured with Booklet for Physical or Mental Disability by the Law of Protection for Physical or Mental Disability should be eligible to apply for the disability benefit within 5 years since the onset of disability. Furthermore, the insured, who was eligible to the criteria both of Physical and Mental Disability and of the provision under the Government Employees’ and School Staffs’ Insurance in the meantime, should select one of them whatever is the most favorable to apply for the disability benefit.
2.Relevant Regulations of National Health Insurance
- IC Card Application: Fill out IC Card Application Form page 1 and attach a 2” photo. Please glue a copy of both covers of the resident certificate to the back of the application form. If applying because of damage, information/photo change, missing, etc, one should pay NT$200 and fill out page 1~3. For re-application, please pay the fee at the post office.
- Additional Insurance for Individual: Initiated from the date of arrival. (For new faculty, if the previous working organization has paid for the insurance fee of the month, the insured date will start from next month) Send to Personnel Office the Amendments to Application for NHI attached with Application for Health Insurance Transfer Out of the previous insured organization and a copy of both covers of alien resident certificate.
- Additional Insurance for Dependents: Qualifications for joining the insurance program include unemployed spouse, parents, children under 20, or children over 20 but still students.
- Withdrawal of Individual or Dependents: Process when changing insured organization or status, e.g. resignation, retirement, employment of spouse, termination of adoption, divorce, and children turning ineligible for continuing insurance. If the individual transfers out, so will the dependent(s).
- Suspension of Individual or Dependent(s) because of Going Abroad
- The insured can choose to suspend the insurance if planning to go abroad for more than 6 months. During the suspension, insurance fee will not be charged.
- During the suspension, one can not re-enroll the insurance abroad. One will not enjoy NHI medical care until the re-enrollment in Taiwan.
- If applying for insurance suspension during staying abroad, the suspension date starts from the date of application. One can not track back to leaving date to process suspension; neither can process a make-up suspension.
- Please complete the procedure 7 days before departure.
- Re-enrollment in NHI of Individual or Dependent(s) when returning
- The insured who have been overseas for over 6 months, please process the re-enrollment and start paying the insurance fee from the date of return; those who have been overseas for less than 6 months, the re-enrollment date will start from the suspension date, and the insurance fee during suspension still should be paid.
- Complete the procedures when returning to Taiwan. Fill out the Amendments to Application for NHI and attach the copy of the entire passport of the insured. (Blank pages included).
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