原交通部郵政總局及其所屬機構現職人員優惠退休資遣辦法

The regulations hereof are being established as mandated by paragraph 1, Article 11 of the Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. Establishment Act (hereinafter called this Act).

The regulations hereof are applicable to those incumbent employees under the employ of Directorate General of Posts and its subordinate organizations in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) before the implementation of this Act who have applied for voluntary retirement or dismissal with severance pay, which becomes effective within 6 months after January 1, 2003.

1The term “Incumbent employees” as mentioned in the preceding article refers to:

21.Postal employees: employees under the employ of Directorate General of Posts and its subordinate organizations in the MOTC hired in accordance with the Appointment Regulations of the Employees Working in the Enterprises of the MOTC.

32.Auxiliary employees: non-ranking clerks and mailmen, drivers and mechanics under the employ of Directorate General of Posts and its subordinate organizations in the MOTC.

43.Contract-based Employees: employees hired in accordance with the Postal Contract Workers Management Guidelines.

1Employees who apply for voluntary retirement or dismissal with severance pay shall have the following qualifications:

21.Retirement:

3Postal employees and contract-based employees: have been working in the enterprises of the MOTC for 5 years or more and are over 60 years old, or have been working in the enterprises of the MOTC for 25 years or more.

4Auxiliary employees: have been working in the enterprises of the MOTC for 15 years or more and are over 55 years old, or have been working in the enterprises of the MOTC for 25 years or more.

52.Dismissal with severance pay:

6Have been working in the enterprises of the MOTC for 15 years or more and are over 40 years old.

For those who apply for voluntary retirement or dismissal with severance pay in accordance with the regulations hereof, their years of service shall be computed in accordance with applicable regulations governing retirement and dismissal with severance pay; years for which they have collected pensions, retirement payment for the armed services, severance pay, withdrawal payments, or years of service allowance shall be deducted.

1For those who apply for voluntary retirement or dismissal with severance pay in accordance with the regulations hereof, the payments they receive shall be based on the following guidelines:

21.Basic payment:

3(1)Retirement:

4(i)Postal employees: postal employees’ pensions shall be in accordance with the standards laid out in the Act Governing the Retirement of and Posthumous Relief for Employees of Postal and Communications Enterprises under the MOTC, or they may choose to receive their pensions in accordance with the standards laid out in the Labor Standards Act. For those who choose to collect their pensions in accordance with the Labor Standards Act, in the event that they receive less than the lump sum pension payable in accordance with the Act Governing the Retirement of and Posthumous Relief for Employees of Postal and Communications Enterprises under the MOTC, Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. (hereinafter called Chunghwa Post) shall make up the difference.

5(ii)Auxiliary employees: auxiliary employees’ pensions shall be in accordance with the standards laid out in the Labor Standards Act, or they may choose to collect their pensions in accordance with the standards laid out in the Act Governing the Retirement of and Posthumous Relief for Employees of Postal and Communications Enterprises under the MOTC.

6(iii) Contract-based Employees: same as postal employees.

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1Employees covered under the two preceding articles who withdraw from labor insurance, apart from those who are eligible for labor insurance old-age benefits, shall receive a compensation payment for the years of labor insurance they lost in accordance with the standards laid out in Article 59 of the Labor Insurance Act.

2Those who receive a compensation payment in accordance with the preceding paragraph, when re-enrolling in labor insurance and receiving old-age benefits later, shall return the compensation payment to Chunghwa Post. In the case that the old-age benefits received is lower than the compensation payment, the employees only have to return the portion that is equal to the old-age benefits.

3When receiving a compensation payment as mentioned in the first paragraph, the recipient shall submit an affidavit in which the aforementioned regulations are noted.

4Chunghwa Post shall send a letter to the insurer in which it explains the reasons and the amount of compensation payments for the insurer to keep on file. When the insured re-enrolls for labor insurance and receives old-age benefits later, the insurer shall notify the insured’s original employment unit to take back the compensation payment paid.

Pension, severance pay and allowance paid in accordance with the regulations hereof shall be paid within 30 days of the retirement or dismissal with severance pay.

The regulations hereof shall become effective on January 1, 2003.