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Administration Department of Executive Bureau B. Subsidy Program for Salary System of Social
and Ministry of Personnel about measures like Workers in NGOs: The original fixed amount
post adjustment and professional tables. The of professional service fees was adjusted
social work profession system was included in to NTD 34,916 per person per month for
the "Strengthening Social Safety Net Program" the initial hiring, with a tiered professional
policy communication platform for coordination service fee subsidies (totaling 7 tiers) based
across government departments to facilitate the on seniority, education, license and execution
promotion of related policies. of dangerous tasks to facilitate retention of
(2) Every year we update the "Guidelines for professionals. The subsidies for the labor
Subsidizing Social Welfare Promotion" with and health insurance premiums borne by the
respect to the labor conditions of social workers employers of private organizations and the
in the private sector. In 2016, we added provision of pension reserves were increased
the license allowance for specialized social to NTD 5,000 per person per month to
workers. In 2018, we increased the professional reduce the financial burden.
service fee for social workers and social work In 2022, the MOHW commissioned and
worker supervisors from NTD 33,000 to NTD subsidized a total of 2,443 social workers in
34,000 and from NTD 37,000 to NTD 38,200 non-governmental organizations, as well as
respectively. In addition, based on the "Salary 3,849 social workers employed by municipal
Adjustment for Public Social Workers" and and county governments. Additionally, the
MOHW's "Subsidization for Salary Adjustment of MOHW also led the Juvenile and Family Court
Private Social Workers" program approved by the of the Judicial Yuan, the National Immigration
EY in June and September 2019 respectively, we Agency of the Ministry of the Interior, and
added the dangerous professional compensation the Council of Indigenous Peoples to amend
to the salary structure of social workers taking relevant regulations on the professional
effect on January 1, 2020, as follows: service fees of the subsidy program under
A. Salary Adjustment for Public Social Workers: their supervision, benefiting over 10,000
The original planned subsidies for high- social workers.
risk occupation was added to the salary (3) To protect the labor rights of social workers,
structure of social workers so that it could the Social Worker Labor Grievances and
be regularly included in the budget and paid Communication Platform was established
out. Full-time social workers are entitled to on March 31, 2018. A document on labor
the table of professional allowance for civil dispute and grievance process was also issued
servants (II) from NTD 1,810 to NTD 3,000. on August 24, 2018. On March 27, 2020,
For contracted social workers, the salary the procedure was revised for the grievance
point conversion rate will be set at NTD 130 procedure. On December 26, 2022, the MOHW
per point, and for contracted protective social convened local governments, the Ministry of
workers, it will be set at NTD 133.6 per point, Labor, and other relevant departments, as well as
resulting in an adjustment range of NTD professional unions representing social workings
1,569 to NTD 3,000. In 2022, in line with the to participate in the Social Workers' Labor Rights
4% salary adjustment for military and public Protection Policy Review Meeting. As of the end
servants, the salary point conversion rate for of 2022, a total of 79 complaints were accepted
contracted social workers will be adjusted to by the Social Worker Labor Complaints and
NTD 135 per point, and for protective social Communication Platform, and 25 complaints
workers, it will be adjusted to NTD 138.6 per were confirmed to have violated the Labor
point. Both formally appointed social workers Standards Act, as shown in Table 10-4. All
in government units and contracted social confirmed violations were punished by law and
workers in various projects will benefit from referred to the competent authorities to provide
these adjustments. guidance for improvement. In addition, the social

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