Organization Act of the Freeway Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications Article 7

The provisions of the following subparagraphs shall apply to personnel at the Directorate General of Highway, MOTC, its subordinate agencies, Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau, MOTC, and its subordinate agencies who are transferred to the Bureau before the implementation of the Act:(1)Incumbent personnel at or above the level of assistant whose appointments have been duly reviewed and approved pursuant to the Transportation Enterprise Personnel Appointment Act may, prior to June 18, 2024, apply mutatis mutandis the Regulations Governing the Qualifications and Seniority Recognition for Reciprocal Transfers between Transportation Enterprise Personnel and Transportation Administrative Personnel (hereinafter referred to as the “Regulations on Reciprocal Transfers of the Two Categories of Personnel”) to apply for a transfer, or continue to be governed by the provisions of original laws and regulations. From the day following the expiration of the aforesaid period, those with continuous application of the original laws and regulations may be transferred to other positions in the Bureau or its subordinate agencies.(2)Incumbent employees at the level of clerk whose appointments have been duly assessed and recorded pursuant to the Act Governing the Appointment of Personnel of Traffic Enterprises may, in accordance with the provisions of the original applicable laws and regulations or upon obtaining a higher-level qualification, be reassigned to other positions within the Bureau and subordinate agencies.(3)After the abolishment of the Act of Appointment of Personnel on Dispatch (hereinafter referred to as the “Act of Appointment”), those who are granted positions based on the qualification review under the Act of Appointment shall be subject to item 2, subparagraph 1, paragraph 1, Article 36 of the Public Functionaries Appointment Act.The rank promotion examination for highway personnel of transportation enterprises in place prior to the implementation of this Act shall cease to be conducted after February 12, 2023.Personnel referred to in subparagraphs 1 and 2, paragraph 1, who continue to be governed by original laws and regulations may take the rank promotion examination for highway personnel of transportation enterprises; where such personnel are reassigned to other positions at the Bureau or its subordinate agencies, the Regulations on Reciprocal Transfers of the Categories of Personnel shall apply mutatis mutandis prior to June 18, 2024.Personnel referred to in paragraph 1 who have been transferred pursuant to civil service appointment laws and regulations shall not thereafter elect to be governed by the provisions of original laws and regulations.Incumbent personnel of the former Directorate General of Highways, MOTC, and subordinate agencies whose appointments had been duly reviewed and approved prior to the implementation of this Act and who had already been enrolled in Labor Insurance may opt to continue enrollment in Labor Insurance on the original basis of the original official level at the time of retention. Where such personnel are reassigned to other positions or promoted to the next level, they shall enroll in Civil Servant and Teacher Insurance in accordance with applicable regulations.