Enforcement Rules of the Labor Standards Act Article 29

The situations in which an employer may apply to the competent authority for approval to pay workers’ retirement pensions in installments as set forth in Paragraph 3 of Article 55 of the Act include the followings:1. Where the funds appropriated to the retirement reserve according to law are insufficient for payment.2. Where the management or finance of the business is truly difficult.
中文原文 勞動基準法施行細則第29條
本法第五十五條第三項所定雇主得報經主管機關核定分期給付勞工退休金之情形如下:
一、依法提撥之退休準備金不敷支付。
二、事業之經營或財務確有困難。

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