Act for Adjustment of Functions and Organizations of the Executive Yuan Article 12

A civil servant applying for retirement or severance pursuant to the preceding Article should be paid the retirement pension under the Civil Service Retirement Act, or the severance payment under the Regulations Governing Civil Service Severance Pay, and receive an additional one time lump-sum consolation money at the maximum amount equivalent to 7 months of his/her monthly salary. A civil servant applying for deferred voluntary retirement or severance should begin to receive an additional lump-sum consolation money, starting from the first day of the preferential retirement/severance term set out in Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, for each month of delay, to reduce the amount by one-month consolation money, until the expiration of the preferential retirement/ severance term, after which no such payment should be provided.When a civil servant’s effective date of age-mandated retirement falls within the preferential retirement/ severance term specified in Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, the civil servant should receive an additional lump-sum consolation money, for each month in advance of scheduled full retirement or severance, to pay additional amount by one-month consolation money.The period for each month of delay expressed in Paragraph 1 refers to the period starting from the same date of the first next month within the preferential retirement/ severance term specified in the preceding Article and ending on the date one day before the same date in the second next month, and so forth. The period for each month in advance of scheduled full retirement or severance expressed in the preceding paragraph refers to the period starting from the 16th day one month before a civil servant’s effective date of age-mandated retirement and ending on the 17th day two month before the effective date, and so forth, in accordance with Paragraph 2, Article 7 of the Enforcement Rules for Civil Service Retirement Act.For a retired or severed employee who is specified in Paragraphs 1 and 2 has been reemployed within 7 months starting from the effective date of age-mandated retirement, the reemploying agency should reclaim pro rata the excess additional lump-sum consolation money and return the payment to the original paying agency, transferred or merged agency, or the superior agency.The additional lump-sum consolation money mentioned in Paragraph 1, 2, and preceding paragraph refers to the sum calculated from the month of effective retirement or severance of the monthly salary (seniority pay) and the professional allowance, and the supervision allowance. These additional lump-sum consolation money should be paid by the original agency of service with its designated budget founds.