Non-Departmental Public Bodies Act Article 21

Where a non-departmental public body has been restructured from a government authority or agency (hereinafter referred to as the “Original Authority (Agency)”), all permanent and temporarily assigned civil servants working at the Original Authority (Agency) under civil service employment laws shall be transferred to the non-departmental public bodies on the date of restructuring, and shall retain their status as civil servants (hereinafter referred to as “Retained Employees”). Matters pertaining to their appointment, service, penalties, evaluation, training and education, remuneration, insurance, protection of rights, right of assembly, retirement, severance, survivor relief and welfare shall be governed by the civil service laws that were originally applicable. Where matters are not governed by the aforementioned laws, the Executive Yuan and the Examination Yuan shall prescribe separate regulations for such matters.The management of the Retained Employees that are personnel officers; budgetary, accounting and statistics officers; ethics officers, shall be the same as that of the civil servants.Except for the head of the non-departmental public bodies, employees described in the two preceding paragraphs may use the originally applicable organizational act when applying for promotions or undergoing qualification reviews.Employees described in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article may take on a position in the non-departmental public bodies at any time by applying for retirement or severance under the appropriate civil service retirement or severance laws. Such persons shall not receive an additional lump-sum consolation money equivalent to seven months of salary, and shall be subject to the personnel regulations enforced by the non-departmental public bodies.