Act Governing the Closure of Private Educational Institutions at Senior High School or Higher Level Article 17

A school under special guidance shall grant allowances to the teachers and staff members in accordance with the following rules:1. Severance allowance: When dismissing full-time teachers and full-time staff members in which the Labor Pension Act does not apply, a severance allowance shall be given based on their years of service in the school after January 1, 2010. Half-month pay of their last salary or wage should be given for each full year of service; the pay will be calculated on pro rata basis for less than one year’s service.2. Retirement allowance: The school shall draw up regulations relating to the retirement allowance for full-time teachers and staff members, to be implemented after approval by the board of directors.3. Resignation allowance: The school shall draw up regulations relating to the resignation allowance for full-time teacher and staff members who leave their offices in circumstances other than those described in the two preceding subparagraphs, to be implemented after approval by the board of directors.If the allowances mentioned in the preceding paragraph are paid out of advances from the Fund after the reorganization of the board of directors by the school legal persons’s competent authority, the maximum advance each person can get shall be limited to six months’ last salary or wage.Dismissed or resigned teachers or staff members who desire to continue working may look for a change of job using the job matching mechanism established by the school’s competent authority. Other schools that hire the teachers or staff members as their full-time regular staff may be subsidized by the school’s competent authority.