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Employers can receive full government reimbursement for wages paid during the six additional days of marriage leave.
Taiwan has expanded statutory paid marriage leave from eight to 14 days, effective 1 October 2026, giving employees six additional days off as part of broader efforts to promote family-friendly workplaces.
Alongside the expansion, Taiwan has amended its guidelines on wage subsidies for marriage, pregnancy, and maternity leave, under which the Government will fully subsidise wages paid for the six additional days of marriage leave.
After paying employees their wages as required by law, employers can apply to the Bureau of Labor Insurance under the Ministry of Labor for reimbursement of wages paid for the ninth to 14th days of marriage leave.
Employers must submit reimbursement applications within two years of paying the relevant wages. Applications can be made online, by registered mail, or in person.
The measure aims to encourage businesses to foster more family-friendly workplaces and enable employees to better balance work and family commitments. By having the Government shoulder the cost of the six additional days, the initiative also seeks to give employees more time to prepare for marriage while reducing the financial burden on employers.
Under the existing rules, marriage leave should generally be taken during a period beginning 10 days before the date of marriage registration and ending within three months. With the employer's consent, employees may take the leave within one year.
The new 14-day entitlement may be taken by the day or, where agreed between the employer and employee, by the hour.
Transitional arrangements will apply to employees who registered their marriage before the new rules took effect.
Employees who have not yet used all eight days of their existing marriage leave and remain within the permitted leave-taking period will have their total entitlement increased to 14 days.
However, employees who had already exhausted their eight-day entitlement before 1 October 2026 will not receive an additional six days. Those whose marriage-leave entitlement had already expired before the new rules took effect will likewise not qualify for the additional leave.
Employers are also reminded that marriage leave is a statutory employee entitlement. Once employees provide the required supporting documentation, employers must grant the leave in accordance with the law.
Non-compliance may result in fines ranging from NT$20,000 to NT$1mn.
Image / Taiwan's Ministry of Labor
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