ABSTRACT
The Labor Safety and Health Act, amended and promulgated on July 3, 2013, with its title changed to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, partially entered into force on July 3, 2014. The new measures include strengthening the protection of laborers' physical and mental health by which employers are required to adequately plan necessary safety and health measures to prevent overwork, mental stress, and musculoskeletal-related disorders. The employer shall not treat applicants or employees discriminatorily because of their sex in the course of recruitment, examination, appointment, assignment, designation, evaluation, and promotion. However, if the nature of work is suitable only to a special sex, the above-mentioned restriction shall not apply. When employees or applicants are damaged by the employment practices referred to in Article 12, the employers and the harassers shall be jointly liable to make compensation. Employees encountering employment discrimination shall file a review application with local city and county governments.
