Labor Law in Beauty Industry: 6 Leave Types and Salary Deduction

Why these 6 leave types confuse shops

Beauty shops are typically small with no dedicated HR; owners doing payroll often conflate leave types — "not working today" has totally different deduction rules depending on whether it's sick, scheduled, or public holiday. Violations bring fines AND drive away staff. This article systematises Taiwan's 6 most common leave types.

Type 1: Scheduled leave (personal request)

Personal time off requested by beautician — not annual leave, not public holiday. **Salary handling: no deduction** — labor law doesn't explicitly cover this, but industry consensus treats pre-approved scheduled leave as workday flexibility. ⚠️ **Common mistake**: base salary formula "daily rate × days present" auto-deducts scheduled days → covert deduction. MeiYe Zhan v1.2.1 uses leaveSalaryAddBack to neutralise.

Type 2: Annual leave (seniority-based)

Labor law §38: 6 months → 3 days, 1 year → 7 days, 2 years → 10 days, 3 years → 14 days, escalating to a 30-day cap. **Salary handling: no deduction**. Employees may use within the year; unused balance must be cashed out by employer. MeiYe Zhan settings allow filling employee hire date; system auto-calculates annual leave allowance.

Type 3: Public holiday

Labor-law-mandated national holidays (Lunar New Year, Labor Day, National Day, etc.). **Salary handling: no deduction** — these are mandatory rest days; if the employer asks staff to work, double-time wage applies. MeiYe Zhan's "public holiday" type records the day off, distinct from scheduled leave.

Type 4: Sick leave

Labor law §43: 30 days per year for ordinary illness. **Salary handling: half deduction** (wage/30 × 0.5 × days). Example: wage NT$30,000, 2 sick days → deduction = NT$30,000 / 30 × 0.5 × 2 = NT$1,000. ⚠️ Sick leave typically requires a medical certificate; owner should retain copies.

Type 5: Personal leave

Labor law §43: 14 days per year. **Salary handling: full deduction** (wage/30 × days). Example: wage NT$30,000, 1 personal day → deduction = NT$30,000 / 30 = NT$1,000. Employees may take without reason; employer may exercise discretion in approval.

Type 6: Bereavement leave

Labor law §43 + Gender Equality Act: parent/spouse 8 days, grandparent/sibling 6 days, in-laws 3 days, etc. **Salary handling: no deduction** — this is mandatory paid leave; violations are penalised. ⚠️ **Common mistake**: base salary formula auto-deducts bereavement days → owner-imposed violation. MeiYe Zhan's leaveSalaryAddBack covers this.

How the system displays leave

MeiYe Zhan v1.2.0+ records all 6 leave types on the Calendar Management page. Monthly payroll displays each employee's leave type counts and deduction details (e.g., "sick 2 days deduct NT$1,000, personal 1 day deduct NT$1,000, public 1 day deduct 0, annual 1 day deduct 0"). Employees can see their own breakdown, reducing disputes.

Verification example

Beautician with NT$30,000 wage, May has 22 working days. This month: present 18 days, annual 1 day, sick 2 days, personal 1 day. Base formula: NT$30,000 × (18/22) = NT$24,545 — but since annual / sick / personal aren't "present", we need leaveSalaryAddBack to credit back the annual day (sick + personal are deducted separately, not added back). Final: base NT$25,909 + leaveAddBack (annual) NT$1,364 − sick deduction NT$1,000 − personal deduction NT$1,000 = NT$25,273. Complex but labor-law-compliant.

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