Senior Associate
Chelsea Lai
Education
LL.M.(Civil Law Division), National Taiwan University
LL.B., National Taiwan University
Seoul National University, department of law, graduate school, exchange program
Admission
Taiwan
Languages
Mandarin Chinese / Korean / English
Past & Current Positions
Team Leader, Department of Seoul in International Affairs Committee, Taipei Bar Association (Currently)
Member of International Affairs Committee, Taiwan Bar Association (Currently)
Lecturer of the 2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement and Employment Contract Workshop ‘Obligations and relevant procedures regarding redeployment under M&A ’ by Ministry of Labor (2023.10)
Lecturer of the 4th Labor Law Forum held by Soochow University School of Law ‘Labor Law Issues under M&A’(2023.08)
Consultant of ‘The comparative research and reference collection on workplace sexual harassment institutions and implementations’ by Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor, Project Leader: Cing-Kae Chiao (2022)
Contributing Editor of ‘Guideline for Employees’, published by Ministry of Labor, (2022)
Trainee Associate, Stellex Law Firm (2020)
Paralegal, An-Chung Law Firm (2018)
Experience
Ms. Lai specializes in Civil Law and is also devoted to the field of Labor Law. Ms. Lai is fluent in Korean and used to assist in a corporate merger of Taiwanese and Korean corporations. She participated in an exchange program and studied at the Seoul National University during 2021 as a graduate student during which she published a law review article in Korean. After coming back to Taiwan, she actively participates in assisting Taiwan Bar Association and Taipei Bar Association to interact with Korean Bar Association. Her master’s thesis titled “Employers Obligation to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace and Anti-Retaliation Provision: A Comparative Study on Korean Law” involves the study of the Korean Law as the comparative law, which is considered a pioneering research model in Taiwan.
Ms. Lai is experienced in handling labor disputes and establishing work rules for employers, including drafting and giving legal opinions on employment contracts, leave policy, working rules and so on in both Chinese and English, as well as advising on disputes regarding the nature of the employment contract, wages, annual paid leaves, overtimes, transferring, lay-offs, disciplinaries, etc. Ms. Lai also provides services such as legal investigations on harassment and sexual harassment in workplaces and advises on collective bargaining cases.
Ms. Lai also has extensive experience in handling issues related to collective labor law, including assisting in collective negotiations between employers and unions, drafting collective bargaining agreements, participating in collective bargaining procedures, handling cases related to unfair labor practices, and assisting in complex labor-management relationship issues arising from corporate mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Ms. Lai has assisted in handling litigation and non-litigation cases related to disputes between employers and seafarers.
In addition, Ms. Lai assists corporate training sessions related to gender equality education in workplaces, collective bargains and other topics related to labor law, often being invited to local labor competent authority to deliver lectures. Ms. Lai also has experiences in advising on construction disputes and construction contract revisions. In regular civil law cases, she has experience in handling general property disputes, succession disputes, and real property disputes.
Publications
- A Study on The Right to Agree on the Continuance of Employment in Labor Standards Act and Business M&A Act in Taiwan, Labor law review, vol 52, the SNU Society of Labor Law, pp.41-70 (2022). (First author: Lai, Yi-Shin; Corresponding author: Roh, Ho-Chang, Professor at Hoseo University) 대만 노동기준법과 기업인수. 합병법상의 고용승계결정권에 대한 소고, 노동법연구, 제52호, 서울대학교 노동법연구회, pp.41-70 (제1저자: Lai, Yi-Shin; 교신저자:노호창, 호서대학교 법경찰행정학과 교수).(Gwanak-Sa, 2022)
- Research on the Liabilities of User Company and Dispatched Company for Sexual Harassment in Workplace ─ Comments on Taipei District Court Civil Judgments 101 Su-Zi No.1523 (2012) and 101 Su-Zi No.126 (2012).(The Military Law Journal, Vol. 65:4, 2021)
- A Study of Relevant Legal Regimes of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace of Different Countries. Co-workers: Cing-Kae Chiao, Bo-Shone Fu, Yueh-Hung Hou, Tingyio Huang, Yi-Shin Lai, Ya-Ting Yen, Wei-Shiang Huang.( Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health of Ministry of Labor, 2023)
- Employer Legal Obligation for Sexual Harassment in the Workplace and Anti-Retaliation Provision：A Comparative Study on Korean Law(National Taiwan University, Master thesis , 2019)