On May 8, 2026, the Ministry of Labor announced three draft subsidiary laws in conjunction with the “Food Delivery Worker Rights Protection and Delivery Platform Management Act” (外送員權益保障及外送平臺管理法), which is scheduled to take effect on July 21 of the same year. The three drafts are: the “Enforcement Rules of the Food Delivery Worker Rights Protection and Delivery Platform Management Act,”（外送員權益保障及外送平臺管理法施行細則） the “Regulations on Economic Compensation for Delivery Workers upon Termination of Food Delivery Service Contracts,”（外送員終止外送服務契約之經濟補償發給辦法） and the “Mandatory and Prohibited Provisions of Standard Contracts for Food Delivery Services.”（外送服務定型化契約應記載及不得記載事項） The related legislative work is expected to be completed by the end of June. 

 

A brief introduction to the key contents of the relevant subsidiary laws is as follows: 

I. Enforcement Rules of the Food Delivery Worker Rights Protection and Delivery Platform Management Act

The rules expressly provide for the following matters: 

1. Calculation of delivery service hours: Delivery service time shall be calculated in minutes. Any period under 30 seconds shall not be counted; any period of 30 seconds or more shall be counted as one full minute. 
2. Definition of remuneration: Remuneration does not include tips, goods in kind, or other non-wage benefits given to delivery workers by consumers, partner merchants, or platforms. 
3. Information to be disclosed upon order assignment: Such information includes estimated base remuneration and actually obtainable bonuses, the address, floor, and arrival area for delivery, driving route and distance, estimated completion time, payment method, and product contents and quantity. 
4. Preclusive period for platform operators to terminate food delivery service contracts: If a platform operator intends to terminate a food delivery service contract with a delivery worker, it must do so within 30 days. 
5. Time limits for handling appeal cases: General appeal cases must be processed within 21 days; appeal cases concerning termination of food delivery service contracts must be processed within 40 days. 
6. Respect for the operation of independent review panels: The member list of the independent review panel shall be made public, and the panel’s decisions shall be respected. 
7. Conditions for suspension of commercial insurance: The phrase “no record of providing food delivery services for more than three consecutive days” as referred to in Article 10, Paragraph 2 of the Act means a situation where a delivery worker has not accepted any order for three consecutive days starting from midnight of the day following the completion of the last order. 
8. Application procedures for occupational accident insurance premiums: The rules set out the eligibility conditions, required proof of payment, and application deadlines for delivery workers applying to platform operators for reimbursement of workers’ occupational accident insurance premiums paid by the delivery workers. 

 

II. Regulations on Economic Compensation for Delivery Workers upon Termination of Food Delivery Service Contracts

The relevant contents include: the payment standard (one-half month of average remuneration for each full year of service, with proportional calculation for periods of less than one year, up to a maximum of six months of average remuneration); the payment deadline (within 60 days after termination of the food delivery service contract); and the payment method (to be paid into the financial institution account designated by the delivery worker, or by other legally recognized means of settlement). 

 

III. Mandatory and Prohibited Provisions of Standard Contracts for Food Delivery Services 

The following matters are included: 

1. Mechanism for handling remuneration when an order is not completed due to reasons not attributable to the delivery worker: If an order is not completed due to reasons not attributable to the delivery worker, the platform operator shall still pay the base remuneration, which shall not be less than 1.25 times the statutory minimum hourly wage under the Minimum Wage Act, calculated proportionally based on the actual delivery service time provided for that order. 
2. Principles to be followed upon suspension of account access or termination of contract: These include the requirement that grounds and duration of suspension be clearly stipulated in advance, that notification and appeal mechanisms be complete and transparent, and that compensation be provided in cases of erroneous suspension or termination. 
3. Reinstatement procedures after temporary suspension of commercial insurance: If a delivery worker’s commercial insurance has been suspended by the platform operator due to three consecutive days without providing delivery services, and the worker wishes to resume services, the platform operator shall complete the re-enrollment process within 6 hours of receiving the application. 
4. Prohibited provisions: Platform operators are prohibited from restricting delivery workers from simultaneously providing delivery services on other platforms.