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Chapter VI Penalties
Article 31
Schools that violate Paragraph 1, 3 or 4 of Article 12 shall be assessed a fine no less than NT$50,000 but no more than NT$ 250,000 for each violation. A serious violation may result in the reduction of the number of students enrolled in the cooperative education program in the next academic year, the termination of some cooperative education classes, or the suspension of cooperative education program for two years.
Article 32
If partner institutions commit any of the following violations, the institutions shall be assessed a fine no less than NT$50,000 but no more than NT$ 250,000 for each violation. If the partner institutions fail to redress previous violations after two consecutive punishments, they shall not participate in the cooperative education program in the next three years, and names of the institutions and persons who are in charge of the institutions shall be revealed to the public.
1. Violation of Article 14 by over-recruiting students or failing to reach the minimum number of people in rotation in each period.
2. Commitment of the violation of Paragraph 1 of Article 18.
3. Failure to fulfill the obligation to protect the right and interests of student participants stipulated in Subparagraph 1 to 3, 5, 7 or 8 of Paragraph 1 of Article 21.
4. Violation of Article 22 by failing to provide student participants with living allowance and an itemized list of the allowance as stipulated in students’ training contracts, failing to provide living allowance no less than the basic wage as stipulated in the Labor Standards Act, failing to provide living allowance in the legal tender, failing to provide the full amount of living allowance each month, or deducting living allowance in advance.
5. Failure to deposit funds according to Article 23.
6. Failure to schedule students’ training time and breaks according to Paragraph 1 to 8 of Article 24, or failure to compensate students according to Paragraph 9 of Article 24.
7. Failure to make compensation payment to student participants according to Paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 25.
8. Violation of Paragraph 1 and 3 of Article 26 by discriminating against student participants, or failure to provide individualized assistance according to Paragraph 2 of Article 26.
9. Violation of Paragraph 1 of Article 27 by discriminating against student participants, failing to prevent the occurrence of any sexual harassment, or failing to take effective corrective action and remedial measures immediately.
Partner institutions that violate Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2 of Article 21 shall be punished by the labor insurance competent authority according to the Labor Insurance Act. Nonetheless, partner institutions that violate Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1 of Article 21 by failing to provide labor insurance to student participants, and thus committing the violation stipulated in Paragraph 3 of Article 25, shall be punished by the central labor administration competent authority according to the Act for Protecting Worker of Occupational Accidents.
Article 33
Schools and partner institutions that violate Article 15 by engaging in any agreement on consideration such as rewards or commissions to the other party in the name of any nominal transaction shall be assessed a fine no less than NT$50,000 but no more than NT$ 250,000 for each violation.
When representatives, managers or any other agents that represent the schools or the partner institutions execute their duties and result in the imposition of penalties on the schools and the institutions pursuant to the previous Paragraph, these people shall be fined the same amount.
Article 34
If schools commit any of the following violations, schools shall be given a designated period of time to redress the violation. If no improvement is made, schools shall be assessed a fine no less than NT$10,000 but no more than NT$ 50,000 for each violation. A serious violation may result in the reduction of the number of students enrolled in the cooperative education program in the next academic year, the cancellation of some cooperative education classes, or the suspension of the cooperative education program for one to two years.
1. Failure to count students’ training toward their vocational skill training credits according to Paragraph 2 of Article 10.
2. Failure to provide student participants with basic or pre-training before the starting of student training at partner institutions according to the provisions in Subparagraph 1 or the stipulated hours in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 11.
3. Failure to invite partner institutions to jointly hold orientations before the start of student training at partner institutions according to Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 11.
4. Violation of Paragraph 2 of Article 12 by recalling student participants from partner institutions without any legitimate reason.
5. Failure to assign teachers to visit partner institutions, to request partner institutions to improve their practices immediately, or to properly follow up and record the improvement in details
6. Failure to conduct a mediation meeting, to record minutes of the mediation meeting, and to submit them to the competent authority for further references according to Paragraph 2 of Article 20.
7. Failure to take the initiative to assist student participants in their request for compensation or application for assistances according to Paragraph 4 of Article 25.
Article 35
If partner institutions commit any of the following violations, they shall be assessed a fine no less than NT$10,000 but no more than NT$ 50,000 for each violation. If partner institutions fail to redress previous violations after two consecutive punishments, they shall not participate in the cooperative education program within the next three years, and names of the institutions and persons who are in charge of the institutions shall be revealed to the public.
1. Failure to submit the training contracts of student participants to the competent authority for further references according to Paragraph 1 of Article 17.
2. Failure to coordinate with schools to counsel student participants within three days from the date the partner institutions become aware of any incident that is accountable for the termination of contracts and use instead the incident as an excuse to terminate students’ training contracts according to Paragraph 1 of Article 19.
3. Failure to implement the resolution reached in the mediation meeting according to Paragraph 2 of Article 20.
4. Violation of Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2 of Article 28 by failing to issue training certificates or failing to include the vocational category of the training, training period and training hours.
Article 36
Partner institutions that violate Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 1 of Article 21 shall be assessed a fine no less than NT$10,000 but no more than NT$ 50,000 for each violation.