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pd4mlevaluationcopy.visit:Enteringinanageofborderlesscompetitionsofthe1990s,substantialamendmentshavebeenmadein1996and1997inordertoescapefromtheoutdated,aged-for-forty-yearstraditionofthelabor-managementrelations.Themaindetailsoftheamendmentsincludeestablishmentofprotectiveprovisionsforpart-timeworkers,stipulationofasystemfordismissalsbasedonadministrativereasons,introductionofasystemallowingmidwaysettlementofretirementallowance,introductionoftheflexibleworkhoursystemforflexiblemanagementofworkhourswithinthelegalworkhour,andintroductionoftheselectiveworkhoursystemwhichallowstheworkerstodecidetheirworkhoursautonomously.Thus,theLaborStandardsActhasaframebefittingtheinformation-oriented/internationalizedageofthetwenty-firstcenturyandenablesimprovementofproductivitybyincreasingflexibilityofthelabormarket.Moreover,thisActstrengthenstheprovisionsoftheprotectionofmaternityandaccelerationofwomanemploymentthroughitspartialamendmentsthathavebeenmadein1999,and2001,andadoptsafortyhourworkweeksystemandanewsystemforgrantingaleaveofabsencethroughitspartialamendmentsthathavebeenmadein2003.In2005,matterssuchasmethodsofcalculationofinterestinarrearwhenwageisunpaid,protectionvacationforfemaleworkersafterabortionorstillbirth,etc.havebeenadded.MainContents-TheLaborStandardsActisforguaranteeingabasiclivelihoodforworkersbyprescribingtheminimumstandardsforworkingconditionswhichshallbeincludedinthecontentsofanemploymentcontractintowhichanemployeeandhisemployerenter.Maincontentsincludeestablishmentoftheuniformstandardsrelevanttotheformation/contents/modificationandcompletionofanemploymentcontract,invalidationoftheemploymentcontractinquestionwhentheestablishedstandardsareviolated,and,atthesametime,impositionofsanctionsontheemployerwhoisinviolationofthestandards.(ThisActiscomposedoftwelveChapters,onehundredsixteenArticlesandtheAddenda.)-ChapterIprovidesthattheLaborStandardsActappliesingeneralonlytowork-placeswhereatleastfiveworkersareemployed,andonlycertainpd4mlevaluationcopy.visit:1)Anemployershallnotemploythewomeninpregnancyorforwhomoneyearhasnotpassedafterchildbirthandthoseundertheageofeighteeninanyworkdetrimentaltomoralityorhealth,oranydangerouswork.2)Anemployershallgrantapregnantwoman90daysmaternityleavebeforeandafterchildbirth,onconditionthattheperiodofleaveafterchildbirthshallbe45daysormoreandfirst60daysduringtheleaveshallbeapaidone.Andthemaincontentsofamendmentsmadein2003setthelegalworkhourperweekatfortyhours,reducedfromthepreviousforty-fourhours,and2)abolishthesystemofamonthlypaidleave,changetheexistingmenstruationleavetounpaidleave,andadjustanannualpaidleave.In2005,theprovisionsrelatedtoretirementallowancesaretransferredtotheGuaranteeofWorkersRetirementBenefitsAct,theprotectionofwomenemployeesshallbestrengthenedbygrantingamiscarriageorstillbirthleavetothem.LABORSTANDARDSACTActNo.5309,Mar.13,1997AmendedbyActNo.5473,Dec.24,1997ActNo.5510,Feb.20,1998pd4mlevaluationcopy.visit(Purpose)Article1(Purpose)ThepurposeofthisActistoestablishthestandardsfortheworkingconditionsinconformitywiththeConstitution,therebysecuringandimprovingthefundamentallivingstandardsofworkersandachievingawell-balanceddevelopmentofthenationaleconomy.Article2(StandardsofWorkingConditions)Article2(StandardsofWorkingConditions)Theworkingconditionspres