Chen used to be a "temporary employee" in the asset declaration division of the Control Yuan. He was paid NT $ 100 an hour, but the division didn't start chipping in for his Labor Insurance, National Health Insurance and retirement fund contributions until he was in his fifth month there, and they didn't pay him 1.33 to two times his regular wage when he worked overtime, as required by law.
原來他曾在 2008 年 5 月至 2009 年 4 月擔任監察院公職人員財產申報處的「臨時人員」，每小時時薪為新台幣 100 元，但該單位在他工作第 5 個月後才依勞基法規定為他投保勞健保、提撥退休金，加班時也未依法支付 1.33 ~ 2 倍的延時工資。