Article 1

The Rules are prescribed in accordance with Article 43 of the Vocational Training Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act).

Article 2

The implementation of vocational training in association with employment services as set forth in Article 4 of the Act shall be conducted according to the following regulations:
1.Vocational training institutions shall plan and conduct vocational training in accordance with labor market demands.
2.Vocational training institutions shall provide lists of trainees who have completed their training but remained unemployed for job placement through public employment agencies.
3.Vocational training institutions shall accept the delegation of public employment agencies to conduct vocational training.
4.Vocational training institutions may accept the delegation of other organizations to conduct vocational training.

Article 2-1

To fulfill the functions set forth in Article 4-1 of the Act, the central competent authority shall establish the timeframes and approaches of the provision of various services.
The central competent authorities of various industries shall conduct their corresponding duties according to the preceding paragraph.

Article 3

Vocational training institutions intending to conduct rudimentary training for occupations for which the government has not yet established training programs are required to draw up the training plans and submit them to the central competent authority for reference.
The training plans as described in the preceding paragraph shall include the following information:
1.Target occupation and class title
2.Training objectives
3.Trainee qualifications
4.Duration of program
5.Training curriculum
6.Time allotment and schedule
7.Training venue
8.Training equipment
9.Training methods
10.Budget overview

Article 4

Rudimentary training certificate shall carry the following information:
1. Name, National ID No., and date of birth of the trainees
2. Class attended
3. Dates of beginning and end of training
4. Courses taken and total hours of each course
5. Title of training unit
6. Certificate number
In addition to the items listed in the preceding paragraph, the training certificate from training units delegated to conduct rudimentary training in accordance with Paragraph 3, Article 3 of the Act shall also carry the title of the delegating agency.

Article 5

The instruction and counseling work in apprentice training organization by business entities shall be conducted by skillful technicians with either of the two following qualifications:
1.Having acquired a Class B or higher technician certificate for occupations for which skills certification is available.
2.Having at least five years of experience in related fields for occupations for which skills certification is not yet available.

Article 6

To operate apprentice training, business entities shall draw up training plans in accordance with Article 12 of the Act. The program shall be conducted according to Paragraph 2, Article 3 and the training plan shall include the following information:
1. Title of business entity
2. Names and qualifications of trainers and counseling personnel
3. Collaborating training units

Article 7

The information to be included on a training certificate shall be the same as specified in Article 4.

Article 8

（Deleted）

Article 9

（Deleted）

Article 10

The term “year” referred to in the Act may be calendar year or fiscal year that each vocational training institution sees fit to apply.

Article 11

Vocational training institutions are required to issue receipts when receiving donations in the form of cash, securities or other personal property from individuals, organizations or business entities, and register the ownership transfer in the company of the donor when receiving donations in the form of real property. Both types of donations shall be recorded.

Article 12

The Rules shall become effective on the date of promulgation.

Ministry of Labor

Date of Issuance: January 30, 2019

Issuance No.: Lao-Tung-Fa-Guan-Zi No. 10805010011

Attachment: Refer to the text below

Amendment to Article 6-1 of Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers.

  The amendment to Article 6-1 of Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers is attached.

Minister Hsu, Ming-Chun

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Ministry of Labor Order

Date of Issuance: 2017/1/11

Document Number: Labor Fa-Guan-Zi No. 10505184001

Attachment: As stated

Partial amendment of the Regulations on the Permission for and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers

With the Amendments to the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers attached.

Fang-Yu Kuo

Minister

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Ministry of Labor Order

Date of Issuance: 2016/11/15

Document Number: Labor Fa-Guan-Zi No. 10505144871

Attachment: As stated

Partial amendment of the Regulations on the Permission for and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers

With the Amendments to the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers attached.

Fang-Yu Kuo

Minister

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Article 1         In order to promote the nation’s economic and social development, and to develop, enhance, and apply workforce, the Ministry of Labor has specially established the Workforce Development Agency (hereinafter referred to as “the Agency”).

Article 2       The Agency is in charge of the following matters:

1.     Planning, promoting, administrating, and evaluating policies for the development, enhancement, application, and expansion of workforce and establishing, amending, abolishing, and explaining the related regulations.

2.     Promoting, supervising, and coordinating vocational training and employment service plans, measures, patterns, quality specifications, and related commendation and reward system.

3.     Integrating, promoting, and administrating employment services, vocational trainings, and unemployment benefits.

4.     Planning, guiding, promoting, and supervising youth employment.

5.     Promoting and supervising vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities and employment for indigenous peoples and other vulnerable groups.

6.     Planning, promoting, supervising, and coordinating the competency standards, skill  assessments, skill competitions, and job certifications.

7.     Planning, evaluating, and supervising the introduction of cross- border workforce; planning and supervising international cooperation activities; and approving, administrating, and evaluating private employment service agencies engaging in cross-border human resources.

8.     Skill Assessment related activities such as developing vocational categories, establishing standards, evaluating the sites, managing the evaluation system, organizing test affairs, issuing certificates, editing and examining the question banks.

9.     Approving the employment of cross-border workforce and verifying the work content; collecting the Employment Security Fees and detention expenses,  notifying the overdue payments,  and taking legal compulsory proceedings.

10. The development of competency standards, educational materials for vocational training, and employment guidance tools; the promotion of trainings for vocational trainers.

11. Other matters related to the administration of workforce development.

Article 3        The Agency is headed by the Director-General, with the rank at Level 13 of selected Rank. The Director General is assisted by two Deputy Director-Generals with the rank at Level 12 of selected Rank.

Article 4        The Agency shall have one Secretary General, with the rank at Level 11.

Article 5        For the need of the Agency functions within the jurisdictions, the Agency shall establish the regional branches.

Article 6        The Ranks and numbers of positions of the Administration staffs shall be listed in a separate table of organization.

Article 7        The effecting date of this Act shall be determined by the Executive Yuan.

Article 2 The employer when applying for permissions relating to foreign person employment shall pay review fees in accordance with the following standards:
1.Five hundred New Taiwan dollars for each employment permission or extension of  employment permission of work prescribed in Subparagraph 1 to Subparagraph 6    of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 and work permission prescribed in Paragraph 3 of Article 51 of the Act.
2.Two hundred New Taiwan dollars for each recruitment permission or transfer of employer (or job) permission of work prescribed in Subparagraph 8 to Subparagraph    11 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of the Act.
3.One hundred New Taiwan dollars for each entry visa permission, employment permission, extension of employment permission, replacement permission, extended    recruiting period of recruitment permission, change of work place, change of care recipient, or change / increase of care recipient(s) of work prescribed in    Subparagraph 8 to Subparagraph 11 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of the Act.
4.One hundred New Taiwan dollars for each employment permission application of foreign person prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Article 50 of the Act.
5.One hundred New Taiwan dollars for each employment permission or extension of employment permission of work prescribed in Subparagraph 1 to Subparagraph 4    of Paragraph 1 of Article 51 of the Act.
The person when  applying  for reissuing any one of above mentioned permissions shall pay one hundred New Taiwan dollars for each application as the review fee.

Article 5-1
Other than meeting with other criteria specified in the Standards, foreign students, overseas Chinese students and ethnic Chinese students who have graduated from a public or private accredited college or university in the Republic of China and have accumulated a minimum of 70 points derived from the criteria in the attached table, may be employed to undertake the jobs with exemption from the limitations in the preceding Article.
The Central Competent Authorities shall announce the quota, application period, documents for approval and the procedure for issuing the employment permit.

Article 6
In order to assist companies in retaining professional and technical employees to
response of the changes in the industry environment, foreigners employed in accordance with the Article 5.1.2 may be exempted from the limitation of work experience by the agreement with the central competent authorities in consultation with the central industry competent authorities

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Article 5              The entry visa held by a foreign worker who engages in occupations as referred to below shall be deemed as a work permit and the period of stay allowed by the visa shall be within thirty days:

1.To engage in the work mentioned in the Paragraph 3, Article 51 of the Act.

2.To help assist in the solution of emergency cases and related problems for the purpose of public welfare and to engage in the works regulated in the Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Act.

3.To be recognized as well-known experts by the agencies mainly responsible for the speech or commercial technical advisory work regulated in Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Act.

4.Those who are invited by the central competent authority in charge of the target business at the Central Government level and who are going to be engaged in non-profit art performances or sports events.

A foreigner who obtains an Academic and Business Travel Card issued by the immigration authority, and is engaged in speeches or technical business guidance work provided in the Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Act, shall be deemed as being given a work permit in the event that the period of stay permitted by the visa is within ninety days.

Article 6            Unless otherwise provided for in the Act or in the Regulations, an employer shall apply with the Central Competent Authority for a permit to recruit foreign worker(s) to engage in occupations in the Republic of China.

Prior to granting the permit as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the Central Competent Authority may consult with the Central Competent Authority administering the occupations in question for reviewing their opinions and comments thereon.

Where an employer engages a foreigner in such occupations as those provided in Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1, Article 48 of the Act, he/she shall verify the original Alien Resident Certificate and joint-family household registration data of such foreign.

Article 11-3        In an event where a foreign worker works in the territories of the Republic of China in accordance with Article 46, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1 or 2 of the Act for the business lines which are open under documented international agreement, the business entity which executes the contract shall apply for a permit according to the requirements for Type A foreign worker(s) unless otherwise prescribed in the Act or these Regulations.

The foreign worker referred to in the preceding paragraph, who has concluded a contract with the business entity within the Free Economic Pilot Zones and undertakes the job specified under the Subparagraph 1 or 2 of Paragraph 1 to Article 46 of the Act, shall be exempted from the restriction of the business lines which are open under documented international agreement.

The provisions for management over Type A foreign worker(s) shall be applicable to the foreign worker specified under the preceding two paragraphs.

The following documents shall be provided for application for a permit under Paragraph 1 or 2 in addition to those documents required as specified under Subparagraphs 1, 5 and 6 of Paragraph 1 and Subparagraph 4 of paragraph 2 to Article 7:

I. A photocopy of the contract.

II. The roster of foreign worker(s), photocopies of passports, photocopies of certificates of graduation (diplomas) or the supporting certificates. In a case where a foreign worker engages in the job under Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of the Act, the certificate of graduation (diploma) or the supporting certificate may be exempted.

In the event that the qualification requirements to be obtained for a foreign worker to engage in the jobs under Paragraph 1 or 2 are consistent with certain methods and conditions of professional practice, such foreign worker shall satisfy the requirements by the laws and regulations promulgated by the competent authorities in charge of the target business in the Central Government level.

Article 12           In order to apply for a permit to employ type B foreign worker(s), an employer shall offer reasonable employment terms and register such employment demands with the local Public Employment Services Institutions, and following the registration, shall advertise such employment demands on the Employment Information Network established by the Central Competent Authority pursuant to Article 22 of the Act and the recruitment of domestic workers shall be conducted for at least twenty-one days. If an employer advertises such employment demands  in one of the domestic newspapers assigned by the Central Competent Authority for three days at the same time, the recruitment for domestic workers shall be conducted at least fourteen days following the day on which said advertisement period ends.

The advertisement for employment demands as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall specify the type of work and the number of persons to be recruited, the required specialty or qualifications, the name of the employer, the wage/salary, the working hours, the working location, the employment period, whether meals are provided and the name, address and telephone number of the Public Employment Service Institutions which processed the registration.

When conducting the recruitment as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the employer shall notify the labor union or the workers of the business entity involved in such recruitment, and shall announce the recruitment publicly in such a place as to make it apparent and obvious to the workers in the business entity.

When applying to employ in-house nurses, an employer shall follow the specifications set forth in Article 12-1.

Article 14            An employer who has recruited domestic workers in accordance with the Paragraph 1 of Article 12 but could not recruit sufficiently, may, within fifteen days following the last advertising day provided in Paragraph 1 of Article 12, submit recruitment advertisement materials, provide the list of employed domestic workers and documents set forth by the Central Competent Authority, to the Public Employment Service Institutions in charge of the registration for the certificate of employment demands.

Having examined and approved that an employer has fully complied with Articles 12 and 13 regarding the recruitment, the said Public Employment Service Institution shall issue a certificate for employment demands indicating the insufficiency of the required number of workers after domestic recruitment.

Article 31            Should a foreign student as referred to in Article 30 been officially enrolled in a school to take courses for 1 semester or more in a division, department or graduate institute thereof or to take language course(s) for one year or more, and should the school where he/she is enrolled in acknowledge the existence of any of the following factual situations, the said foreign student may engage in jobs relevant to the course(s) he/she has take and the language he/she has learned:

1.      It is proven by concrete evidence that the financial situation of the said foreign student is unable to continuously sustain his/her studies and cost of living.

2.      The teaching or researching unit of the school where the said foreign student is enrolled is in need of his/her assistance and participation in teaching or researching work.

3.      The said foreign student has to engage in off-campus practical training related to the course(s) he/she is taking.

Foreign students who meet one of the following qualifications are not restricted by the provisions as referred to in the preceding paragraph:

1.      Foreign students with exceptional specialty in a foreign language, with the ad hoc approval by the Ministry of Education, after his/her enrollment in the school, to work on a part-time basis as a teacher in that language in a subsidiary language center affiliated with a University/College or with a foreign culture and education organization stationed in the Republic of China.

2.      Foreign students enrolled in a graduate institute and have been approved by the school where the said foreign students are enrolled in to conduct relevant research work.

Article 33            In order to apply for a work permit, a type C foreign worker shall submit the following documents:

1.      Application form(s).

2.      Photocopy of student’s identity card.

3.      Original Letter of Authorization issued by the School or by the Subsidiary Language Center affiliated with the School where the Applicant type C foreign worker is enrolled in.

4.      Grades certificate(s) of the latest semester or school report of full-year language course(s). 

5.      Original receipt of the examination fee.

6.      Other documents as may be required by the Central Competent Authority.

In addition to those documents as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the applicant type C foreign worker shall also submit the relevant certifying document(s) as referred to in Subparagraphs 1 to 3, Paragraph 1 of Article 31 or the certificate for his/her exceptional specialty in a foreign language.

Article 46-2        For the payment of employment security fees prescribed in Paragraph 1, Article 55 of the Act, the employer should calculate the amount that should be paid for the current quarter based on the industry classification of the employed foreign workers, the number of workers and the amount of employment security fees prescribed in Paragraph 2, Article 55 of the Act, starting from the next day after the foreign workers’ entrance, or the day of continuing employment to the last day of the employment or until the day before invalidation of the employment permit.

The employment security fees should be paid to the employment security fund account created by the Central Competent Authority, by the 25th day of the second month of the next quarter by the employer. The employer is allowed to make early payment without interest.

If the employed foreign worker is not employed for one month, the employer is allowed to calculate and pay the employment security fees based on the actual number of employed days.

If the paid employment security fees exceed the amount that should be paid, the employer is allowed to file applications and documents for a refund of such overpayment amount.

Article 48           These Regulations shall become effective on January 15, 2004. Amended articles of the Regulations shall become effective on the date of promulgation. Amended and promulgated articles of these Regulations on October 3, 2006 shall become effective on November 1, 2006. Amended Article 12, 14 of the Regulations shall become effective on January 1, 2014.

Article 1 The present Regulations are stipulated based on the second paragraph of Article 13 of Regulations Governing the Relations with Hong Kong and Macao (the Regulations).
Article 2 The present Regulations are applied to residents of Hong Kong and Macau, who have obtained the status of overseas Chinese prior to the end of British or Portuguese rule, as the case may be, and those of their spouses and children who meet the requirements for obtaining Republic of China nationality.
Article 3 The Competent Authority referred to in the present Regulations shall be the Council of Labor Affairs under the Executive Yuan.
Article 4 For employment of workers mentioned in Article 2, the employer should apply for permit from the Competent Authority.
People mentioned in Article 2, who are allowed to reside in Taiwan, can apply for permit on their own initiatives without their employers’ initiation.
Article 5 When an employer employs workers mentioned in Article 2 to work in Taiwan, the employer doesn’t have to abide the first paragraph of Article 46, Article 47, Article 52, Article 53, Article 56 and the first paragraph of Article 74 of Employment Service Act, the employer is also exempt from paying Employment Security Fees as required by Article 55.
Article 6 When an employer employs the workers mentioned in Article 2, their maximum of working period is three years; If the employer need to continue the employment after due period, the employer must apply for extension of working periods, and each extension should be only one year.
For the workers mentioned in second paragraph of Article 4 are permitted to work, their valid working period should be the same as their residence period; when their residence periods are due and have to work longer, they should apply for permission from the Competent Authority based on second paragraph of Article 7 when their residence periods are allowed and extended.
Article 7 The employer should prepare the following documents to apply for employment permit from the Competent Authority:
1. Application form(s).
2. Photocopy of the national identity card of the Applicant Employer or the person in charge of the Applicant Company, the certificates of the company registration, business registration, factory registration, and that of the license for specially permitted businesses. But those are exempted if so provided for in other laws or regulations.
3. Health check certificate of the employed worker within three months, which should be issued by the hospitals in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau regions that are recognized or designated by the Central Competent Health Authorities.
4. Overseas compatriot identity certificates of the employed people and other documents which prove their spouses and children meet the requirements for obtaining Republic of China nationality.
5. Contract of labor or employment.
6. Original of the receipt for examination fee.
7. Other documents as may be required by the Competent Authorities.
People mentioned in second paragraph of Article 4 should prepare the photocopy of their residence certificates and the documents mentioned in preceding subparagraph 1, subparagraph 4, subparagraph 6 and subparagraph 7 to apply for permit from the Competent Authorities.
Article 8 The Health Checkup mentioned in the Regulations should include the following:
1. Serological Test for HIV
2. Chest X-ray examination
3. Serological Test for Syphilis
4. Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Test
5. Stool Examination in concentration method for Parasites (including Entamoeba histolytica)
6. Regular physical checkup (including mental status)
7. Checkup for Hansen's Disease
The Central Competent Authorities may increase, decrease or change the entries for health checkup based on the working nature of the people mentioned in Article 2 and the disease status in Hong Kong or Macao regions. The authorities should also announce the decisions.
Article 9 Should any of the following events occur when applying for permit based on the regulation in Article 4 and Article 7, the Competent Authorities should not allow the application:
1. The documents submitted contain false or incomplete information.
2. Other unqualified application entries and are still not corrected after notification for correction.
3. People who fail the health checkup test. However, people have positive results in Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Test are not bound by this.
4. Serious violators of the present Regulations or other applicable regulations.
If the incomplete or unclear submission mentioned in the preceding subparagraph 1 can be corrected, the Competent Authorities should inform the applicants to make correction within the limitation period.
Article 10 If the employer need to continue the employment, within 60-day period prior to the expiration of employment permit, the employer should prepare the following documents for filing the application for employment permit extension from the Competent Authorities:
1. Application form for employment permit extension
2. The original employment permit issued by the Competent Authorities
3. The health checkup certificate of the employed person within the latest three months
4. Contract of labor or employment.
5. Original of the receipt for examination fee.
6. Other documents as may be required by the Competent Authorities.
If all the entries in preceding paragraph are met, the Competent Authorities should issue the permit of working extension.
Article 11 If the people mentioned in Article 2 have to transfer to a new employer or be employed by more than two employers within the duration of employment permits, the new employer(s) should apply for permit; In case of transfer to a new employer, the new employer should submit upon such application the relevant document(s) certifying the termination of the previous employment.
When the workers mentioned in second paragraph of Article 4 have to transfer to a new employer or be employed by more than two employers, they are not restricted by the preceding paragraph.
Article 12 (Deleted)
Article 13 The form and format of the present Regulations should be stipulated by the Competent Authorities with another order.
Article 14 The present Regulations shall enter into force as of the date of promulgation. When the proviso in Article 62 happens, the Regulation shall enter into force partially or wholly as of the date of promulgation.
The Amendment to the Regulations shall enter into force upon its date of promulgation.

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Chapter 1 General Principles

Article 1

The Regulations are stipulated in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 48 of the Employment Service Act (hereinafter “The Act”).

Article 2 

For the purposes of the Regulations:

1. The term “Class A Foreign Worker(s)” means those foreign person(s) who are employed to engage in jobs as referred to in Subparagraphs 1 to 6 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of The Act;

2. The term “Class B Foreign Worker(s)” means those foreign person(s) who are employed to engage in jobs as referred to in Subparagraphs 8 to 11 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of The Act;

3. The term “Class C Foreign Worker(s)” means those foreign person(s) who engage(s) in jobs in accordance with Subparagraphs 1 or 2 of Article 50 of The Act;

4. The term “Class D Foreign Worker(s)” means those foreign person(s) who engage(s) in jobs as referred to in Subparagraphs 1 to 4 of Paragraph 1 of Article 51 of The Act.

Article 3

The Central Competent Authorities, after evaluating the conditions of the supply of and the demand for labor in terms of the circumstances of the domestic economic development and the employment market, may announce the number and proportion of, and the categories of occupations engaged in by the Class A Foreign Workers as referred to in Article 2 to be domestically recruited by employers.

Article 4

The entry visa held by a Foreign Worker shall be deemed as a work permit, should such visa be granted on the basis of on an international written agreement specifying the scope of work, the number of people and the period of stay albeit the primary purpose of such agreement is not to enter the Republic of China to work.

The period of stay as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be longer than one hundred and eighty (180) days, prior to the expiration of which period an extension to the validity of visa may be applied for, but no such extended stay shall be longer than one hundred and eighty (180) days.

Article 5

The entry visa held by a Foreign Worker who engages in occupations as referred to in Paragraph 3 of Article 51 of The Act shall be deemed as a work permit, should the period of stay permitted by the visa be within fourteen (14) days.

The entry visa held by a Foreign Worker, who is appointed by a foreign legal or natural person in public interest and under the necessity to solve the problems caused by emergencies, to engage in occupations as referred to in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of The Act, shall likewise be deemed as a work permit should the period of stay permitted by such visa be no longer than fourteen (14) days.

Article 6

Unless otherwise provided for in The Act or in the Regulations, an employer shall apply to the Central Competent Authorities for a permit to recruit Foreign Worker(s) to engage in occupations in the territory of the Republic of China.
Prior to granting the permit as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the Central Competent Authorities may consult the Central Competent Authorities administering the occupations in question for reviewing opinions and comments thereon.

Chapter 2 Application for the Permit to Employ the Class A Foreign Workers

Article 7

In applying for the permit to employ the Class A Foreign Worker(s), an employer shall submit the following documents:

1. Application form(s).

2. Photocopy of the national identity card or passport of the person in charge of the Applicant Company, the certificates of the company registration or business registration.  Specially permitted businesses shall attach photocopy of the evidence document for specially permission.

3. Photocopy of employment contracts.

4. Name List of the employed Foreign Worker(s), and photocopy of their passport(s) and diploma(s).  But Foreign Worker(s) who is employed to engage in jobs as referred to in Subparagraphs 2, 5 and 6 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of the Act is exempted of photocopy of diploma(s).

5. Original of the receipt for examination fee.

6. Other documents as may be required by the Central Competent Authorities.

In applying to employ Foreign Worker(s) to engage in jobs as referred to in Paragraph 1 of Article 51 of the Act, in addition to the required documents specified in the Subparagraphs 1, 5 and 6 of the Previous Paragraph, shall submit the following documents:                

1. Photocopy of the contracts related to construction, sale or technology cooperation.

2. Business registration documents of domestic and foreign legal persons under the contracts.

3. Evidence document(s) of the contract(s) undertaking appointment issued by foreign legal persons.

4. Photocopy of the certificates of the company registration or business registration of the Applicant Company, and photocopy of the national identity card or passport of the person in charge of the Applicant Company.

5. Name List of the Foreign Worker(s) undertaking the contracts, and photocopy of their passport(s) and diploma(s).

Where a submitted document in the previous two Paragraphs was made/issued in a foreign country, the Central Competent Authorities may require the official verification thereof by the Republic of China's embassy or consulate to that foreign country.

Article 8

Should an employer find it necessary to continue the employment of the Class A Foreign Worker(s), the employer shall, within four (4) months prior to the expiration of the employment permit, apply for extension of the employment permit with the documents as referred to in Subparagraph 1, Subparagraphs 3 to 6 of Paragraph 1 of Article 7 to the Central Competent Authorities.  But those whose duration of Employment Permit is less than six (6) months may only apply their extension after two-third of the duration of Employment Permit.

Article 9

Should the period of stay of Foreign Worker(s) as referred to in Article 5 be fifteen (15) days or more but not over ninety (90) days, the employer(s) may apply pursuant to Article 7 for permit to employ such Foreign Worker(s) within fifteen (15) days following such Foreign Worker(s)' entry into the Republic of China.

Article 10

Whenever granting the permit or the extension thereof to employ the Class A Foreign Worker(s), the Central Competent Authorities shall also notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of such grant.

Article 11

Should any of the following events occur, the Central Competent Authorities shall not grant all or part of employment permit(s), nor the extension thereof, for employment of Class A Foreign Worker(s):

1. False or expired information found in the application filed by the Employer for a permit to recruit Foreign Worker(s) or for the extension thereof;

2. The Foreign Worker to be recruited fails the health examination conducted in accordance with regulations administering health examinations of employed Foreign Workers stipulated by the Central Competent Health Authorities;

3. The application so filed is not made in conformity with the relevant requirements, and the Employer fails to make necessary supplements and/or rectifications thereof within the specified period;

4. Any violation of the standards as set forth in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 46 of The Act;

5. Any violation within two years prior to the application date of the provisions as referred to Subparagraphs 4 or  5 in Paragraph 2 of Article 5, Article 42, Article 44, and Subparagraphs 1 to 3 or Subparagraphs 6 to 9 of Article 57 of The Act;

6. The Employer has violated the provision as referred to in Subparagraph 3 of Article 57 and failed to rectify within the specified period within two years prior to the application date.

Article 11-1
Employers of the Class A Foreign Worker(s) shall provide written notice to the Central Competent Authorities within three (3) days if the Foreign Worker(s) had the event of leaving without pay by the law.

Article 11-2

The application and administration after entry of Foreign Worker(s) who enter the Republic of China to work in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 51 apply, except specified otherwise in the Act, to the specifications of the Class A Foreign Worker(s) referred to Subparagraph 1 of Article 2.

     Chapter 3 Application for the Permit(s) to Recruit and Employ the Class B Foreign Worker(s)

Article 12

In order to apply for a permit to employ Class B Foreign Worker(s), an Employer shall provide reasonable employment terms and register for such employment demands with local Public Employment Service Agencies, following the registration, shall advertise such employment demands in one of the domestic newspapers assigned by the Central Competent Authorities for three (3) days, and, recruitment of domestic workers shall be conducted at least twenty-one (21) days following the day on which the said advertisement is ended.  But applying to employ in-house nurses, an Employer shall follow the specifications set forth in Article 12-1.

The advertisement for employment demands as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall specify the type of work, the number of persons to be recruited, the required specialty or qualifications, the name of the Employer, the wage/salary, the working hours, the working location, the employment period, whether meals are provided, and the name, address and telephone number of the Public Employment Service Agency which processed the registration.

When conducting the recruitment as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the Employer shall notify the labor union or labors of the business entity of such recruitment, and shall announce the recruitment publicly in such a place as to make it apparent and obvious to the labors in the business entity.

Article 12-1

An Employer who intents to employ in-house nurses shall apply for professional evaluation to the medical teams of medical institutions announced by the Central Competent Authorities, after the evaluation that taken-carer(s) needs twenty-four (24) hours caring, domestic cares have been recommended by the Long-Term Care Administration Center of the Municipal City Government and the County/City Government, yet referral unsuccessful due to legitimate reasons of unable to satisfy the caring demand, may apply for employing foreign in-house nurses to the Central Competent Authorities.                  

Taken-cares who possess specific severe degree of disability card (pamphlet) may skip the evaluation procedure in Paragraph 1 of this Article and apply directly to the Long-Term Care Administration Center of the Municipal City Government and the County/City Government for domestic carer referral.

Article 13

Class B Foreign Worker(s) as employed by the Employer shall possess the same specialty or qualifications as required by the Employer in the process of domestic recruitment conducted in accordance with Article 12.  The Central Competent Authorities may re-examine the specialty or qualifications as allegedly possessed by the Employed Class B Foreign Worker(s) when deemed necessary.  Those disqualified in re-examination shall not be granted permit.

When registering for employment demands, an Employer shall submit for reference the items and criteria of the domestic recruitment selection regarding the required specialty to the Public Employment Service Agency processing the registration. The said Public Employment Service Agency may specify the date to conduct the selection test and may also invite relevant experts and scholars possessing the required specialty to witness the selection test.

Article 14

An Employer who has recruit domestic workers in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 12 can not recruit sufficiently, may, within thirty (30) days following the day on which twenty-one (21) days of recruitment is ended, submit recruitment advertisement materials, name list of employed domestic workers and documents set forth by the Central Competent Authorities, to the Public Employment Service Agency processing the registration for the certificate of employment demands.

Having examined and approved that an Employer has fully complied with Articles 12 and 13 regarding the recruitment, the said Public Employment Service Agency so processed the Employer's registration shall issue a certificate for employment demands indicating the insufficiency of the required number of workers after domestic recruitment.

Article 15

Employers, when conducting domestic recruitment in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, shall not engage in any of the following acts toward those recommended by Public Employment Service Agency or the self-recommended job applicants:

1. Making false statements regarding the difficulty of work, the danger involved in work, and so forth.

2. Rejecting a job application on the ground of the job applicant's lack of the required technique, while the registered category of employment demands is for neither technicians nor physical laborers.

3. Rejecting to employ a domestic worker based on any other unjustified reasons.

Article 16

In applying for a permit to recruit Class B Foreign Worker(s), an Applicant Employer shall submit the following documents:

1. Application form(s).

2. Photocopy of the national identity card of the Applicant Employer or the person in charge of the Applicant Company, the certificates of the company registration, business registration, factory registration, and that of the license for specially permitted businesses. The requirement of the photocopy of the certificates of factory registration or that of the license for specially permitted businesses is exempted if so provided for in other laws or regulations.

3. Certificate of the employment demands.  But applicants of employing in-house nurses are exempted of this.

4. Name List of the employed domestic workers, where the domestic recruitment was previously conducted.  But applicants of employing in-house nurses are exempted of this.

5. Certificates issued by the Municipal City Government or the Counties/Cities Governments with respect to the following matters, provided that the requirement of such certificates, however, is exempted should household assistants or in-house nurses be recruited.

1) That reserve of employees' pension has been transmitted to Workers' Retirement Preparation Fund and the Workers' Retirement Pension has been appropriated in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

2) That payment has been made to the Repayment Fund for Arrear Wage Debts in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

3) That Labor Insurance Premium Payments have been made in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

4) That fines for violation(s) of Labor laws and regulations have been paid in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

5) That the Labor-Management Meetings have been held in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

6) That no strikes or industrial dispute as defined in Article 10 of The Act in the work place for Class B Foreign Worker(s) to work.

7) That there appear no concrete factual situations suggesting a probability of shrinkage of business, discontinuance of business, shut-down of factory, or suspension of business.

8) That the Applicant Employer has never effected, because of the employment of Class B Foreign Worker(s), any deterioration in domestic workers' working conditions.

6. Disciplinary Plan on the Employed Foreign Workers' Life.

7. Original of the receipt for examination fee.

8. Other documents as may be required by the Central Competent Authorities.

The situations specified in Item 6 to 8 of Subparagraph 5 of the Previous Paragraph are limited to the occurrence within two (2) years prior to the date of application.

A civilian-organization Applicant Employer, in addition to the documents as referred to in Subparagraph 1 and Subparagraphs 3 to 8 of Paragraph 1 of this Article, shall also submit the photocopy of the national identity card of the person in charge of such organization and that of the certificate of such organization's registration.

The requirement of the document as referred to in Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1 of this Article is exempted where the Foreign Workers so employed are those as referred to in Subparagraph 8 or 11 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of The Act.

Article 16-1

The Disciplinary Plan on the Employed Foreign Workers' Life specified in Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1 of Article 16 shall state the following contents:

1. Residential address of the Foreign Workers;

2. Self-established by the Employer or consigned to Private Employment Service Agency for administration;

3. Basic information of the disciplinarian.

Article 17

In order to apply for replacement of the Class B Foreign Worker(s) in accordance with Article 58 of The Act, an Employer shall submit the following documents:

1. Application form(s);

2. Name list of Foreign Workers who have left the territory of the Republic of China;

3. Certificate documents of such departured Foreign Workers;

4. Photocopy of agreement document terminating the employment, which shall be printed both in Chinese and in the native language of the said departured Foreign Worker's national country and being verified by the local competent authority;

5. Other document as may be required by the Central Competent Authorities.

In applying for replacement due to the death of Foreign Worker(s) in the Previous Paragraph, an Employer shall submit the following documents:

1. Application form(s);

2. Death Certificate of the said Foreign Workers;

3. Other document as may be required by the Central Competent Authorities.

Article 18

Except where otherwise justified, Employers, in applying for employment of Class B Foreign Worker(s), shall not revoke registration for employment demands within six (6) months prior to the domestic recruitment.

Article 19

In applying for employment of Class B Foreign Worker(s), an Employer shall administer genuinely the Disciplinary Plan on the Employed Foreign Workers' Life.

Article 20

Where an Employer is permitted by the Central Competent Authorities to re-conduct a recruitment of Class B Foreign Worker(s), the Employer shall not conduct such recruitment or consecutively employ Class B Foreign Worker(s) before the originally employed Class B Foreign Worker(s) depart from the territory of the Republic of China.

Article 21

The Central Competent Authorities may refuse to grant permit for employment of Class B Foreign Worker(s) should, within the two (2)-year period prior to the date of the application for such permit, the proportion of domestic workers that have been laid off, dismissed, or terminated by the Applicant Employer have reached the extent prescribed by Central Competent Authorities.

Article 22

The Central Competent Authorities shall refuse to grant permit for employment of Class B Foreign Worker(s) should the Applicant Employer, any individual to whom the in-house nursing services are provided or any of his/her relatives living together with him/her have ever committed any of the offences as referred to in Articles 221 to 229 of the Criminal Code against any Class B Foreign Worker that has been employed by the Applicant Employer.

Article 23 (Deleted)

Article 24

The Central Competent Authorities shall refuse to grant permit for employment of Class B Foreign Worker(s) should the application be in violation of any of the standard(s)/qualification(s) as promulgated in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 46 or Paragraph 2 of Article 59 of The Act.

Article 25

With respect to the application for permit to recruit Class B Foreign Worker(s), the Central Competent Authorities may prescribe the duration of validity of all sorts of document(s) so applied and the application procedures.

Should an application in accordance with Paragraph 1 of this Article for permit to recruit Class B Foreign Worker(s) be granted, the Applicant Employer shall complete all the necessary procedures to facilitate the entry into the Republic of China of those Class B Foreign Worker(s) from the country as permitted by the Central Competent Authorities within six (6) months following the date as specified by the notification of permission. The failure to complete such procedures within the specified time shall render the recruitment permit null and void.

Should the failure as referred to in Paragraph 2 of this Article be due to force majeure or any other cause not attributable to the Applicant Employer, the Applicant Employer may apply, within thirty (30) days before and after the expiration date of Employment Permit, for extension to the Central Competent Authorities, and, with the approval of the Central Competent Authorities, proceed with the recruitment within three (3) months of the date specified in the approval notice.

Article 26

No Employer may employ any Class B Foreign Worker that has already entered the territory of the Republic of China, except with the ad hoc approval of the Central Competent Authorities.

Article 27

When applying for an entry visa in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, a Class B Foreign Worker shall submit the following documents:

1. Permit for recruitment.

2. Report, as issued by a hospital as approved or designated by the Central Competent Health Authorities of the Republic of China, certifying the Applicant Class B Foreign Worker's passage through a health examination conducted within three (3) months prior to the date of application.

3. Profession certificate.

4. Documents certifying the Applicant Class B Foreign Worker's settled practice of good-mannered behavior.  However, the requirement of such documents is exempted where the Applicant Class B Foreign Worker applies for re-entry within thirty (30) days following his/her departure from the territory of the Republic of China. 

5. The Applicant Class B Foreign Worker's Affidavit regarding expenses incurred for entry into the Republic of China to work and his/her wage/salary as verified by the Competent Authorities of the Labor-Exporting Country.

6. Labor contract as properly executed.

7. Affidavit of the recruited Class B Foreign Worker's acknowledgment of understanding of the relevant provisions of The Act.

The originally employed Class B Foreign Worker(s) can be exempted from submitting the documents required as referred to Subparagraphs 3 to 5 and 7 in the previous Paragragh if their employers managed the re-conduct of recruitment by themselves, were not consigned to private employment services institution(s) and transferred application documents through the Central Competent Authority.

Article 27-1

Employers who have been granted permit to recruit or consecutively employ Class B Foreign Worker(s) shall, within three (3) days after the Foreign Workers' entry, submit the following documents and notify the local competent authority to conduct inspection according to the Disciplinary Plan on the Employed Class B Foreign Workers' Life:

1. Legal evidence document of the building provided for Foreign Worker(s) to live.  But the said employers employing Foregin Worker(s) to conduct sea-fishing works, home maids, in-house nurse and works stipulated as referred to in Subparagraph 11 in Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of The Act can be exempted.

2. Name list of the said Foreign Workers.

3. The said Foreign Workers' Affidavit regarding expenses incurred for entry into the Republic of China to work and his/her wage/salary as verified by the Competent Authorities of the Labor-Exporting Country.  But those who meet the provisions as referred to in Paragraph 2 of Article 27 can be exemped.

The document as referred to in Subparagraph 3 of the Previous Paragraph submitted by the employers who have been granted permit to consecutively employ Class B Foreign Worker(s) can be exempted from verification.

The local competent authority shall issue a certificate of notification acceptance if the documents of Paragraph 1 meet the requirements.

The so-called legal evidence document of the building provided for Foreign Worker(s) to live referred to in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 referes to the Usage License of accommodation type as stipulated in the Building Code; those using temporary buildings as accomodation dormitory shall obtain evidence documents of permit issued by the Competent Building Authority of the Municipal City Government or the County/City Governments.

Article 28

Within fifteen (15) days following the entry into the Republic of China of the Class B Foreign Worker(s) as recruited by an Employer, the Employer shall submit the following documents to apply for employment permit(s) therefore:

1. Application form(s).

2. Recruitment permit(s).

3. Name list of the recruited Class B Foreign Worker(s).

4. Health Examination Report issued by a domestic hospital as designated by the Central Competent Health Authorities.

5. Original of the receipt for examination fee.

6. Certificate evidence of notification acceptance issued by the local competent authority according to Article 27-1.

7. Other documents as may be required by the Central Competent Authorities.

Article 29

Should an Employer find it necessary to continue the employment of Class B Foreign Worker(s) within the period of sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Employment Permit(s) or of the Extended Employment Permit(s) for a Major Construction Project, the Employer shall apply, with the application form(s) for extension for Employment Permit(s) or for an additional extension for the Extended Employment Permit(s) for a Major Construction Project, together with any other document(s) as may be required by the Central Competent Authorities, for such extension or additional extension respectively thereof within the said period.

Chapter 4 Application for Permit(s) to Employ Class C Foreign Worker(s)

Article 30

Foreign Student(s), as referred to in Subparagraph 1 of Article 50 of The Act, shall conform to the qualifications as set forth in the Regulations on Foreign Students Enrolled in Schools in the Republic of China.

Article 31

Should a Foreign Student as referred to in Article 30 have been officially enrolled in a school to take courses for two (2) semesters or more in a division, department, or graduate institute thereof, or to take language course(s) for one (1) year or more, and have had an outstanding performance in academic accomplishments, and should the school in which he/she is enrolled have acknowledged the existence of any of the following factual situations, the said Foreign Student may engage in jobs relevant to the course(s) he/she takes and language he/she studies:

1. It is proved by concrete evidence that the financial situation of the said Foreign Student is unable to continuously sustain his/her studies and living.

2. The teaching or researching unit of the school in which the said Foreign Worker is enrolled is in need of his/her assistance and participation in teaching or researching work.

3. The said Foreign Student has to engage in off-campus practical training related to the course(s) he/she takes.

Foreign students who meet one of the following qualifications are not restricted by the provisions as referred to in the previous Paragraph:

1. Foreign Students with exceptional specialty in a foreign language, with the ad hoc approval by the Ministry of Education, after his/her enrollment in the school, to work on a part-time basis as a teacher in that language in a subsidiary language center affiliated with a University/College or with a foreign culture and education organization stationed in the Republic of China.

2. Foreign Students enroll in a graduate institute and have been approved by the school in which the said Foreign Workers enroll to conduct relevant researching work.

Article 32

Overseas Chinese Student(s) as referred to in Subparagraph 2 of Article 50 of The Act shall conform to the student's status as set forth in the Regulations Relating to Home-coming Overseas Chinese Students' Education of and Counsel.
Foreign Students of Chinese Origin other than Overseas Chinese Student(s) as referred to in Subparagraph 2 of Article 50 of The Act shall conform to the student's status as set forth in the Regulations on Education Relating to Hong Kong and Macau Residents Coming to the Republic of China.

Article 33

In order to apply for a work permit, a Class C Foreign Worker shall submit the following documents:

1. Application form(s).

2. Photocopy of student's identity card.

3. Original of Letter of Authorization issued by the School or by the Subsidiary Language Center affiliated with the School in which the Applicant Class C Foreign Worker is enrolled.

4. Grades certificate(s) of the latest semester or school report of full-year language course(s). The requirement of such documents is exempted where the Applicant Class C Foreign Worker meets the requirements as set forth in Paragraph 2 of Article 31.

5. Original of the receipt for examination fee.

6. Other documents as may be required by the Central Competent Authorities.

In addition to those documents as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the Applicant Class C Foreign Worker shall also submit the relevant certifying document(s) as referred to in Subparagraphs 1 to 3 of Paragraph 1 of Article 31 or the certificate for his/her exceptional specialty in a foreign language as referred to in Paragraph 2 of Article 31.

Article 34

The validity of work permit(s) of Class C Foreign Worker(s) shall not be longer than six (6) months.
Except for summer or winter vacations, Class C Foreign Worker(s) as permitted to work in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not work more than sixteen (16) hours per week.

Article 35

The Central Competent Authorities shall refuse to grant a Class C Foreign Worker's application for work permit(s) should any of the following occur:

1. False information found in the application filed;.

2. The application is not made in conformity with the relevant requirements, and the Applicant Class C Foreign Worker fails to make necessary supplements and/or rectifications thereof within the specified period

Chapter 5 Application for Permit(s) to Employ Class D Foreign Workers

Article 36

In applying for permit(s) to employ the Class D Foreign Worker(s), an Employer shall submit the following documents:

1. Application form(s).

2. Photocopy of the national identity card of the Applicant Employer or the person in charge of the Applicant Company, the certificates of the company registration, business registration, factory registration, and that of the license for specially permitted businesses. The requirement of the photocopy of the certificates of factory registration or that of the license for specially permitted businesses is exempted if so provided for in other laws or regulations.

3. Photocopy of employment contract(s) or labor contract(s).

4. Photocopy of the passport(s) of the employed Class D Foreign Worker(s).

5. Photocopy of the employed Class D Foreign Worker(s)'s Residence Permit(s) for Foreigners or his/her Permanent Residence Permit(s)..

6. Original of the receipt for examination fee.

7. Other documents as may be required by the Central Competent Authorities.

Where the Applicant Employer is an organized body of people, in addition to the documents as referred to in Subparagraph 1 and Subparagraphs 3 to 7 of Paragraph 1 of this Article, the Applicant Employer shall also submit the photocopy of the national identity card of the person in charge of such organization and that of the certificate of such organization's registration.

Article 37

Should an Employer find it necessary to continue the employment of Class D Foreign Worker(s) within the period of sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Employment Permit(s), the Employer shall apply, with the documents as referred to in Subparagraph 1, Subparagraphs 3 to 7 of Paragraph 1 of Article 36, to the Central Competent Authorities for extension of the Employment Permit(s) within the said period.

Article 38

In order to make applications to the Central Competent Authorities directly in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 51 of The Act, a Class D Foreign Worker shall submit the documents as referred to in Subparagraph 1, Subparagraphs 4 to 7 of Article 36.

Article 39

The Central Competent Authorities shall not grant employment permit(s) or the extension thereof for employment of Class D Foreign Worker(s) as applied by the Employer or directly by the Class D Foreign Worker(s), should any of the following events occur:

1. False information found in the application filed by the Employer for a permit to employ Foreign Worker(s) or for the extension thereof;

2. The application is not made in conformity with the relevant requirements, and the Applicant Employer or Applicant Class D Foreign Worker(s) fail(s) to make necessary supplements and/or rectifications thereof within the specified period

Chapter 6 Regulations Following the Foreign Worker's Entry in the Republic of China

Article 40

Should the number of employed Foreign Workers as referred to in Subparagraph 10 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of The Act reach ten (10) or more, the Employer shall set up disciplinarian(s) in accordance with the following Paragraphs:

1. Where the number of employed Foreign Workers is ten (10) or more but below fifty (50), there shall be at least one (1) disciplinarian.

2. Where the number of employed Foreign Workers is fifty (50) or more but below one hundred (100), there shall be at least two (2) disciplinarians.

3. Where the number of employed Foreign Workers is one hundred (100) or more, there shall be an additional disciplinarian per every additional one hundred (100) employed Foreign Workers.

The disciplinarian(s) of the Previous Paragraph shall possess one of the following qualifications:

1. Obtaining the Certificate of Employment Service Professional Personnel;

2. Conducting Foreign Workers' disciplinary more than two (2) years of experience;

3. Graduate(s) of university or college and having more than one (1) year of work experience.

The local competent authority may notify the employers who have violated the specifications of Paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article to improve within specified period.   

Article 40-1

Private Employment Service Agency accepting the employer's consignment of Article 40 to conduct Foreign Workers' disciplinary shall set up disciplinarian(s) in accordance with the following Paragraphs:  

1. Where the number of Foreign Workers under disciplinary is ten (10) or more but below fifty (50), there shall be at least one (1) disciplinarian.

2. Where the number of Foreign Workers under disciplinary is fifty (50) or more but below one hundred (100), there shall be at least two (2) disciplinarians.

3. Where the number of Foreign Workers under disciplinary is one hundred (100) or more, there shall be an additional disciplinarian per every additional one hundred (100) Foreign Workers under disciplinary.

The disciplinarian(s)' qualifications of the Previous Paragraph apply to the specifications in Paragraph 2 of Article 40.

The local competent authority may notify the consigning employer and the consigned Private Employment Service Agency to improve within specified period if the consigned Private Employment Service Agency violates the specifications of Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.

Article 41

Should the number of employed Foreign Workers as referred to in Article 40 reach thirty (30) or more, the Employer shall set up personnel with bilingual ability among the employed Foreign Workers in accordance with the following Paragraphs:

1. Where the number of employed Foreign Workers is thirty (30) or more but below one hundred (100), there shall be at least one such personnel.

2. Where the number of employed Foreign Workers is one hundred (100) or more but below two hundred (200), there shall be at least two such personnel.

3. Where the number of employed Foreign Workers is two hundred (200) or more, there shall be an additional such personnel per every additional one hundred (100) employed Foreign Workers.

The local competent authority may notify the employers who have violated the specifications of the Previous Paragraph to improve within specified period.

Article 42

Every written labor contract for a fixed term entered into and executed by and between an Employer and a Foreign Worker in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 46 of The Act shall be made in Chinese and shall also be translated, as a duplicate, into the native language of the Foreign Worker's national country.

Article 43

When paying the wage/salary to Class B Foreign Worker(s) in accordance with the labor contract(s), the Employer shall issue to the Class B Foreign Worker(s) and keep a copy themselves the table of wage/salary indicating both in Chinese and in the native language of the Class B Foreign Worker(s)'s national country the wage/salary actually received, the items accountable for the wage/salary, the total amount of the wage/salary, the method of wage/salary paid, the items of expenses incurred and the corresponding amount thereto about National Health Insurance premium, Labor Insurance premium, Income Tax withhold or boarding.

The Employer shall prepare and keep labor contract(s) and verified Foreign Worker's Affidavit regarding expenses incurred for entry into the Republic of China to work and his/her wage/salary for the inspection of the competent authorities.

The Employer who recruit Class B Foreign Worker(s) in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 27 are exempted from preparing and keeping the Affidavit as referred to in the Previous Paragraph.

The said wage/salary as referred to in Paragraph 1, except the amount incurred by Foreign Worker(s), shall be paid by the Employer in full amount by cash and directly to Class B Foreign Worker(s).  But when paying by other methods, the Employer shall issue relevant evidence documents to the Class B Foreign Worker(s) and keep a copy themselves.

Suppose the Employer do not pay the said wage/salary as referred to in Paragraph 1in full amount, the competent authorities may require them to pay in full within limited period.

Article 44

When engaging in jobs as referred to in Subparagraphs 8 to 10 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of The Act, no Foreign Worker is allowed to bring alone his/her family to stay, unless the Employed female Foreign Worker or the spouse of the Employed male Foreign Worker gives birth to offspring in the Republic of China during the term of employment and is able to maintain their life.

Article 45

Where an Employed Foreign Worker acts in the manner as referred to in Article 56 of The Act, in additional of notifying the local authorities and police authorities of such situation in accordance with the said Article, his/her Employer shall also notify the Central Competent Authorities of the same.  But if the reason of notification for employed Class B Foreign Workers is terminating employment relationship, then the local competent authority shall explore and verify the Foreign Workers' genuine willingness after it has received the notification; the verification procedure will be promulgated by the Central Competent Authorities.

The notification as referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall contain the name of the Employed Foreign Worker, his/her sex, age, nationality, date of entry into the Republic of China, term of employment, the document number of his/her recruitment or employment permit, and the photocopy of his/her Residence Permit(s) for Foreigner.

Where the said employed person has not departed from the territory of the Republic of China, the police authorities shall make a collective report to the National Police Administration, Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China and fortify the search for such missing Employed Foreign Worker.

Article 46

An Employer shall, prior to the expiration of the validity of the employment permit(s) of any Employed Foreign Worker(s), go through the necessary formalities on behalf of the Employed Foreign Worker(s) with a view to facilitating the Employed Foreign Worker(s)'s departure from the territory of the Republic of China.

Should the Employed Foreign Worker(s) be ordered to depart from the territory of the Republic of China due to any of the following reasons, the Employer shall, within the specified period, go through the necessary formalities on behalf of the Employed Foreign Worker(s) with a view to facilitating his/her departure. In any case, however, the period, if any, specified by the Entry/Exit Authorities in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, shall be strictly observed.

1. Employment permit(s) has/have been terminated.

2. The result of the health examination(s) has indicated that the Employed Foreign Worker(s) has/have failed some items in the health examination.

3. The Employer has not applied for employment permit(s) in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations or such application has already been rejected.

Within thirty (30) days following the departure of the Employed Foreign Worker as referred to in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the Employer shall submit the name list of the Foreign Worker(s) who has/have departed and the documents certifying such departure to notify the Central Competent Authorities to that effect.

Article 46-1

An employer who cannot observe the requirements of notification or application within specified periods set forth in the Regulations may, after approval by the Central Competent Authorities, re-do notification or application.

To re-do notification or application in the previous Paragraph is limited for once for the same case of notification or application.      

Chapter 7 Supplementary Provisions

Article 47

The format of all forms and documents as referred to in the Regulations shall be promulgated by the Central Competent Authorities.

Article 48

The Regulations take effect on January 15, 2004.

Revised Articles of the Regulations take effect on the date of promulgation. 

Revised and promulgated Articles of the Regulations on October 3, 2006 take effect on November 1, 2006.

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