Review Standards and Employment Qualifications for Foreign Workers Engaged in Work Specified in Subparagraphs 8 to 10, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Employment Service Act Article 33-1

If foreign workers employed in Taiwan attend on-the job advanced manufacturing, construction, agriculture or long-term care classes for an associate degree or higher at a local college or university, or enroll in related continued education credit courses, and earn nine study creits or more per semester, while their employment permit in Taiwan remains valid, and are employed in accordance with the provisions of Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 1, Article 26, employers are required to apply for a recruitment permit to employ foreign workers based on the number undertaking on-the-job training.When an employer applies for a recruitment permit to hire foreign workers in accordance with the above paragraph and the number is increased based on the provisions of SubParagraph 3, Paragraph 1, Article 26, the ratio of foreign workers employed can be increased by 5%. However, the total ratio cannot exceed 40%.When employers hire foreign workers based on the last two paragraphs they ae required to pay an additional employment security fee based on the provisions of Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 1, Article 26, to be reviewed based on regulations in Article 34.