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 39

An employer can apply for an initial recruitment permit to employ foreign workers after the approval of an outreach manufacturing service proposal submitted to the central competent authority in charge of the target business.The outreach manufacturing service proposal referred to in the previous paragraph is required to include the following:1. Certified documents attesting to the employer’s qualifications.2. Plans for the provision of services, fee-charging items, amounts to be charged and a sample contract.3. Plans for manufacturing manpower deployment, supervision and educational training.4. Plans for regular inspection and control of the number of workers using outreach manufacturing services at outreach manufacturing service contract locations.5. Other outreach manufacturing service related information.Employers are required to adhere to the details of approved outreach manufacturing service proposals.The number of foreign workers hired by an employer to engage in outreach manufacturing work shall not exceed the number approved by the central competent authority in charge of the target business.The total number of foreign workers employed detailed in the previous paragraph should include the following:1. Number of foreign workers applying for first time recruitment2. Number of foreign workers allowed to apply for a recruitment permit, who have received a recruitment permit or are already employed.3. Number of workers impacted by the cancellation of foreign worker recruitment permits and employment permits, for reasons attributable to the employer, in the two years preceding the application.