Employment Service Act Article 46
Employers hiring foreign nationals to work in the Republic of China are limited to the following categories, unless otherwise stipulated in the Act:1.Professional or technical work.2.Senior managers in businesses in which overseas Chinese or foreign nationals receive approval to invest or establish.3.Teachers at the following categories of school:(a) Teachers in public or registered private colleges and universities or schools for overseas Chinese .(b) Qualified teachers of foreign language courses in public or registered private senior high schools or below.(c) Subject teachers in the bilingual department at a public or registered private experimental senior high school or bilingual school.4.Full-time teachers at short-term supplementary schools registered under the Supplementary and Continuing Education Act.5.Sports coaches and athletes.6.Religious, artistic, and performing art related work.7.Seafarers of commercial ships, working ships, and other vessels granted special permission by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.8.Ocean fishing work.9.Render home care workers , institutional care workers and household assistance workers.10.Work designated by the Central Competent Authority to meet the needs of national infrastructure projects or socio-economic development.11.Other work where it is necessary to hire foreign nationals because of the special nature of the job and the lack of such talent in Taiwan, approved on a case-by-case basis by the Central Competent Authority.The qualifications and review standards for foreign nationals engaged in the aforementioned work will be determined by the Central Competent Authority in consultation with the central authority for target industries, other than where specified in other laws. However, for live-in care workers detailed in point 9 above, if the care recipient has indigenous status, the assessment and method of determination will be decided by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in consultation with the Council of Indigenous Peoples.Employers who hire foreign nationals in accordance with the provisions of points 8 to 10 of Paragraph 1 must draft a fixed-term written labor contract; if no fixed term is set, the term of the contract shall be the same as the work permit period. The same applies when the contract is renewed.Employers who hire foreign nationals to engage in render home care work, where the care recipient is 80 years of age or older, or between 70 and 79 years of age and suffering from stage 2 cancer or above, are exempt from the requirement to undergo a professional evaluation by a medical institution.
中文原文 就業服務法第46條
雇主聘僱外國人在中華民國境內從事之工作，除本法另有規定外，以下列各款為限：
一、專門性或技術性之工作。
二、華僑或外國人經政府核准投資或設立事業之主管。
三、下列學校教師：
（一）公立或經立案之私立大專以上校院或外國僑民學校之教師。
（二）公立或已立案之私立高級中等以下學校之合格外國語文課程教師。
（三）公立或已立案私立實驗高級中等學校雙語部或雙語學校之學科教師。
四、依補習及進修教育法立案之短期補習班之專任教師。
五、運動教練及運動員。
六、宗教、藝術及演藝工作。
七、商船、工作船及其他經交通部特許船舶之船員。
八、海洋漁撈工作。
九、家庭幫傭、機構看護及家庭看護工作。
十、為因應國家重要建設工程或經濟社會發展需要，經中央主管機關指定之工作。
十一、其他因工作性質特殊，國內缺乏該項人才，在業務上確有聘僱外國人從事工作之必要，經中央主管機關專案核定者。
從事前項工作之外國人，其工作資格及審查標準，除其他法律另有規定外，由中央主管機關會商中央目的事業主管機關定之。
但前項第九款之家庭看護工，其被看護者具有原住民身分時，其評估與認定方式應由衛生福利部會商原住民族委員會定之。
雇主依第一項第八款至第十款規定聘僱外國人，須訂立書面勞動契約，並以定期契約為限；其未定期限者，以聘僱許可之期限為勞動契約之期限。
續約時，亦同。
雇主聘僱外國人從事家庭看護工作，被看護者凡年齡滿八十歲以上，或七十歲至七十九歲患有癌症二期以上者，得免經醫療機構之專業評估。
一、專門性或技術性之工作。
二、華僑或外國人經政府核准投資或設立事業之主管。
三、下列學校教師：
（一）公立或經立案之私立大專以上校院或外國僑民學校之教師。
（二）公立或已立案之私立高級中等以下學校之合格外國語文課程教師。
（三）公立或已立案私立實驗高級中等學校雙語部或雙語學校之學科教師。
四、依補習及進修教育法立案之短期補習班之專任教師。
五、運動教練及運動員。
六、宗教、藝術及演藝工作。
七、商船、工作船及其他經交通部特許船舶之船員。
八、海洋漁撈工作。
九、家庭幫傭、機構看護及家庭看護工作。
十、為因應國家重要建設工程或經濟社會發展需要，經中央主管機關指定之工作。
十一、其他因工作性質特殊，國內缺乏該項人才，在業務上確有聘僱外國人從事工作之必要，經中央主管機關專案核定者。
從事前項工作之外國人，其工作資格及審查標準，除其他法律另有規定外，由中央主管機關會商中央目的事業主管機關定之。
但前項第九款之家庭看護工，其被看護者具有原住民身分時，其評估與認定方式應由衛生福利部會商原住民族委員會定之。
雇主依第一項第八款至第十款規定聘僱外國人，須訂立書面勞動契約，並以定期契約為限；其未定期限者，以聘僱許可之期限為勞動契約之期限。
續約時，亦同。
雇主聘僱外國人從事家庭看護工作，被看護者凡年齡滿八十歲以上，或七十歲至七十九歲患有癌症二期以上者，得免經醫療機構之專業評估。