Employment Service Act Article 47

(Ⅰ)Employers intending to hire foreign workers for work categories listed in Subparagraphs 8 to 11 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 must first attempt domestic recruitment with reasonable labor terms. The application for a permit to recruit foreign personnel is permissible only if sufficient domestic employees cannot be acquired to meet business needs. In the process of recruiting foreign workers under these conditions, employers are required to: notify the labor union or the workers of the business entity about the full details of such recruitment; announce publicly the recruitment information in the workplace where the foreign workers will be employed.(Ⅱ)During domestic recruitment as stated in Paragraph 1, unless there are justifiable reasons, employers may not refuse to employ job applicants referred by public employment services institutions.