Employment Service Act Article 6

(Ⅰ)For the purposes of the Act, the term "competent authority(ies)" refers to the Ministry of Labor at the central government level, the respective municipal city government(s) at the municipal level, and the respective county/city government(s) at the County/City level.(Ⅱ)In matters concerning employment services to indigenous peoples, the Central Competent Authority shall collaborate with the Council of Indigenous Peoples of the Executive Yuan.(Ⅲ)The Central Competent Authority shall:1. Formulate nationwide employment policies, propose statutes for legislative enactment, promulgate regulations, and develop nationwide plans/programs.2. Provide information on the nationwide employment market.3. Establish standards for the implementation of employment services.4. Supervise, guide, coordinate, and assess employment services throughout the nation.5. Issue permits to employers for the employment of foreign workers and administer such employment.6. Issue, suspend, or terminate permits for private employment services institutions involved in:(1) Introducing foreign worker(s) to work in Taiwan.(2) Introducing resident(s) of Hong Kong, Macau, or Mainland China to work in the Republic of China; or(3) Introducing nationals to work abroad.7. Handle other matters related to nationwide employment services and employment promotion.(Ⅳ)The competent authority(ies) at the municipal and county/city levels shall:1. Address employment discrimination issues.2. Administer and examine the employment of foreign workers in the Republic of China.3. Issue, suspend, or terminate permits for private employment services institutions that introduce nationals to work within the Republic of China.4. Manage private employment services institutions beyond the scope described in subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 3 and subparagraph 3 of this Paragraph.5. Cooperate in other matters related to employment services for nationals.
中文原文 就業服務法第6條
本法所稱主管機關:在中央為勞動部;在直轄市為直轄市政府;在縣(市)為縣(市)政府。
中央主管機關應會同原住民族委員會辦理相關原住民就業服務事項。
中央主管機關掌理事項如下:
一、全國性國民就業政策、法令、計畫及方案之訂定。
二、全國性就業市場資訊之提供。
三、就業服務作業基準之訂定。
四、全國就業服務業務之督導、協調及考核。
五、雇主申請聘僱外國人之許可及管理。
六、辦理下列仲介業務之私立就業服務機構之許可、停業及廢止許可:
(一)仲介外國人至中華民國境內工作。
(二)仲介香港或澳門居民、大陸地區人民至臺灣地區工作。
(三)仲介本國人至臺灣地區以外之地區工作。
七、其他有關全國性之國民就業服務及促進就業事項。
直轄市、縣(市)主管機關掌理事項如下:
一、就業歧視之認定。
二、外國人在中華民國境內工作之管理及檢查。
三、仲介本國人在國內工作之私立就業服務機構之許可、停業及廢止許可。
四、前項第六款及前款以外私立就業服務機構之管理。
五、其他有關國民就業服務之配合事項。

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