1.Promulgated all 2 points by the Council of Labor Affairs, Executive Yuan on January 21, 2009 per Order Lao-Zhi-Guan-Zi No. 0980503033; effective on the date of promulgation.

2.Point 2 amended and promulgated by the Council of Labor Affairs, Executive Yuan on August 2, 2011 per Order Lao-Zhi-Guan-Zi No. 1000508168; effective on the date of promulgation.

3.Promulgated all 2 points as amended by the Ministry of Labor on April 25, 2014 per Order Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Zi No. 1031812551; effective on March 30, 2014.

4.Promulgated all 2 points as amended by the Ministry of Labor on July 6, 2017 per Order Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Zi No. 10605118771; effective on January 1, 2018.

5.Promulgated all 2 points as amended by the Ministry of Labor on May 28, 2019 per Order Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Zi No. 10805047811; effective on the date of promulgation.

6.Promulgated all 2 points as amended by the Ministry of Labor on June 30, 2020 per Order Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Zi No. 10905081341; effective on January 1, 2021.

7.Promulgated all 2 points as amended by the Ministry of Labor on December 14, 2020 per Order Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Zi No. 10905193431; effective on January 1, 2021.

8.Promulgated all 2 points as amended by the Ministry of Labor on February 18, 2021 per Order Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Zi No. 11005009421; effective on the date of promulgation.

9.Promulgated all 2 points as amended by the Ministry of Labor on January 22, 2025 per Order Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Zi No. 1130509352A; effective on the date of promulgation.

10.Promulgated all 2 points as amended by the Ministry of Labor on August 3, 2026 per Order Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Zi No. 1150502202A; effective on the date of promulgation.

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Article 1
1. In order to review employer applications to hire or continue the employment of foreign workers engaged in work detailed in Subparagraphs 8 to 10, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Employment Service Act, the Ministry of Labor (hereinafter the Ministry) has drafted these discretionary standards for the “Foreign Worker Life Care Service Plan” that is part of inspections to be conducted by the local competent authority when notified within the statutory period.
Article 2
2. Employers are required to comply with the provisions of Article 33of the “Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers” and draft a Foreign Worker Life Care Service Plan with the following items and standards to be included:
(1) Ocean fishing work (living on land), institutional care work, manufacturing work, construction work, slaughterhouse work, outreach manufacturing work, outreach agricultural work, diverse companionship care service work, and Work involving waste management and recycling.(layout is shown in addendum 1)
(2) Foreign workers engaged in ocean fishing work. (living on board the vessel) (layout is shown in addendum 2)
(3) Foreign workers engaged in live-in home help, live-in care work, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry work or aquaculture fishing work.(layout is shown in addendum 3)