An employer who brings foreign skilled workers from overseas to the Republic of China (Taiwan), or employs them domestically in accordance with Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 2, Article 7, to engage in work detailed in Subparagraph 12 and Subparagraph 13, Article 5, is required to comply with the following regulations:
1. Starting from the month (or second month) following the issuance of the employment permit, the employer will, based on the number of workers on the permit, increase the total monthly salary of full-time local employees at the lowest labor insurance or occupational accident insurance contribution grade to at least the amount designated by the Central Competent Authority. After the increase, the adjustment cannot be to the detriment of employees.
2. The increase in the total monthly salary of full-time local employees in the previous paragraph will be reported to adjust the monthly insurance contribution grade by at least one level in accordance with the law. However, when the contribution grade in the month the employment permit is issued is at level 1 of the insured salary grade under the Labor Insurance Salary Grade Table, it should be raised to at least level 3.
When the employer increases the total monthly salary of full-time local employees in accordance with the above provisions, the calculation will be based on the insurance contribution grade for the month two months prior, as recorded in the labor insurance or occupational accident insurance contribution table, when submitting the application in accordance with the provisions of Article 57.
If an employer’s qualification to file applications under Article 57 is verified, the maximum number of employees that can be applied for is 10% of the average number employed by the employer during the year preceding the two-month period prior to the month of the application.

When foreign skilled workers are employed to engage in hospitality service work detailed in Subparagraph 12, Article 5, in accordance with Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 2, Article 7, the employer is required to have a tourist hotel business license, a registration certificate for the hotel or B&B business registration certificate issued by the competent authority for the target industry.
Employers who meet the requirements in the above Article and bring foreign skilled workers from overseas to Taiwan, or employ them domestically in accordance with Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 2, Article 7, to engage in hospitality service work under Subparagraph 12, Article 5, are limited to tourist hotels and the hotel industry.

An employer who hires foreign skilled workers to engage in commercial port wharf cargo handling and distribution operations detailed in Subparagraph 13, Article 5 must, in accordance with the Commercial Port Law or the Shipping Act, apply to the central competent authority for the target industry for a permit to operate a stevedoring business or a container freight station business.