Brokerage firms that hire foreign translators and chefs to work in Taiwan now have the option to file their employment-related applications online, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said Thursday.
The available online applications include those for employment permits and extensions, and employment renewal, but only for those two categories of foreign workers, the ministry said.
Job brokers can also file online applications for a change of employer, data change, and departure of an employee, in the two employment categories, the MOL said.
The online option is now also available to private manpower agencies that hire transnational workers in the two categories, the ministry said.
Previously, documents could only be filed online for the employment of certain other categories of foreign white-collar and blue-collar workers.
The labor ministry, however, has rescinded a regulation that required brokers to first obtain a recruitment permit before hiring foreign translators and chefs, which has cleared the way for online submission of employment documents in the two categories.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel