Taipei City Government

There has been an increase of cases involving legal migrant workers working additional jobs, or even involved in online marketing of counterfeits, in the hopes of boosting their income.
 
Labor Commissioner Chen Hsin-yu pointed out that migrant workers are permitted to come to Taiwan to work in specific occupation as outlined on their work permit. In principle, they cannot work at locations beyond those authorized or take up other jobs. If they violate this, they risk having their work permit revoked and face possible deportation.
 
Chen pointed out that in accordance with the Employment Service Act, work categories and work location are listed on their work permits. Migrant workers cannot work at places or be employed for jobs not stated on the permit. Violators may face work permit cancelation and deportation in compliance with Section 1 and Section 2 of Article 73.
 
The commissioner pointed out that even for those who use the wait time between transfer of employers or those taking their own time to work on other jobs, even one day of unauthorized work is considered a violation under the Employment Service Act and may result in severe consequences.
 
Furthermore, those illegally hiring or taking in migrant workers who are registered by other employers may face fines between NT$150,000 and NT$750,000 for violating Section 1 of Article 57 and Article 44 of the Employment Service Act.