1Q: How do foreign workers apply for Labor Insurance?
◆Taiwan regulation states that if an employer hires at least 5 migrant workers, he has the responsibility to apply labor insurance for them. The employer pays certain percentage of it; a part is shouldered by the worker and 10% by the government.
2Q: Can household workers apply for Labor insurance?
◆No. Since household workers are not protected by the Standard Labor Law in Taiwan, they cannot have the labor insurance. But employers need to insure household workers for occupational accident insurance.