Q: If specific intermediary has rendered service indeed, and charges the mid-level technical worker for NT$1,500 as service charge in each month, is is legal?

Answer:

That is illegal. In agreeing to provide employment services to intermediate skilled workers after they arrive in Taiwan, labor brokerages can charge a service charge of no more than NT$2,000 per year pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of the Standards for Fee-charging Items and Amounts of Private Employment Services Institutions. If a labor brokerage charges intermediate skilled worker a service fee of NT$1,500 per month it is in violation of Subparagraph 5, Paragraph 1, Article 40 of the Employment Service Act.