Subsequently, as other sectors began to suffer from a dwindling supply of labor, it became necessary to introduce further provisions governing the employment of overseas workers, and in 1992 the Employment Service Act was passed. Foreign workers began streaming into Taiwan, and rapidly came to account for a significant chunk of the labor market.
之後，因其他產業缺工情形也日益嚴重，外勞管理辦法也必須明訂，故於八十一年通過「就業服務法」，從此，外勞如潮水洶湧而來，迅速在勞動市場中卡位。