FAQ about occupational accidents

FAQ

• 01 How do I seek medical treatment for occupational injuries and diseases?
  Register for a doctor's appointment or hospitalization with your national health insurance card in the same way as you would for a regular doctor's appointment. What needs to be done additionally includes: Indicate to the registration counter that you are seeking medical care as an "occupational accident worker under labor insurance". Request for the occupational medicine outpatient clinic. (The center can assist you with the registration) Get a receipt from the hospital after your visit. Submit the "Occupational Accident Medical Claim Form" to the hospital within 10 days after the outpatient visit or discharge from the hospital, and present the receipt to claim back the co-paid expenses you have earlier paid. If you still have any questions, please call the Center at (02)8522-9366 Ext.2177
• 02 Who can report occupational injury and disease? How do I report it?
  In addition to specialist physicians in occupational medicine, employers, medical institutions or other personnel who know that a worker has suffered occupational injury and disease, and the worker himself/herself who has suffered occupational injury and disease can report occupational injury and disease by registering the name of the case client, identification document number, name of the injury or disease, contact information and information on the reporter in the Occupational Disease and Injury Reporting System announced by the Ministry of Labor. Upon receipt of the report, the Ministry of Labor will consolidate the information on the report of occupational injury and disease and make timely referrals to medical institutions through the Center for Occupational Accident Prevention and Rehabilitation to provide necessary services and assistance to the worker.If you still have any questions, please call the Center at (02)8522-9366 Ext.2177
• 03 What is the scope of acceptance of occupational disease appraisal?
  Since labor occupational accident insurance covers most of the workers, the application cases for occupational accident appraisal including those cases that the insurer deems necessary for the review of occupational disease benefits, as well as those cases where the insured encounters a dispute when applying for occupational disease benefits and has been diagnosed with an occupational disease by an approved medical institution in accordance with Paragraph 1, Article 73 of the Labor Occupational Insurance and Protection Act, should be submitted by the insurer for case appraisal in accordance with Article 5 of the Act regarding application for examination.
• 04 How can I apply for a leave of absence from work for recuperation when I have suffered an occupational accident? Will my salary be affected?
  Workers should apply to their employer for occupational injury and sick leave according to Article 6 of the “Regulations of Leave-Taking of Workers”: “In the event of disability, injury, or sickness on account of an occupational accident, a worker shall be entitled to occupational injury and sick leave during the period of medical treatment or recuperation”. They should follow the leave procedures and submit relevant supporting documents in accordance with Article 10 of the Regulations. According to Article 88 of the "Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act": "Before the occupational accident is determined, the worker concerned may request for ordinary sick leave first. When the said ordinary sick leave expires, the employer shall regard the worker as on leave without pay and give the said worker occupational sick leave once the occupational accident is determined". If you still have any questions, please call the Center at (02)8522-9366 Ext.2177
• 05 After the enactment of the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act, which business entities should have compulsory insurance coverage?
  According to Article 6 of the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act, workers aged 15 or more employed by business entities registered on record (with a practice license, registered, and tax registered in accordance with the law) or workers (live-in foreign workers) whose employers hold employment permits issued by the central competent authority in accordance with the law, should be insured by their employers regardless of the number of workers employed.
• 06 Is the employer who hires workers suffering from occupational accidents eligible for the related subsidies?
  The employer may apply for subsidies of up to NT$100,000 from local governments for the purchase of auxiliary facilities in accordance with the assessment made by the approved occupational rehabilitation institutions. The business entity employing workers suffering from occupational accidents of the original business entity, from the business entity itself, or from other business entities, may also apply to the local government for an employment subsidy for up to 12 months.