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Brief Introduction
INSURE
Your Life

Employees employed by employers publicly for Labor Occupational Accident Insurance
announced by the central competent authority Health Check and Track for the Prevention
other than those under the first paragraph of of Occupation Disease and have had at
Article 6. least a year of coverage may apply for the
The first paragraph of Article 10 of Labor health tracking checkup for the prevention
Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection of occupational disease once per year after
Act: changing operations, leaving their employment,
Employees or persons who actually perform work or withdrawing the insurance. The application
other than those under Articles 6 to 9. should be filed to the BLI and can either be

filed by the insured unit or the workers. The
5. Health Examination to Prevent health check fees shall be approved and paid

Occupational Disease and Follow- by the BLI after referencing the benefit items
Up Health Examination and payment standards of the national health
insurance medical services.
(1)Health Examination to Prevent
Occupational Disease Labor Pension Program

For the purpose of maintaining the health of
the insured persons and for the early detection The Labor Pension Program is a system mandating
and treatment of occupational disease, insured employers to pay pensions to workers to secure
persons who engage in operations listed the welfare of workers after retirement. However,
in Article 2 Paragraph 1 of the Regulations the past stipulations pertaining to labor pension
for Labor Occupational Accident Insurance claiming under the Labor Standards Act (the old
Health Check and Track for the Prevention of program) are overly strict; it is hard for most workers
Occupation Disease may apply for this health to meet the requirements of applying. To safeguard
check once per year if the insured persons have workers’ retired lives, eliminate deficiencies of
had at least one year of coverage accumulated the old program, and avoid the rights of pension
until the day of application acceptance of the claiming being affected by employee’s change
BLI. The health check fees shall be approved of jobs or employers’ going out of business, the
and paid by the BLI after referencing the benefit government is obligated to replace the old program
items and payment standards of the national with a new one. Also, this would make it easier for
health insurance medical services. employers to estimate their operating costs and
reduce labor disputes.
(2)Follow-Up Health Examination After communication and coordination among

Considering the fact that epidemiology has workers, employers, and the government for
proven that exposure to exceptionally hazardous more than a decade, the Labor Pension Act (the
operations may lead to incubation periods new program) was announced on June 30, 2004
of 10 to 30 years for certain occupational and went into effect on July 1, 2005. The central
diseases, and for the purpose of enhancing competent authority shall entrust the BLI to take
the protection of worker health rights, workers charge of the revenues, expenditures and safeguard
who have engaged in operations listed in of labor pension, the imposition of late payment
Article 2 Paragraph 2 of the Regulations charges and penalties. The new labor pension

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