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Chapter One - Organization and Businesses






            Scope and Variety of                              in 2014). In June 2002, the BLI was commissioned
                                                              by the Ministry of Interior and the Council of
            Businesses                                        Indigenous Peoples to handle the old-age citizens’
                                                              and indigenes’ welfare allowances programs. On
            The BLI’ s primary mission is the handling of labor   January 1, 2003, the BLI began to implement
            insurance services; it has also continually been   the employment insurance program. On July 1,
            commissioned other social security services. The   2005, the BLI started implementing the new labor
            scope of the BLI’ s services has been expanded    pension program. On October 1, 2008, the BLI was
            to include social insurance, labor protection,    commissioned by the Ministry of Interior (From July
            social welfare allowances and so on. The BLI      2013, the central competent authority changed to
            has been commissioned to handle the collection    the Ministry of Health and Welfare) to implement
            and  disbursement  of  wage  arrears  payment     the national pension program. On November 1,
            fund program since November 1986, as well         2018, the BLI was commissioned by the COA to
            as farmer health insurance, which the Ministry    implement the farmer occupational injury insurance
            of Interior entrusted to the BLI since July 1989   on a trial basis. On January 1, 2021, the BLI was
            (From November 1, 2018, the central competent     commissioned by the COA to implement the farmer
            authority changed to the Council of Agriculture,   pension program. On July 1, 2021, the BLI shall
            Executive Yuan). In June 1995, the Council of     provide new services on parental leave wage
            Agriculture, Executive Yuan (hereinafter referred   subsidy and pregnancy checkup leave wage subsidy.
            to as COA) commissioned the BLI to handle the     In effect from January 18, 2022, the BLI shall
            welfare allowance for elderly farmers program.    provide new services for handling of application for
            On April 28, 2002, the BLI was commissioned to    pregnancy checkup accompaniment and paternity
            handle the subsidies of occupational accident labor   leaves wage subsidy; with the effect from May
            protection (The business had been transferred to   1, 2022, the BLI shall provide services on labor
            the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
                                                              occupational accident insurance.


                       1950─Labor insurance program

                       1986─The collection and disbursement of wage arrears payment fund program
                       1989─Farmer health insurance program
                       1995─Welfare allowance for elderly farmers program
                       2002─Occupational accident labor protection program
                             (The business has been transferred to the Occupational Safety and Health
                             Administration in 2014)
                       2002─Old-age citizens’ and indigenes’ welfare allowances programs
                             (The programs had been merged into the national pension program in 2008)
                       2003─Employment insurance program
                       2005─New labor pension program
                       2008─National pension program
                       2018─Farmer occupational injury insurance program was implemented
                             on a trial basis
                       2021─Farmer pension program, parental leave wage subsidy, pregnancy
                             checkup leave wage subsidy
                       2022─Pregnancy checkup accompaniment and paternity leaves wage
                             subsidy, labor occupational accident insurance program


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