In accordance with Article 9 of the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act, the following persons may apply for labor occupational accident insurance:
- Employees employed by employers publicly announced by the central competent authority other than those under the first paragraph of Article 6.
The Ministry of Labor has announced on March 15, 2022 via the official letter Lao-Dong-Bao-3-Zi No. 1110150148 that, "Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act may be applicable mutatis mutandis to the persons covered by the labor occupational accident insurance", which shall be effective on May 1, 2022. The items of announcement are as follows:
- Personnel who are employed by natural person employers other than those specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act, and engage in the following works:
- Household chores for the employer's family.
- Household caregiving for daily care for persons with disabilities or patients of the employer's family.
- Home-based childcare services.
- Personnel who are employed by PIs of research projects subsidized by government agencies (institutions) and engage in research assistant works.
- Personnel employed by natural person employers to perform the work specified in the Point 1 do not include the following persons:
- Spouse of an employer.
- The direct blood relatives of the employer and his/her spouse, or the spouses of his/her direct blood relatives.
- The collateral blood relatives of the employer and his/her spouse within the second degree of kinship, or the spouses of such collateral blood relatives.
- Employers who actually participate in the work.
- Seafarers employed by foreign employers are members of the National Chinese Seamen’s Union or the Master Mariners Association.