Permanent Disability Allowances
【Qualification】
Those who suffer a permanent disability due to occupational diseases whose degree of disability conforms to the provisions of the disability benefit standard of labor occupational accident insurance after withdrawing from the occupational accident insurance.
【Claim Standard】
- The benefit standard of Permanent disability allowances is basing on the average monthly insured salary when the insured withdraws from the insurance. If the average monthly insured salary calculated is lower than the amount of Level 1 of the insurance salary scale of the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act at the time of diagnosis of permanent disability or death, it shall be calculated and paid according to the amount of Level 1.
- The number of days of the disability level approved according to the permanent disability benefits distribution criteria of labor occupational accident insurance. The highest disability level is the first level with the highest lump-sum disability benefits of 1,800 days and the lowest level is the fifteenth level with the lowest lump-sum disability benefits of 45 days. Those who apply for permanent disability allowances may only apply once.
【Documents Required】
- Occupational disease permanent disability allowance application form and receipt of the distribution.
- Labor Insurance / Labor Occupational Accident Insurance Permanent disability diagnosis certificate (the insured person shall contact hospitals or clinics for diagnosing and issuing such report, the report shall be sent directly by those hospitals or clinics to Bureau of Labor Insurance within five days after it is issued, the insured persons shall send “Certificate of Proof for sending Labor Insurance / Labor Occupational Accident Insurance Permanent disability diagnosis certificate directly to Bureau of Labor Insurance”.)