職業災害保險法單獨立法之方向【本期企劃】 試閱
Toward the Independent Enactment of Occupational Accidents Insurance Act
勞保給付資料顯示,臺灣職業災害死亡率偏高且慢性職業病被嚴重低估。現行職業災害補償制度存有諸多問題,包括法規分散、職業傷病認定程序混亂、給付額度過低等。受災勞工在尋求職業災害補償過程中遭遇困難,造成雇主補償責任轉嫁至職業災害者個人、其家庭及整體社會。為保障勞動者權益,本文呼籲政府應盡速制定職業災害保險法,將受僱者全面納保、提升保險費率、提高給付範圍、簡化職業傷病認定機制,並建立專責的職業災害預防與職業災害者重建機制。
Labor insurance claim data indicated that in Taiwan, the occupational fatality remains high and chronic occupational diseases are severely underestimated. Many problems exist in the system of workers?compensation, including multiple laws involved, complicating recognition processes, and limited scope and insufficient levels of compensation benefits. Barriers to obtaining compensation benefits result in an unjust shift of compensation responsibility from employers to injured workers, their families and the society in the whole. To ensure workers?rights, we call on the government to enact an integrated Occupational Accidents Insurance Act, in which all employees should be covered, premium rates should be increased, compensation benefits should be expanded, the recognition procedure should be improved, and mechanisms for the prevention of occupational injuries and diseases and the rehabilitation for the effected workers should be established.
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