Conflict of Laws on Occupational Accident Death Benefits: Presented with Actual Cases in Taiwan

Authors

  • Chi-Hsin Wu

  • Ding-Hua Lin

  • Yun Chen Yu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34257/GJHSSHVOL21IS5PG19

Keywords:

occupational accident; death benefit; conflict of laws

Abstract

When a worker dies due to an occupational accident the labor insurance death benefit being applied for by his her survivors subject to more conditions due to the revision of the Act When the survivor does not meet the requirements the labor insurance will not be paid At this time the survivor of the occupational accident worker shall instead turn to the employer for compensation to pay the labor insurance premium as the Bureau of Labor Insurance did not pay The employer had to pay out of its pocket to compensate the survivor for the absurdity of the death compensation by the Labor Standards Act A large company can take care of family members in terms of corporate responsibility or financial resources if it is a small and medium-sized enterprise or even a microenterprise it cannot pay this huge amount and family members have to fight for compensation through litigation However it is not commonly known that the premiums of the labor accident insurance are not shared by the government or workers and 100 of the total amount is paid by the employer

How to Cite

Chi-Hsin Wu, Ding-Hua Lin, & Yun Chen Yu. (2021). Conflict of Laws on Occupational Accident Death Benefits: Presented with Actual Cases in Taiwan. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 21(H5), 19–31. https://doi.org/10.34257/GJHSSHVOL21IS5PG19

Conflict of Laws on Occupational Accident Death Benefits:  Presented with Actual Cases in Taiwan

Published

2021-03-15