Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation for the Teaching and Other Staff Members of Public Schools Article 22

If a staff member has been employed for 5 years and any of the following circumstances applies, the staff member's employing school shall take the initiative to carry out compulsory retirement1. The staff member does not meet the conditions for voluntary retirement under Article 18, and is under a declaration of guardianship or assistance which has not yet been lifted.2. The staff member has one of the following physical or mental illnesses, injuries, or disabilities, and the employing school issues a certificate that he or she is incapable of performing the duties of his or her work, and also incapable of performing other equivalent work（1）Submits a certificate issued by a qualified hospital stating that he or she meets the standard of semi-incapacitated or a more severe disability under the Civil Servant and School Staff Insurance Disability Benefit Standards, and has already duly received disability payment, or a certificate stating that he or she is assessed to have a mental or physical disability ranking of severe or greater under the ranking system set by the central competent health authority.（2）Suffers a stage 3 or later malignant tumor, and submits a certificate from a qualified hospital.Before the employing school takes the initiative to carry out compulsory retirement for a staff member pursuant to subparagraph 2, item 1 of the preceding paragraph, it shall provide vocational rehabilitation services for the staff member pursuant to Article 33 of the Act for the Protection of Rights of People with Disabilities.