The Seafarer Act Article 44

The employer shall pay disability compensations to the seafarers who get recovered from injuries or illnesses suffered during the period of undertaking their duties but become disabled later, or who do not totally get recovered after two years, and for such disabilities remaining in their bodies after they are examined and certified by an approved medical institution. The disability compensations shall be on a lump-sum basis in accordance with the average wage and the degree of disabilities. Criteria of the payment of disability compensations shall be in accordance with the Labor Insurance Statute.The degree of disability remaining in the seafarers’ body, if certified by an assigned doctor as 50 percent or more, and that in the same time ranked as the 7th grade or higher, or the 11th grade or higher as prescribed in the Labor Insurance Act, and proved to be unsuitable for working on board, the seafarers shall be paid the highest level of disability compensation.