Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation Under the Individual Account System for the Teaching and Other Staff of Public Educational Institutions Article 23

If the person’s having been made subject to the guardianship order or assistance order. or having the physical or mental illness, injury, or disability referred to in Subparagraph 1 or Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of the preceding article occurred as the result of their performance of their official duties（hereunder referred to as an "occupational injury or illness"）, the staff member's compulsory retirement is not subject to the requirement of their having been employed for five years.The term "occupational injury or illness" in the preceding paragraph means that the educational institution employing a staff member certifies, and the competent authority reviews and determines that there is definitely a substantial causal relationship between a staff member's physical or mental illness, injury, or disability and one of the following circumstances:1. The occurrence of an accident, or hazardous incident, or an violent event occurs, or the staff member falls ill, during the performance of duties, resulting in injury or illness.2. The occurrence of an accident, or hazardous incident in the workplace, while away on official business, or while traveling to or from the workplace or the place of the official business, resulting in injury or illness. However, this does not apply if an injury or illness is the result of an accident caused by a serious traffic violation by the staff member.3. Sudden onset of illness during the performance of duties, in the workplace, or while traveling to or from the workplace or place of official business, resulting in injury or illness.4. Unyielding diligence or overwork, resulting in injury or illness.If any doubt arises regarding the determination of an occupational injury or illness described in the subparagraphs of the preceding paragraph and of the associated causal relationship, a review shall be carried out by the review panel for cases in which there is doubt whether compulsory retirement has an occupational cause or whether bereavement compensation is payable due to occupational cause referred to in Article 23, Paragraph 3 and Article 53, Paragraph 4 of the Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation Act.When reviewing and investigating the elements of individual cases of the sudden onset of illness, or unyielding diligence or overwork, resulting in illness or injury, referred to in Subparagraph 3 and Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 2, the review panel referred to in the preceding paragraph may refer to the Reference Criteria for Reviews of Cases of Sudden Onset of Illness of a Civil Servants Due to an Occupational Cause or Death of a Civil Servant Resulting from Unyielding Diligence or Overwork.The standards for determination and the mechanisms for reviewing any occupational injury or illness referred to in the subparagraphs of Paragraph 2 and the scope of serious traffic violations are subject to the provisions of Articles 21 to 27 of the Enforcement Rules of the Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation Act.