Jinshan District Office Sudden Death Insurance Bureau identified overwork[Exclusivo]| Local | Key news

(Central News Agency reporter Wu Xinjun, Taipei 15) Chen Jiawei, editor of the Jinshan District Office in New Taipei City, died suddenly. The Labor Ministry’s Labor Insurance Bureau said today that after reviewing the data of his working hours, it was found that Chen Jiawei’s working hours before the onset of the disease exceeded normal working hours by more than 100 hours. In 6 months, the average time is over 80 hours, which is considered to meet the overwork guidelines.

Taking Chen Jiawei’s monthly working hours more than 100 hours than normal as an example, if he works 22 days a month, it equates to an average of at least 4-5 hours of overtime per day on weekdays.

Chen Jiawei, editor of the Jinshan District Office in New Taipei City, recently passed away suddenly, sparking a controversy over whether or not he was overworked. The New Taipei city government review team recently determined that he died in service but was overworked. The review team believes that the deceased’s family has applied for employment insurance benefits and is the Ministry of Labor’s employment insurance. The municipal government does not have the right to determine the authority recognized by the office.

Ji Shuyin, Head of the Death Pay Section of the Occupational Disaster Benefits Group of the Bureau of Labor Insurance, told the Central News Agency reporter that Chen Jiawei’s family applied for work insurance for death benefits for work accident on September 19, and the Bureau of Labor Insurance requested the New Taipei city government for relevant information, including working hours and business travel records. Family members also provided the itinerary record on Chen Jiawei’s mobile phone to the Bureau of Labor Insurance for review.

Ji Shuyin pointed out that the Occupational Insurance Bureau used the “Reference Guidelines for the Identification of Occupational Diseases Promoting Cerebrovascular and Cardiac Diseases (Except Traumatic Injuries)” established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Ministry of Labor as the basis for the determination to assess the insured’s workload. There are three requirements, which include abnormal events, short-term overwork, and long-term overwork.

Ji Shuyin said that, according to the relevant deliberation data, Chen Jiawei’s single month before the onset of the disease exceeded normal working hours by more than 100 hours, and the average of 2 to 6 months before the onset of the disease it was more than 80 hours. Therefore, the doctor determined that Chen Jiawei was in line with the long-term overwork determination in the Overwork Guidelines. Essential

Ji Shuyin said that according to relevant laws and regulations, Chen Jiawei only had employment insurance years after January 1, 1998, so he could only apply for a survivor annuity, an additional 10 months of workers’ compensation, and 5 months of funeral allowance.

According to the “Reference Guidelines for the Determination of Work-Induced Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Except Traumatic Injury),” “overwork” is a common name for work-induced cerebrovascular and heart disease. There is no word “overwork” in the law. It is medically believed that occupation is not the main factor directly causing cerebrovascular and heart disease, but if “occupational workload” is the cause of the obvious onset or deterioration of cerebrovascular disease, it can be considered an occupational disease . (Publisher: Chen Zhengwei) 1091015