Category: Chapter 3 Employee Entitlements

What legal rights employees are entitled to after establishing employment relationships with their employers is a pivotal issue under employment law.

The questions and answers in this chapter explain in detail the following rights of employees: public holiday, the calculation of overtime wages for public holidays, standard work hours and special workhour systems, the issue of employees’ time-off in lieu to offset overtime hours, the entitlements of paid annual leave and the unused annual leave pay, the entitlements of employees’ medical care leave for illness or non-work-related injury, the entitlements of medical care leave for special types of employees, the entitlements of medical care leave for employees with cancers and special diseases, application for sick leave and company rules during sick leave, the work injury entitlements and the identification of special types of work-related injuries, the treatment of overlapping tort compensation and work injury entitlements, the extension of the paid work injury leave, work-related disabled employees’ entitlements, the identification and catalogue of occupational diseases, the liabilities for occupational diseases found after employment termination, the liabilities of multiple employers for occupational diseases of a same employee, the issue of mental damages related to occupational diseases and work-related injuries, bereavement leave, maternity and paternity leave benefits, special protection rules for female workers, and the right to work-breaks.

17 Jan

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62.I suffer from a chronic illness and am currently in a lawsuit with my employer. Must I go to work?

Answer: An employee must abide by the employer’s company rules during the employment relationship. If you are sick and unable to go to work, you should communicate with your employer in a timely manner and provide a medical leave certificate from the medical institution so that you may take leave and get sick leave treatments.Read more about 62.I suffer from a chronic illness and am currently in a lawsuit with my employer. Must I go to work?[…]

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63.What circumstances should be identified as work-related injuries?

Answer: Identification of work-related injuries is a complex problem in practice. work-related injuries normally include the following circumstances. The first situation is the most typical work-related injuries, including accidental injuries and occupational diseases that occur in workplaces during work time for work reasons. The second is accidental injuries on the way related to work, includingRead more about 63.What circumstances should be identified as work-related injuries?[…]

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64.What is occupational disease?

Answer: Occupational diseases are specific diseases that employees suffer from due to their work in employment. According to the 2018 Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law, whether an employee’s illness is an occupational disease depends on two conditions being met at the same time: one is that the illness is caused by “occupational activities”, andRead more about 64.What is occupational disease?[…]

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65.What types of diseases are occupational diseases?

Answer: According to the provisions of the Classification and Catalogue of Occupational Diseases in 2013, occupational diseases include: occupational pneumoconiosis and other respiratory diseases, occupational skin diseases, occupational ophthalmopathy, occupational ear, nose, throat, and oral diseases, occupational chemical poisoning, occupational diseases caused by physical factors, occupational radiation disease, occupational infectious disease, occupational tumor and otherRead more about 65.What types of diseases are occupational diseases?[…]

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66.What are the entitlements for employees with work-related injuries or occupational diseases?

Answer: The entitlements for employees with work-related injury and occupational disease are collectively referred to work injury entitlements under employment law. Employers should treat all types of employees who suffer from work-related injuries and occupational disease equally, including casual employees and employees on irregular and general work hours. The work injury entitlements include two parts:Read more about 66.What are the entitlements for employees with work-related injuries or occupational diseases?[…]