Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 47 of the Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene 2015, it is stipulated as follows:
Assessing the level of reduced working capacity
1. Employees who have had work-related accidents or occupational diseases are assessed or re-assessed for the level of reduced working capacity when falling into one of the following cases:
a) After being injured or sick for the first time, the disease has been treated stably and there are sequelae affecting health;
b) After disability, the disease has recurred and has been treated stably;
c) In cases of disability or occupational diseases that are not able to be treated stably according to the regulations of the Minister of Health, employees are allowed to undergo assessment procedures before or immediately during the treatment process.
2. Employees are assessed for the overall level of reduced working capacity when they fall into one of the following cases:
a) Both having a work accident and occupational disease;
b) Having had multiple work accidents;
c) Suffering from many occupational diseases.
3. Employees specified in Point b, Clause 1 of this Article are allowed to re-assess occupational accidents and diseases after 24 months from the date the employee was concluded by the Medical Assessment Council on the previous rate of adjacent labor capacity reduction; in case the nature of occupational diseases causes the employee to rapidly decline in health, the assessment time will be implemented earlier according to the regulations of the Minister of Health.
Accordingly, employees who have an accident while working are assessed for the general level of reduced working capacity when falling into one of the following cases:
- Both having a work accident and occupational disease;
- Having had multiple work accidents;
- Suffered from many occupational diseases.
