Ministry of Labor
Law Source Retrieving System Labor Laws And Regulations

Print Date：115/06/13 19:01

These measures are promulgated according to item 2 of Article 28<br />in the Handicapped Protection Law (herein as the Law).

The competent authorities refered in this measure are the labor<br />administration competent authorities of all levels.

The contents of the employment evaluation shall be carried out<br />according to the handicapped person’s individual characteristics, as the <br />following,<br />1.Conditions and functional performance of the handicapped.<br />2.Learning characteristics and preferences.<br />3.Professional interest.<br />4.Professional inclinations.<br />5.Work skills.<br />6.Work personality.<br />7.Analysis of the potential employment environment.<br />8.Employment assistance or employment readjustment.<br />9.Evaluation of other relevant employment requirements.

The methods of employment evaluation, according to the handicapped<br />person's individual conditions, shall be carried out as the following:<br />1.Standardized psychiatric test.<br />2.Sample of the work.<br />3.Evaluation of personality.<br />4.On-site demonstration.<br />5.Other relevant evaluations.

The methods of employment evaluation shall be carried out<br />according to the following procedure: <br />1.According to the results of the individual interview and the basic<br /> information of the case, a preliminary analysis on the factors of the<br /> employment objectives shall be made, so to establish an individualized<br /> employment assistance evaluation plan.<br />2.Evaluating with the target on the case individual, his/her potential<br /> working environment and individual and personal adaptability, when<br /> necessary, refer or invite professionals in fields like employment services,<br /> special education, individual management, employment assistance services,<br /> mental hygiene, physical therapy, occupational therapy and other relevant<br /> professionals, to counsel or arrange a relevant evaluation as a team.<br />3.Collecting all the evaluation results or past medical records, education<br /> records, etc., provided by all evaluation departments, and call for<br /> professional team evaluation meeting when necessary.<br />4.Compose employment assistance evaluation reports according to the<br /> evaluation results, and provide concrete suggestions to the individual<br /> follow-up service plan.<br />5.When the case subject obtains the proper arrangement, whenever the<br /> employment service staff or the case administrator find a necessity for<br /> further evaluations, such can be granted after a formal application.<br />The case subject stated in the previous article means the handicapped person<br />who receives an employment assistance evaluation.

The employment assistance evaluation shall be carried out<br />according to the previous article, except for special cases, the evaluation <br />process shall not exceed ninety working hours, and not exceed three weeks.

The employment assistance evaluation authority (institution) in<br />charge must build a file for each individual who receives the employment <br />assistance evaluation, as to facilitate the individual case management and <br />follow-up assistance.

The employment assistance evaluation shall be processed by the<br />employment assistance evaluator. The recruitment and training of the <br />employment assistance evaluators shall be processed according to “The <br />regulations of the recruitment and training of the employment service <br />professionals for the handicapped”.

The employment assistance evaluators shall provide the following<br />services to the handicapped persons who are willing and in need of assistance:<br />1.To develop individualized employment assistance evaluation plan.<br />2.According to the case subject’s individual conditions, and using all kinds<br /> of employment assistance evaluations to evaluate the case subject’s<br /> potential.<br />3.To analyze the potential employment environment.<br />4.To provide the case subject relevant evaluation on the employment with<br /> all relevant professionals.<br />5.To compose employment assistance evaluation report.<br />6.To provide suggestions for the individualized service plan.<br />7.All other related employment assistance evaluation services.

The principles of the employment evaluation are:<br />1.The employment assistance evaluation plan shall obtain first the written<br /> approval of the case subject or the guardian prior to its execution.<br />2.The evaluation process and the selection of the tools, shall<br /> be adjusted according to each case subject’s needs.<br />3.All the evaluation results commented on the case subject’s personal<br /> information by the employment assistance evaluators must be kept<br /> confidentially.<br />4.On all the unfair evaluation procedures, use of the tools and evaluation<br /> results and the explanations and applications, the case subject and the<br /> legal guardian can file complaints to the handicapped protection<br /> association.

The competent authorities shall reward all the outstanding<br />private groups or the handicapped welfare organizations in charge of the <br />employment assistance evaluation.

As to enhance the research and development of the employment<br />assistance evaluation and the provision of such services, the competent <br />authorities shall establish or reward the establishments of employment <br />assistance evaluation centers.

The central labor competent authorities shall research and<br />develop all the necessary tools for the employment assistance evaluation.

Resources of the fund for this measure originate from the<br />following:<br />1.Payable from the employment fund for the physically and mentally<br /> challenged.<br />2.Payable from the employment fund for the visually challenged.<br />3.Allowance from the local government.<br />The central competent labor authorities shall provide the allowance <br />according to the financial situation of the district.

This measure shall take effect on the day of promulgation.