"Leave for Civil Servants Injured While Performing Hazardous Duties Extended from Maximum 5 Years to 8 Years"

Personnel Office to Finalize Improvement Plans and Begin Legal Amendments in First Half of Year

The leave period for injury or illness of public officials who are injured or fall ill while performing hazardous duties such as wildfire prevention and firefighting will be extended from a maximum of 5 years to 8 years.

On the 16th, the Ministry of Personnel Management announced plans to extend the injury and illness leave period for public officials injured while performing hazardous duties, in order to strengthen the state's responsibility and protection for public officials and allow injured officials to focus on treatment and return to work.

Previously, in 2021, the Ministry revised the "National Public Officials Act" to allow the 3-year injury and illness leave period to be extended by up to 2 years. However, concerns were raised that even in cases where serious injuries sustained at disaster sites require long-term treatment, current regulations could lead to dismissal after 5 years, indicating a need for improvement.

Accordingly, the Ministry plans to increase the injury and illness leave period for public officials performing hazardous duties to a maximum of 8 years and will begin revising related laws to establish specific measures. The plan will be finalized after collecting field opinions and reviews by each ministry and experts in the first half of this year, followed by the initiation of legal amendments.

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