Introduction

Employers, are you struggling to help your employees with disabilities integrate into and adapt to the workplace? You can assist your employees through various methods, such as improving accessible environments for employees with physical disabilities, providing assistive devices like audio navigation systems or magnifiers for employees with visual impairments, or arranging sign language interpretation for employees with hearing or speech impairments. Additionally, you can request on-site evaluations and improvement recommendations from job redesign expert teams commissioned by the Workforce Development Agency. Through enhancements to work environments, equipment, conditions, assistive devices, and adjustments in work methods, this thoughtful service offers subsidies of up to NT$100,000 per person annually. These efforts enable employees with disabilities to overcome workplace barriers and realize their full potential.
 

Legal Basis

In accordance with Article 37 of the People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act, labor authorities at all levels are required to establish plans to implement vocational counseling and assessment, job redesign, and entrepreneurial guidance as per Article 33, Paragraph 2 of the Act, independently or in collaboration with private sector resources.

 

Objective

Through subsidies for job redesign and professional consultation services, the program effectively assists individuals with disabilities in overcoming workplace barriers, enhancing work performance, and integrating professional organizations, groups, and related units. This collective effort aims to promote successful employment and expand job opportunities for individuals with disabilities, thereby fulfilling the mission of employment services for people with disabilities.

 

Eligibility for Job Redesign Subsidy Application

1. Public and private enterprises, government agencies, schools, organizations, and vocational training institutions that employ individuals with disabilities.
2. Self-employed individuals with disabilities.
3. Public or private vocational training institutions.
4. Organizations commissioned by the government to conduct vocational training.
5. Organizations commissioned or subsidized by the government to provide home-based employment services.
6. In certain cases, individuals with disabilities may apply directly for employment-related assistive devices.

 

Job Redesign Service Items

1. Improving Workplace Environments

   Enhancing workplace accessibility to facilitate employment for individuals with disabilities.

2. Improving Work Equipment or Tools

   Modifying equipment or tools to promote suitable employment and increase productivity for individuals with disabilities.

3. Providing Employment Assistive Devices

   Supplying assistive devices needed to enhance, maintain, or improve the capabilities of individuals with disabilities in their employment.

4. Improving Work Conditions

   Providing essential work assistance to improve the job performance of individuals with disabilities, including sign language interpretation, transcription services, visual assistance, or other workplace-related human support.

5. Adjusting Work Methods

   Assigning suitable tasks based on the individual characteristics of employees with disabilities through vocational assessments and training. This includes job restructuring, assigning coworkers to collaborate with employees with disabilities, simplifying work processes, adjusting workplaces, or avoiding hazardous tasks.