The Study of Statistical Survey and Decision-making Analysis of Disabled Persons from Occupational Disasters Returning to Work in Taiwan

Abstract

After occupational disasters happen to laborers, the minor injury may cause temporary disability or temporary total disability. After treatment and rehabilitation, they can return to work. However, those with serious conditions, such as mild or severe disability, will be less capable of work, resulting in income reduction. In order to assist the disabled in shaking off the difficulty in economy and life, returning to workplace is the core issue. This study collects and analyzes the international community's literature on the development of maternity leave. By referring to the documents and practices of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention, this study explores the causal relationship and importance between government departments and enterprises in decision-making assessment factors, and assist with quantitative research methods such as questionnaire survey, etc. to provide specific suggestions for relevant policies. The study has found that 53.33% of the disabled workers had their wages lowered, and 52.85% of the disabled workers failed to return to work, which really reflected the barriers of employment discrimination for the disabled workers who had suffered from occupational disasters to return to work. In addition, the greatest difficulty faced by disabled workers in finding mainly lies in two factors, namely, “lack of local employment opportunities” and “lack of employment information channels”, which account for 66.22%. The discussion in this study shows that the biggest problem encountered when returning to the workplace is the economic aspect, with the main factor being the daily basic expenses accounting for 61.82%. Comprehensive statistical survey and decision-making analysis are used to explore the current demand situation of the disabled due to occupational disasters, and to study the decision-making analysis on rehabilitation and returning to work of the disabled in job-related disasters, so as to provide specific suggestions for government departments and enterprises to make decisions: