Ruling of "Death from Overwork" in Jinshan Case|金山區公所小編猝死案 認定係"過勞"

The investigation into the death of a Jinshan District office worker has wrapped up, which shows that the employee had worked more hours than legally allowed for six consecutive months before he died.


In August, a Jinshan District office worker died at home. Death from overwork was the suspected cause. In September, the New Taipei City Government concluded its investigation and ruled the death met "death in the line of duty" conditions. On the 15th, the case was officially ruled death from overwork.

(Overwork guidelines) require over 100 working hours in the month before something happens or over 80 hours per month in the two to six months before something happens. If these conditions are met, the government will pay a funeral allowance and 5-10 months of occupational hazard compensation along with the annual bonus that would have been paid to the deceased.

The Bureau of Labor Insurance reviewed Google maps, office time logs and itineraries and found that Chen Chia-wei was working more hours than legally allowed for the six months before he died. His family has received compensation and a funeral allowance.

I raised Chia-wei from a child to an adult. We only received NT$200,000-plus in death from overwork compensation. In total, we received (around) NT$940,000. Could you raise a child with this amount?

Chen's father says money can't bring his son back but justice has been served. The Jinshan District Office case highlights how prevalent overwork has become among government employees.

(Workers) can't exchange overtime hours worked for paid time off. One thing we know is the majority of civil servants work overtime that is not logged. This problem is not out in the open. We need transparency. We also need changes to the overtime calculation system.

Ho Yun-feng says civil servants regularly work overtime and they can't always get their vacation days because they expire. Ho is calling on labor officials to make relevant changes. New Taipei City Mayor Hou Yu-ih says the city will cooperate with the Control Yuan investigation.



今年8月新北市金山區公所的一名小編陳嘉緯在家中猝死，引發工作過勞質疑。新北市府在9月審查後已經認定符合因公死亡要件，而勞保局也在15號宣布，確認這名小編符合過勞指引。

勞保局職災給付組死亡給付科長 紀淑吟表示：「（過勞指引)發病前一個月，超時工作100個小時以上，或是發病前2到6個月，平均工作時間超過80個小時。核付的是喪葬津貼5個月，10個月的職災補償金，還有就是遺屬年金給付。」

勞保局比對家屬繳交的Google地圖、打卡紀錄，還有新北市府提供的區長行程等紀錄，發現陳嘉緯在發病前的單月工時以及前2-6個月的平均工時都超出正常範圍，認定符合過勞，已經發放遺屬年金、職災補償金與喪葬津貼。

已故金山區公所小編陳嘉緯父親表示：「嘉緯，我從小養大，養到那麼大，過勞死慰問金，只有20幾萬而已。這"因公死亡"也是(約)94萬，一百多萬，可以養一個孩子嗎？」

陳嘉緯的父親表示這些津貼無法換回小孩，但現在真相大白，也是還給兒子公道。只不過類似金山區公所小編的公部門過勞，其實並不罕見，而且不只約聘雇人員，就連一般公務員也會碰到。

台灣公務革新力量聯盟秘書長 何昀峯表示：「工作時間，沒有辦法直接用他的加班時數，去直接抓出來。從而我們可以知道一件事情，大多數的公務人員的加班時間，都是黑的，根本解決問題，還是要去呈現它實際上的問題，到底在哪裡？所以公開(訊息)是可以的，這些加班的時數，必須要有結算機制。」

何昀峯認為公務員超時加班是常態，但現行的補休制度有年限，很有可能會看得到、吃不到，呼籲相關單位要進行檢討，比方延長補休使用年限和公開相關資訊。而針對勞保局的過勞認定，新北市長侯友宜也回應，後續會進行內部檢討，並配合監院調查。