The BLI's primary mission is the handling of labor insurance services; it has also continually been commissioned other social security services. The scope of the BLI's services has been expanded to include social insurance, labor protection, social welfare allowances and so on. The BLI has been commissioned to handle the collection and disbursement of wage arrears payment since November 1986, as well as farmer health insurance, which the Ministry of Interior entrusted to the BLI since July 1989 (From November 1, 2018, the central competent authority changed to the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, which was revamped as the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA)). In June 1995, the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan (hereinafter referred to as COA, which was revamped as the MOA) commissioned the BLI to handle the welfare allowance for elderly farmers program. On April 28, 2002, the BLI was commissioned to handle the subsidies of occupational accident labor protection program (The business had been transferred to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 2014). In June 2002, the BLI was commissioned by the Ministry of Interior and the Council of Indigenous Peoples to handle the old-age citizens' and indigenes' welfare allowances programs. On January 1, 2003, the BLI began to implement the employment insurance program. On July 1, 2005, it started implementing the new labor pension program. On October 1, 2008, the BLI was commissioned by the Ministry of Interior (From July 2013, the central competent authority changed to the Ministry of Health and Welfare) to implement the national pension program. On November 1, 2018, the BLI was commissioned by the COA (which was revamped as the MOA) to implement the farmer occupational injury insurance on a trial basis. On January 1, 2021, the BLI was commissioned by the COA (which was revamped as the MOA) to implement the Farmer pension program. With effect from July 1 ,2021, the BLI shall provide new services on parental leave wage subsidy and pregnancy check leave wage subsidy. In effect from January 18, 2022, the BLI shall provide new services for handling of application for pregnancy checkup accompaniment and paternity leaves wage subsidy; with the effect from May 1, 2022, the BLI shall provide services on labor occupational accident insurance program.
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