Regulations for Arbitration on Labor-Management Disputes Article 14

In case that parties to a dispute regard that a member of arbitration committee has the causes for recusal as prescribed in Paragraphs 1 and 2 to Article 32 of the Act, they may apply that member to recuse.The application referred to in the preceding paragraph shall provide and submit reasons and facts to the concerned competent authority with appropriate explanation. For the member whom the application for recusal is filed with, he/she may offer a written opinion toward the application.The competent authority shall take an appropriate action in response to the application within ten days referred to in Paragraph 1 unless there is a justifiable reason exists.When a member of the arbitration committee is filed with the application for recusal, the arbitration procedure shall be suspended before the competent authority makes the decision to approve or reject the application. However, if an urgent circumstance occurs, the competent authority shall take necessary action.In case that a member of arbitration committee has the causes prescribed in Paragraphs 1 and 2 to Article 32 of the Act and still refuses to recuse, and the parties to the dispute have not filed the application for recusal, the competent authority shall take ex officio action and order him/her to recuse.