Regulations on Aids for Legal Service and Living Expenses of Labor-Management Disputes Article 15
This English translation was last updated on 2025-12-15, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-08-18. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
Workers who have any of the following circumstance may apply for the aid for necessary expenditures specified in Subparagraph 3 of Article 2:1. Where a worker, the survivors specified in Paragraph 5 of Article 3, the legal representative, or the person entitled to file a complaint as specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 5 has been approved to receive representation fee aid pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 3, Article 3-1, or Paragraph 1 of Article 5.2. Labor unions who are financially insufficient and file a lawsuit to a court in accordance with Article 40 of the Labor Incident Act.3. If a labor union is selected by a laborer insufficient in financial resources to file litigation to the court according to Article 44-1 of Taiwan Code of Civil Procedure, and the labor meets the circumstances stated in Paragraph 1 of Article 3.The necessary expenditures set forth in the preceding paragraph are as follows:1. Court costs, fees for motion, enforcement costs, daily travel expenses for witnesses, appraisal fees, governmental fees, and costs for temporarily release to the custody of the court or the prosecutor.2. Expenditures as determined by the court.3. Other necessary expenditures.The application of Paragraph 1 shall be submitted no later than 60 days after the conclusion of the labor mediation, litigation, or compulsory execution proceedings. However, where the amount of litigation costs or execution costs is determined only by a court ruling or refund notice after the conclusion of the labor mediation, litigation, or compulsory execution proceedings, the application shall be submitted no later than 60 days after the date the ruling becomes final or the refund notice is served.
中文原文 勞資爭議法律及生活費用扶助辦法第15條
有下列情形之一，得申請第二條第三款之必要費用扶助：
一、勞工、第三條第五項所定遺屬或法定代理人或第五條第一項所定得為告訴之人，經核准依第三條第一項、第三條之一或第五條第一項規定扶助代理酬金者。
二、工會依勞動事件法第四十條規定向法院起訴，且非屬有資力者。
三、工會依民事訴訟法第四十四條之一規定受勞工選定而起訴，且該勞工符合第三條第一項規定情形者。
前項所定必要費用如下：
一、裁判費、聲請費、執行費、證人日費旅費、鑑定費、政府規費及借提費。
二、經法院裁定須支出之費用。
三、其他必需費用。
第一項申請，至遲應於勞動調解、訴訟程序或強制執行程序終結後六十日內提出。
但勞動調解、訴訟程序或強制執行程序終結後，始以裁定或法院退費通知書確定訴訟費用額或執行費用額者，至遲應於該裁定確定或法院退費通知書送達後六十日內提出。
一、勞工、第三條第五項所定遺屬或法定代理人或第五條第一項所定得為告訴之人，經核准依第三條第一項、第三條之一或第五條第一項規定扶助代理酬金者。
二、工會依勞動事件法第四十條規定向法院起訴，且非屬有資力者。
三、工會依民事訴訟法第四十四條之一規定受勞工選定而起訴，且該勞工符合第三條第一項規定情形者。
前項所定必要費用如下：
一、裁判費、聲請費、執行費、證人日費旅費、鑑定費、政府規費及借提費。
二、經法院裁定須支出之費用。
三、其他必需費用。
第一項申請，至遲應於勞動調解、訴訟程序或強制執行程序終結後六十日內提出。
但勞動調解、訴訟程序或強制執行程序終結後，始以裁定或法院退費通知書確定訴訟費用額或執行費用額者，至遲應於該裁定確定或法院退費通知書送達後六十日內提出。