Regulations on Aids for Legal Service and Living Expenses of Labor-Management Disputes Article 23

Where a worker, due to a dispute arising from the termination of an employment contract, petitions the court for labor mediation or files a lawsuit and remains unemployed during such period, and any of the following circumstances applies, the worker may apply to the central competent authority for aid for necessary living expenses during the period of labor mediation and litigation (hereinafter referred to as Living Expenses Aid):1. Where full legal aid has been granted pursuant to the Legal Aid Act.2. Where the applicant has been determined upon review to meet the standard for deficiency in financial resources.3. Where aid has been granted for litigation arising from gender equality in employment disputes pursuant to the Regulations for Providing Legal Aid in Lawsuits Concerning Gender Equality in Employment, and also deficient in financial resources.4. Where the worker has suffered serious injury as a result of an occupational accident.The Central Competent Authority shall define the deficiency in financial resources referred to in Subparagraphs 2 and 3 of the preceding paragraph in accordance with the standards for reviewing deficiency in financial resources prescribed in the Legal Aid Act.The labor mediation motioned or lawsuit filed for the disputes over labor contract termination prescribed in Paragraph 1 includes one of the following situations:1. Claims for severance or retirement payment (labor pension).2. Claims for ascertaining the existence of employment relationship.3. Claims for compensation for occupational accidents from the employer in accordance with related statutes.