Regulations on Aids for Legal Service and Living Expenses of Labor-Management Disputes Article 31

When a case of applying for Living Expenses Aid is ruled by a final judgment of the court that the period of paying wage by the business entity (employer) is overlapping with the period of receiving aid, the worker shall return the total amount of aids within thirty days after receiving the wage.If the worker fails to return the aids in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Central Competent Authority shall repeal the original aids approved and order him/her to return the aids within a given period. If the worker does not return within the given period, retrieving measures shall be taken in accordance with related statutes, and he/she shall not be allowed to apply for the aids referred to in Article 2 within five years from the date of repealing the aids.Where the applicant is unable to refund the Living Expenses Aid specified in the preceding paragraph in a lump sum due to financial hardship, the applicant may apply to the central competent authority for an extension of the repayment period or for installment payments.