Act for Settlement of Labor-Management Disputes Article 25

When a mediation of labor-management dispute is not successfully concluded, the parties may jointly apply for handing over an arbitration to the municipal or county (city) competent authority. Provided that, for an interest dispute, if one party that is an agency (institution) or a school as prescribed in Paragraph 2 to Article 10 of the Collective Agreement Act shall not apply for arbitration without the approval by the superior agency of foresaid agency (institution) or school.When one of the parties to an interest dispute is a worker as referred to in Paragraph 2 to Article 54 of the Act, either party to the dispute may apply for handing over an arbitration to the municipal or county (city) competent authority; when the industries referred to in Paragraph 3 to Article 54 of the Act are involved in an interest dispute and both parties fail to reach a minimum service clause, either party may apply for handing over an arbitration to the Central Competent Authority.With the written consent of both parties to the labor-management dispute, any party may apply for handing over an arbitration to the municipal or county (city) competent authority without going through mediation procedures.When an interest dispute is not successfully concluded, the municipal or county (city) competent authority regards that the dispute is of great impact on livelihood and interests of the public or receives the request of the competent authority of related business, and may ex officio hand over the dispute to arbitrate and notify both parties.