Act for Settlement of Labor-Management Disputes Article 44

The Central Competent Authority shall convene a meeting of the Board within seven days of receiving the application for decision.The Board shall assign one to three members to investigate, ex officio, the facts and necessary evidences, and shall make a fact-finding report within twenty days of their assignment; the time limit can be extended by twenty days if necessary.When member(s) of the Board conducts the investigate or the Board meeting is convened, the Central Competent Authority shall notify the parties, persons or business entities concerned to provide oral or written statements; if necessary, the member(s) may enter into the business entity concerned for interviewing and investigating with the approval of the Central Competent Authority.The persons being notified or interviewed as referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall not make false statements, provide false information or refuse to explain without justifiable reasons.If the applicant is notified to make statement at the Board meeting in accordance with Paragraph 3 and is absent twice without justifiable reasons, the application shall be deemed as being withdrawn; if the counterparty is absent twice, the Board may make the decision based upon the statement of the party who is present.If the parties to the decision are consent with a written settlement by themselves or a mediation plan made by a legal mediation authority on the same dispute, the Board shall make a decision of dismissal.