Act for Settlement of Labor-Management Disputes Article 9

When a party to a labor-management dispute applies for mediation, the application in writing for mediation shall be submitted to the municipal or county (city) competent authority where party from the labor side concerned provides services.If party to a labor-management dispute referred to in the preceding Paragraph is an agency (institution) or a school as prescribed in Paragraph 2 to Article 10 of the Collective Agreement Act, the agent attending at the mediation meeting shall submit a written authorization issued by its superior agency of foresaid agency (institution) or school.The municipal or county (city) competent authority referred to in Paragraph 1 may, if necessary, hands over ex officio the labor-management dispute to mediate and notify the parties concerned.If there are two or more parties from the labor side involving in the mediation referred to in Paragraph 1 and the Preceding Paragraph, the competent authorities where each party provides services shall have jurisdiction to process the mediation case.