Chapter Ⅳ Qualifications, Certification and Obligations of Mediators
Article 13
A mediator shall have one of the following qualifications:
1. A practicing attorney-at-law who has handled labor-management dispute cases in recent three years.
2. Person who has served or is currently servicing as a lecturer or above at universities or colleges certified by the Ministry of Education for no less than three years and teaching labor-management relations or law related courses and with practicing experience.
3. Person who has served a labor administrative position at all level of government and with experience in handling labor-management disputes or in charge of legal matters for no less than three years.
4. Person who has the qualification prescribed in Item 1 of Article 4 of the Regulations and obtained a certificate as a mediator of labor-management disputes issued by the Central Competent Authority in accordance with Article 14 of the Regulations.
The local competent authority shall prepare the name list for persons who are qualified as mediators as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
The local competent authority may appoint persons who have qualifications as prescribed in Paragraph 1 to the Article to be full-time mediators.
Article 14
After persons who have qualification as prescribed in Item 1 of Article 4 of the Regulations and recommended by the local competent authority have completed the training courses that are designated by the Central Competent Authority and passed the required test, the Central Competent Authority shall issue them certificates of mediator.
The training courses referred to in the preceding paragraph shall not be less than thirty-hour in-class lecturing and ten-hour case study.
The training plan concerning the training courses, test and number of persons participating in training referred to in Paragraph 1 shall be designed and implemented by the Central Competent Authority.
The Central Competent Authority may commission civil organizations or domestic universities and colleges certified by the Ministry of Education to implement the training plan referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 15
Qualifications of mediators referred to in Paragraph 1, Article 13 shall participate in at least ten-hour training courses related to mediation business that are approved by the competent authority every two years.
Article 16
The local competent authority shall evaluate mediators annually and the items for evaluation are as following:
1. They have participated in the training courses prescribed in Article 15 of the Regulations and received certificates.
2. They have fulfilled the obligation to make statement prescribed in Article 18 of the Regulations.
3. They have complied with the requirements applicable to mediators prescribed in Article 19 of the Regulations.
4. They have complied with the mediation procedures prescribed in Article 23 of the Regulation.
5. They have complied with the requirements as prescribed in Paragraph 1 to Article 25 of the Regulations to make mediation records.
Article 17
Qualifications of mediators referred to in Paragraph 1, Article 13 shall attend the training courses prescribed in Article 15 and passed the evaluation prescribed in the preceding Article, they can be reappointed as mediators after signing in the certificates by the local competent authority.
Article 18
Mediators shall proactively states their status and qualifications to the parties to the labor-management dispute before the commencement of mediation procedure.
Article 19
The requirements prescribed in Articles 5, 9-11 of the Regulations shall be applicable to mediators.