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Abstraction Vol.52, No.1

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Right for Activities of Trade Union

Introduction
Chia-Ho Lin (Assistant Professor, College of Law, National Chengchi University)

Special Issue Article
1. Limitation on the Right to Act Collectively and the Union’s Freedom of Speech
Hsin-Lung Chang (Assistant Professor, Institute of Financial and Economic Law, National Dong Hwa University)

2. The Norm, Legal Nature of Leave for Union and Employers’ Authority for Granting the Permission: Concurrently Discuss the Development of Judicial Decisions in Taiwan
Liang-Jung Lin (Assistant Professor, College of Law, National Chengchi University)

3. Study of Double-track of Unfair Labor Practice Ruling: Focus on Comparative to Japan Law
Chao-Yu Chou (Assistant Professor, Department of Law, National Chung Cheng University)

4. On the Standard and Evolution of Order-for-relief of Japanese Unfair Labor Practice Act
Chih-Cheng Chang (Ph.D Students, Doctor’s Programs, Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, Japan)

Research Article
1. Discussion of Disciple’s Ambition in “The Analects of Confucius” for “Language Competence”: Zaiwo
Yuan-Feng Wu (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for General Education, National Taichung University of Science and Technology)

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Special Issue Article

Limitation on the Right to Act Collectively and the Union’s Freedom of Speech
Hsin-Lung Chang (Assistant Professor, Institute of Financial and Economic Law, National Dong Hwa University)

To criticize and blow the whistle on the employers is very important to the continuation and the administration of labor unions, but union leaders are often dismissed or dealt with a disadvantage. The Supreme Court has recognized such a dismissal as breach of duty and of loyalty. However, after initiating remedies for unfair labor practices in 2011, several decisions that recognized the employer’s obligation not to interfere with labor unions or its criticism and whistle-blowing by leaders have been made by Tribunal for Unfair Labor Practices and Taipei High Administrative Court. On the other hand, opinions regarding whether or not employers interfere with labor unions remain in discord between theory and practice in Japan. Determining the evaluation of employer’s obligation regarding interfering with activities of labor unions and labor disputes would therefore be inevitable in Taiwan.

Keywords: right to act collectively, the employer’s obligation not to interfere, freedom of speech, unfair labor practice, the activities of a labour union



The Norm, Legal Nature of Leave for Union and Employers’ Authority for Granting the Permission: Concurrently Discuss the Development of Judicial Decisions in Taiwan
Liang-Jung Lin (Assistant Professor, College of Law, National Chengchi University)

From a practical standpoint, the legal cases related to “Leave for Union Related Business” (LURB) are rarely seen; however, practicing such type of leaves can be a difficult challenge. When tension occurs between labors and employers, whether the union staffs can be granted with “LURB” by employers may significantly impact their future development of relationship.
The issue and essence of the “LURB” focus on two themes: (1) the nature of this legislation; and (2) the conflict caused while employees take this leave at the expense of employers. From the perspective of preventing unfair labor practices, the following issues should be further examined and clarified. What are the rights for union staffs to take a leave while handling union business? What is the perimeter while union staffs exercise their right of “LURB”? In the meantime, granting permission for “LURB” from employers may affect the unity of a union. This study will examine the “LURB” from the related international and domestic laws, as well as provide examples on the recent domestic civic court decisions and executive lawsuits. A protective mechanism of “LURB” based on the rights and legality of union activities will be concluded.

Keywords: Leave for Union Related Business, Unfair labor practice, Union activities, Basic labor rights



Study of Double-track of Unfair Labor Practice Ruling: 
Focus on Comparative to Japan Law
Chao-Yu Chou (Assistant Professor, Department of Law, National Chung Cheng University)

By lack of specification of the employer’ unfair labor practices in the past, it makes difficult for the development of Union activity. The problem had been substantially resolved after updating three new labor laws which enacted the rules of employer’ unfair labor practices. Taiwan’s Labor Union Act divided the rules of employer’ unfair labor practices into private rights and non-private rights disputes. It also enacts the way of remedies in the Act for Settlement of Labor-Management Disputes which makes unfair labor practices showing the double-track system. However, the controversy occurs with systems in theory and practice. Legally speaking, the purpose of unfair labor practices is to give relief to Union’ solidarity and keep the relation between labors and employers remaining in a good way. It is not focusing on individual labor rights. Current ruling system in our country is to remedy individual labor rights (relating to private rights dispute) and the ruling of against the Union’ solidarity (not involving private rights dispute) is following the same rule as the private rights dispute. In practice, it leads to distinguish disputes difficultly due to not making it clear that the incident involving the private dispute or non-private rights dispute. It is complicated in dispute whether the event should be governed by the district court or administrative court when the client is unsatisfied with the results of verdict. Therefore, it is hard to interpret this system in law. The way to put an end to disputes is to reform the system of unfair labor practices back to give relief to Union’s solidarity.

Keywords: Unfair Labor Practices, Decision on the Unfair Labor Practices System, Labor Union Act, the Act for Settlement of Labor-Management Disputes



On the Standard and Evolution of Order-for-relief of Japanese Unfair Labor Practice Act
Chih-Cheng Chang (Ph.D Students, Doctor’s Programs, Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, Japan)

Taiwan implemented the new collective labor law since May 1, 2011, which imported the unfair labor practice system applied many years of United States and Japan, opened a new era of the Collective Labour Relations Act. Japan, as our system of unfair labor practice successors country, accumulated up to 60 years of practice and jurisprudence of the Labor Committee of Practice, the exercise of discretion made for order-for-relief method and Boundary has been the formation of a stable type of system operation mode and command made jurisprudence.
This paper try the order-for-relief discretion benchmark jurisprudence in the unfair labor practice in Japan for an overview of the research, made inclusive of research. And further attempts to analyze the evolution of jurisprudence relief command to explain the Japanese system of unfair labor practice, This paper is looking forward to Taiwan in comparison method of reference and inspiration.

Keywords: Unfair Labor Practice, Collective Labour Law, Labor Relationship, Labor Relations Commission, order-for-relief



Research Article

Discussion of Disciple’s Ambition in “The Analects of Confucius” for “Language Competence”: Zaiwo
Yuan-Feng Wu (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for General Education, National Taichung University of Science and Technology)

This article tries to make a complete analysis and criticism for Zaiwo’s personality and ambition from three aspects. First, retrieve Confucius’ attitude to language, and essential differences between his attitude and common views of value in the Analects; second, process a consistent and deep analysis and discussion for Ziwo’s language competence and clever, psychology and character flaw reflected behind from the Analects concerning the records relating to Zaiwo. At the end, this article selects typical ones from the later theorists that redress Zaiwo’s personality and their general concepts. General speaking, Confucius’ Tao even needs not have to reject people’s outstanding talents and abilities, but truth and virtue always have no inevitable relationship with talent. The Tao shows its true that minor efforts and hard-working will make every ordinary thing done much better, meaning it’s possible to promote your desire to set goal as a benevolent person to others, not to show yourself off when you’re better than others as if Tao’s truth and the value of life. There is but one Tao showing great and true as well as approachable through this way.

Keywords: Zaiwo, language, flattery, sleep in day time, mourning for three years