(1) A mediation committee shall be installed in the Labor Relations Commission for the mediation of labor disputes.
(2) A mediation committee as referred to in paragraph (1) shall be composed of three members.
(3) Mediation committee members as referred to in paragraph (2) shall be nominated by the chairman of the Labor Relations Commission from among the members of the Labor Relations Commission concerned so that each member may represent employers, workers, and public interests. The member representing workers shall be nominated from among the Labor Relations Commission members recommended by the employer, and the member representing the employer shall be nominated from among the Labor Relations Commission members recommended by the trade union; provided, when any party fails to present a list of members 3 days prior to the meeting of the mediation committee, the chairman of the Labor Relations Commission may nominate the members in question on his own.
(4) Where the chairman of the Labor Relations Commission finds it difficult to hold a meeting of the mediation committee pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) on the grounds that members who represent the workers or members who represent the employers fail to attend the meeting, the chairman of the Labor Relations Commission may designate three of the members who represent the public interest of the Labor Relations Commission as the mediation members; provided, where the members of the Labor Relations Commission are selected according to an agreement that is reached between both parties concerned, such members shall designated as the mediation members. <Added on Dec. 30, 2006>