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Facilitated

Non legal and unbiased.
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Voluntary

Parties take part of their own free will.
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Inexpensive

Industrial Tribunal Costs: £5,000 +
Mediation: £750

Benefits of Mediation

Most disputes result from poor communication. Mediation is an opportunity to communicate better--to be fully heard, to present your story, and to search for mutually satisfactory solutions. In mediation people often communicate more effectively with one another than in court.

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Cost

Industrial Tribunal Costs: £5,000 +
Mediation: £750

Stages of Mediation

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Separate
Meeting

First contact with the parties – the mediator will meet parties separately. The aim of this first meeting is to allow each individual involved to tell their story and find out what they want out of the process.
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Joint
meeting

Hearing the issues – the mediator generally brings the participants together and invites them to put their side of the story during a period of uninterrupted time. At this stage the mediator will begin to summaries the main areas of agreement and disagreement and draw up an agenda with the parties for the rest of the mediation.
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Exploring the
issues

Having identified the issues to explore, the mediation is now about encouraging communication between the parties, promoting understanding and empathy and changing perceptions. The aim of this part of the meeting is to begin to shift the focus from the past to the future and begin to look for constructive solutions.
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Building and writing
an agreement

As the process develops, the mediator will encourage and support joint problem-solving by the parties, ensure the solution and agreements are workable and record any agreement reached.
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Closing the
mediation

Once an agreement has been reached, the mediator will bring the meeting to a close, provide a copy of the agreed statement to those involved and explain their responsibilities for its implementation. In some cases no agreement is reached and other procedures may later be used to resolve the conflict. However, nothing that has been said during the mediation can be used in future proceedings.

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