Tricky Questions for Employment Mediators

The program will be a panel discussion of questions that arise regarding employment mediation.

Topics will include:
• the qualifications and selection of the mediator;
• how to deal with various persons who should (or perhaps should not) attend the mediation session, including insurance adjusters, interpreters, family members, and alleged harassers;
• the challenges of mediation between a represented party and an unrepresented party;
• the best time for a mediation and how to prepare for it, including pre-mediation communications;
• the peculiarities of monetary negotiations in employment mediations, including brackets and strategies for overcoming impasse; and
• non-monetary terms that employment mediators frequently encounter.

This CLE is approved for credit through May 28, 2026.