In this article, Jacqui Kelly, a Senior Associate in the Employment Department at A&L Goodbody and a CEDR accredited mediator, explains why a knowledge of mediation processes and the Mediation Act are so important to employment lawyers.
Until now mediation could be seen as the 'Cinderella' of the dispute resolution process - the beautiful sister consigned to the scullery who at last gets to the ball. The Mediation Act, which has been under consideration since 2012 but has only been signed into law on 2 October 2017 by President Higgins.
While the Act expressly excludes from its ambit disputes being investigated or mediated by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), it puts mediation at the centre of almost every other dispute
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