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ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION
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WHAT IS ARBITRATION? Arbitration involves a disinterested third person who is appointed by an outside body or who is selected by the parties to a dispute.
- The arbitrator presides over a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.
- The arbitrator issues a decision to resolve the dispute.
- When both parties have agreed in advance to accept the arbitrator’s decision as final, it is commonly referred to as binding arbitration.
- Arbitration is also known as alternative dispute resolution, because it offers the parties to the dispute an alternative to taking the dispute to a court of law.
WHAT IS MEDIATION?
Mediation services involve a disinterested third person who is acceptable to all parties to a dispute.
- The mediator facilitates discussion between the parties and aids them in making their own settlement decisions.
- Mediation may be employed in many types of disputes, including, but not limited to:
- family issues
- divorce and/or child custody
- neighbor disputes
- peer conflicts among teens
- labor negotiations
- consumer issues
- landlord/tenant disputes
- and accessibility issues for people with disabilities.
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SOURCES: A Taxonomy of Human Services: A Conceptual Framework with Standardized Terminology and Definitions for the Field by the Information and Referral Federation of Los Angeles County, Inc., 3035 Tyler Ave, El Monte, CA 91731; Copyright © 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1997.
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CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: May2008
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