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EEO Mediation Guide
The Department has chosen mediation as the primary ADR method in resolving EEO disputes because it empowers the parties themselves to reach an acceptable resolution of the conflict.
- Preface
- What
Is Alternative Dispute Resolution?
- What
Is Mediation?
- What
Are Departmental Reasons for Using ADR & Mediation?
- What
Are Typical Organizational Experiences with Mediation?
- What
Are the Goals of Mediation?
- When
Is Mediation Appropriate?
- When
Is Mediation Inappropriate?
- What
Are Some Concerns Expressed About Mediation?
- How
Is Mediation Elected?
- Who
Participates in Mediation?
- What
Happens in a Mediation Session?
- How
Will Mediators Be Selected?
- How
Can a Party Prepare for Mediation?
- How
Does Mediation End?
- Are
Settlement Agreements Binding?
- What
Can You Do If You Believe the Department Is Not Adhering to the Terms
of the Settlement Agreement?
- How
Does Participation in Mediation Affect An Employee's Rights?
- Appendix
A: Time Frames in the Complaint Process
- Appendix
B: Pre-Complaint Election Form
- Appendix
C: Formal Complaint Mediation Election Form
- Appendix D: DOC ADR Agreement to Mediate Form
For More Information:
- Contact your Bureau's EEO Officer or call the Department's Office of Civil Rights at (202) 482-5691, 482-0625, or 482-4993 (Voice/TDD/TTY).
- See the OCR Web Page at http://www.osec.doc.gov/ocr.
- See EEOC regulations at Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, Part 1614.203.
Alternate Formats: OCR publications can be made available in other formats upon request by any of the above methods.
The information contained in this publication is intended as a general overview and does not carry the force of legal opinion.
Published by U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Civil Rights, May 2002
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