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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Dec. 5, 2015

Move mountains in the workplace with mediation

Thirty years ago, when a young female associate asked to work part-time for another few months after he maternity leave ended, there was an easy answer: Find another job.

Jan Frankel Schau

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ADR Services, Inc.

1900 Ave of the Stars Ste 250
Los Angeles 90067

Email: jfschau@adrservices.org

Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA

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Thirty years ago, when a young female associate asked her law firm to accommodate her by allowing her to work part-time for another few months after her maternity leave ended, there was an easy answer: She needed to look for another job.

For mediators, the idea that meaningful changes to the workplace can be made without a judge or jury may not be unique. Mediation, it turns out, is ideally suited for negotiating many nonmonetary terms in employment cases. In arbitration and trial, n...

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