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Pre-Conciliation Conciliation Meeting Pre-Arbitration & Pre-Litigation Arbitration/ Labour Court Urgent applications Unfair Labour Practices

The Conciliation meeting

Items covered in this chapter include :

  1. Plan the negotiation
    • Know your own case
    • The merits of the case
    • Quantum
    • Know which issues to prove in your case
    • Identify and understand the relevant law
    • Know your opponent
    • Procedural and substantive fairness
    • Is there a difficult legal question to be considered?
    • The other party's demands
    • The employer's response to the employee's demands
  2. Alternative Dispute Resolution
  3. Opening the negotiation
  4. Bargaining
  5. Closure and agreements-suggestions for avoiding deadlocks
  6. Settlements
  7. Extent of any possible offer for settlement
  8. The Settlement agreement
  9. Party in breach of the settlement agreement
  10. The powers of the Commissioner at the conciliation
  11. The functions and objectives of the Commissioner
    • Mediators
    • Strategy
    • Objectives and criteria
    • Timing of entry
    • Strategy and tactics
    • Rights and interest disputes
  12. Deadlock at the Conciliation
  13. Confidentiality at Conciliation

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Updated : 03 October 2002

Pre-Conciliation Conciliation Meeting Pre-Arbitration & Pre-Litigation Arbitration/ Labour Court Urgent applications Unfair Labour Practices

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