Stephen Wood Mediation

Employment mediation seeks to repair relationships between the employer and employee or mediate disputes between the ex-employer and ex-employee. Where the dispute is between employees, the mediator will refer to this as workplace mediation.

Employment disputes can often escalate quickly and can lead to low morale, lower productivity, high staff turnover and tribunal claims.

Employment mediation can look to repair relationships and settle claims after disputes concerning:

• pay and benefits
• contracts of employment
• flexible working
• discrimination
• unfair dismissal
• TUPE transfers
• grievance and disciplinary procedures

It can be difficult to prevent disputes arising and also to deal with them when they do.

Employment mediation is a voluntary process, where the employer and employee agree to attend a meeting with an impartial mediator.  The mediator works with the employees in helping them negotiate their own resolution and create an agreed way forward.

Stephen Wood can help the parties:

• identify the issues and set out the agenda
• explore the conflict and its causes
• communicate what needs to be said, in the way it needs to be said
• come to a mutual understanding
• generate new options
• work together to find a suitable solution