Mediation. Arbitration. Conciliation. Three words that sound alike and come up frequently in the family law context but have different meanings and implications. I could write a blog post on each one, ...

Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published a new rule affecting its own processes for dealing with employers under investigation. The conciliation process, which is statutorily ...

First impressions count in custody casesBy Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C. Perhaps nowhere are first impressions more vital than in child custody cases, at the custody conciliation conference. These days, ...

If a victim of workplace discrimination decides to sue his or her employer, they usually can’t go straight to court. Instead, they will have to go through the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ...

Title VII requires that the Commission “endeavor to eliminate any such alleged unlawful employment practice by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5 (b).

I have a question about the mandatory conciliation and mediation conference set by a labor arbiter. My sister Jenny received a notice to attend this conference, but she was not able to attend it. The ...