R 423.121 Mediation functions.

Rule 121. A mediator shall bring the parties together voluntarily under such favorable auspices as will tend to effectuate the settlement of the dispute; but the mediator shall not have any power of compulsion in mediation. At the request of 1 of the parties, or when the commission believes that mediation may be of assistance in resolving a dispute between either a public or private employer and employees, the commission on its own motion may, or at the direction of the governor shall, take steps that it deems expedient to effect a voluntary, amicable, and expeditious adjustment and settlement of the differences and issues between the employer and employees.