The union has requested the following:

$10\%$ over the next $3$ years

$$ Vacation to be capped at $35$ days up to $5$ years and over

$$ The addition of a well staffed and structured wellness center

$$ Opportunities for work from home and flexible work shifts

$$ The addition of Sensitization meetings monthly so staff can know what is happening

within the organization as a way for communication to be more forthcoming

$$ A staff manual with additional standard operating procedures for all departments

$$ Discipline to be more positive so that it helps staff to change behavior

$$ Training every $6$ months for all positions

$$ Developmental opportunities at $$1000$ per year

$$ Annual staff bonus tied to profits in excess of projected profits

As the government's representative from the Ministry of Labor, you have been sent in to help

both parties resolve this. What are some probing questions that would be asked? As the

mediator that has been called in by the government, it is your responsibility to try and get all

persons to talk about the matter in order to identify areas of compromise. What are some of

the compromises that can be reached?

Mex Tech is offering the following:

$5\%$ over the next $3$ years

$$ Annual staff bonus of $$200$ at the end of every year if $90\%$ of targets are met

$$ Developmental opportunities at $$250\mathrm{.}00$ every $2$ years

$$ Annual training for for all roles

$$ An additional HR person to assist with wellness but cannot offer an entire Wellness

department

$$ Vacation will stay as follows up to $6$ years and over $20$ days

The groups have totally ignored your recommendations. The government has now sent in

an Arbitrator. What is the responsibility of the Arbitrator? As the Arbitrator you cannot get

the groups to compromise so you have made a final ruling. What is your final ruling?

This assignment should be done as follows:

$$ Answer all questions asked

$$ There should be at least $2$ pages that consists of dialogue between the mediator, the

arbitrator, the organization and the union

$$ There should be another paper with the answers to the questions posed in the

assignment. This should be approximately $1-1\mathrm{.}5$ page in length

$$ This is a group assignment and only $1$ assignment should be uploaded on behalf of

the group

$$ There should be a cover page and a reference page $($separate pages$)$

$$ The groups can add hypothetical and imagined situations to write the dialogue

regarding the negotiation of the union, mediator, arbitrator and the organization but

should not ignore the case given or the information already provided in the case

Additional Information:

Questions:

$$ What are the three stages of mediation?

$$ Describe the type of person that would do best at mediation or would make the best

mediator?

$$ What is the duty of the Arbitrator?

$$ Provide details about where in the Labor Code we can find information about Third

Party Dispute Resolution Procedures

$$ Use a Case that we have studied in class to show how important a mediator is to

negotiations