Employment tribunals

The Tribunals Service began a pilot scheme in 2006/07 for judicial mediation in the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales). Judicial mediation involves bringing together the parties for a mediation that is facilitated by a trained employment tribunal chairman. The chairman is impartial and helps the parties to reach their own settlement. Under judicial mediation, the chairman will help to identify issues in the dispute, but will not make a decision about the case or give opinions.