Termination Of Mediation Termination Tempest - 2119 Words

Introduction to mediation - Termination Tempest Termination Tempest is a truthful demonstration of the mediation of an employment dispute. Mediator, Margaret Shaw, in the middle of the table, works with the two parties - Kane Restaurant Supply (â€Å"KRS†), defendant, represented by Mr. Kane, son of the founder of the supply chain, and Mr. Thibideau, plaintiff, a former employee of Kane Restaurant Supply. Parties’ counsels are present as well. Plaintiff, Pat Thibideau worked at KRS for fifteen years before being fired at age sixty-six. Dahlia Rudavsky, Thibideau’s counsel, insisted that KRS violated the Federal Age Discrimination Act and claimed that KRS has an illegal retirement policy. Defendant proposed that the parties and their counsel should try to settle the case through mediation. To help the parties settle their dispute, Margaret Shaw, in joint session and private caucuses, performs two-team mediation between a terminated employee and the former employer. One of the main mediation approaches is based on the idea that mediation sessions are generally broken down into five distinct stages, sometimes called the STAR mediation model. In each stage, the mediator is trying to accomplish a task through his actions. At the end of each stage, the mediator expects to achieve the outcome or result. The final goal of mediation is to achieve a settlement of the dispute. I. Convening Stage The convening stage of mediation comprises of setting the basis to facilitate both