When choosing a mediator, it's important to consider not only their professional qualifications but also their personality,problem-solving skills, sense of humor, emotional intelligence, and cultural competence. These qualities can significantly impact the success of the mediation process.
Read MoreProfessional coaching skills can be used in the mediation context as a disruptive process to effectuate conflict resolution. Coaching skills clarify different perspectives, promote active listening, and allow for creative and satisfying solutions in mediations.
Read MoreCalifornia is poised to further expand its existing pay transparency law in September 2022. The bill has passed the California Senate and Assembly, and Governor Newsom will have until September 30, 2022 to either veto it, or sign it into law.
Read MoreIn this holiday greeting video, Maier Law Group (MLG) partners Diana Maier and Margarita Wear share an update about their lives and the firm’s work.
This case, and its unprecedented punitive damages, should serve as a crucial reminder that when employees raise complaints, employers must act with swiftness and seriousness to investigate and take immediate, remedial action. Doing so is essential—to protect companies against liability, and to build workplaces where all employees have what they need to thrive.
It is the awareness of my own imperfections—my capacity both for mistakes and for learning—that allows me to “speak man.” This mode of discourse examines mistakes men make when relating to the female experience, without shaming or judging them for what they do not know. At the same time, it asks men to bravely examine their own assumptions and to educate themselves. Men’s failure to understand the female experience isn’t a moral failing. It is simply a natural result of living within a patriarchal society. At root, however, society is made of individuals who possess an infinite capacity to change. Inviting men to consider what needs changing in them—through the process of their own insight—is a way to trigger institutional transformation.
The question of whether or not to provide recommendations at the close of a workplace investigation is a complicated one.
Read MoreUnlike the trial system, which focuses most often on deciding fault and assigning consequences, mediations focus on the divergence and convergence of personal interests, and the types of solutions that both sides can live with.
Read MoreOne-on-one sensitivity training holds the power not just to put a band-aid on an employment problem, but to work from the root cause up to provide deeper and longer-lasting results.
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