SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MEDIATION: GENERAL FEATURES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM

Journal Title: Право та інновації - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 4

Abstract

In the article the present state and perspectives of the introduction in Ukraine of the alternative methods of the labor disputes settlement have been investigated and analyzed. Investigating the essence of the problem the author agrees with the opinion of many scholars and emphasizes the need for searching of the alternative methods of the disputes regulation as the value of the cost of court fee, excessive length of proceedings term, reduce of the level of confidence in the court by the public proves ineffective and inexpediency of consideration of the disputes in the court. Analyzing the situation in Ukraine the right observation has been made by the author on the fact that the number of proceedings every year is not reduced, and the terms of their consideration is only increased. Among factors of such phenomenon the author considers the following: absence of the proper legal education of citizens as to their attitude to the compromises and imperfection of the current mechanism of the legal regulation. In the article the significant analysis of the concept of the mediation, that is, the activity of the professional mediator directing participants of the legal dispute to the compromise and to the regulation of the dispute by the participants themselves has been conducted by the author. The mediator is the obligatory participant of the dispute. The important fact is that the mediation is the popular form of the disputes regulation in the world. The positive results in this problem have been achieved in many countries of the world. To the advantages of the mediation at the proceedings the author considers: firstly, the speed, secondly- absence of the clear procedural framework that facilitates more free atmosphere and readiness of the parties of the conflict to cooperation, thirdly, a decision that reached by the way of consensus, as a rule, has been performed and, finally, – facilitates communication between parties. To the advantages it is necessary to include the fact that amicable agreement unlike meditative agreement checked and approved by the court that is not always guarantee of the dispute regulation. The author support the idea of the special law adoption that not only resolves the legal position and regulates the mediation procedure and will be the evidence that Ukraine recognizes the requirements of the European Union as to the implementation of the mediation rules into the national legislation. Keywords: settlement agreement, mediation, ways of out-of-court labor disputes resolution, act on mediation.

Authors and Affiliations

Galina Goncharova

Keywords

Related Articles

TRANSPORT SAFETY OF THE STATE AS COMPONENT PART OF A NATIONAL TRANSPORT POLITIC

Problem setting. Ukraine has an unique geographical location on crossing of transport streams from Europe to Asia. By advantage for development of a transport industry and economies on the whole are presence of the syste...

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION: ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS

Problem setting. The study proves the significance of innovations in education sector based in terms of their organizational and legal aspects on the opinion that personal development and education of coming generations...

LEGAL NATURE OF MORAL ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE COMPLIANCE WITH LABOR DISCIPLINE

Problem setting. The main means of maintaining high labor activity of workers is to create favorable working conditions, proper psychological climate in the team, moral and material incentives. The initiative, creative a...

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS THE BASIS OF THE STATE POLICY REALIZATION IN AGROINDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF UKRAINE

Problem setting. The article deals with the administrative and legal basis of management of the agroindustrial complex of Ukraine in order to create organizational and legal and socio-economic conditions for the integrat...

THE HARMONISATION OF TRADE SECRETS PROTECTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND DEVELOPING OF LEGISLATION OF UKRAINE

Problem setting. Article is devoted to harmonization of trade secret protection in the European Union and Ukraine legislation development in that area. Target of research. The purpose of the article is to study the pecul...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP89800
  • DOI -
  • Views 148
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Galina Goncharova (2013). SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MEDIATION: GENERAL FEATURES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. Право та інновації, 3(4), 79-85. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-89800