[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1425.3]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                        AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
 
PART 1425_MEDIATION ASSISTANCE IN THE FEDERAL SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1425.3  Functions of the Service under title VII of the Civil 
Service Reform Act.

    (a) The service may provide its assistance in any negotiation 
dispute when earnest efforts by the parties to reach agreement through 
direct negotiation have failed to resolve the dispute. When the 
existence of a negotiation dispute comes to the attention of the Service 
through a specific request for mediation from one or both of the 
parties, through notification under the provisions of Sec. 1425.2, or 
otherwise, the Service will examine the information concerning the 
dispute and if, in its opinion, the need for mediation exists, the 
Service will use its best efforts to assist the parties to reach 
agreement.
    (b) The Service may, at the outset of negotiations or at any time in 
the dispute, set time limits on its participation. If no settlement of 
the dispute is reached by the expiration of the time limits, the Service 
may make suggestions for settlement to the parties. If suggestions for 
settlement made by the Service are not accepted by the parties within 
time limits set by the Service, the matter may be referred to the 
Federal Services Impasses Panel (FSIP).