Mediation meetings. 11. As part of the mediation, the mediator may conduct pre-mediation meetings in order to establish a timetable and procedure for the conduct of the mediation and to gain a preliminary understanding of the issues.
Mediation meetings. If agreement is not reached through local negotiations, media- tion can be requested through the respective organisations. The party that requests an mediation meeting is obliged to in- clude the minutes of the local negotiations and associated an- nexes with the request for mediation. The claims and offers presented in the local negotiations must be included. The organisations agree that this rule can only be waived in special circumstances. The mediation meeting must be held without undue delay in Copenhagen within 10 working days and in the province within 15 working days after the receipt of the request for mediation by the counterpart organisation. Deviation from the above deadlines is permitted by agreement. At the arbitration meeting the negotiations resume with the sup- port of the organisations’ mediator, who through direct negotia- tion seeks to bring about a solution to the disagreement. The mediators draw up minutes of the negotiation result and sign this with binding effect.
Mediation meetings. If no agreement is reached in local negotiations, mediation may be re- quested through the respective unions. The party requesting a mediation meeting is obliged to attach minutes of the local negotiations with appendices to the mediation request. It must be stated which demands and offers have been made in the local negotiations. The unions agree that this rule can only be waived in ex- ceptional circumstances. A mediation meeting must be held without un- due delay in Copenhagen within 10 working days and in the provinces within 15 working days after the request for mediation has been received by the opposing union. This time limit may be waived by agreement. At the mediation meeting, negotiations are resumed with the assistance of the unions' mediator, who will seek to resolve the disagreement by direct negotiation. The mediators draw up minutes of the outcome of the negotiation and sign them with binding effect.
