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FMCS will change rules
August 13, 2008 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
FMCS - the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service - plans to change some of its rules relating to arbitration services, and invites public comment on or before October 6, 2008. [Federal Register Notice]
In a nutshell, here are the changes:
- Increase the listing fee FMCS charges arbitrators - from $100 to $150.
- Change procedure regarding complaints about arbitrators.
- Change procedures for arbitrators on inactive status.
- Change procedure relating to parties requesting arbitration panels. These are the lengthiest changes, and mostly deal with (a) situations where the collective bargaining agreement requires a joint request and (b) situations in which each party advises FMCS of its order of preference by numbering each name on a panel.
My view: These are incremental changes designed to improve the operations of the FMCS, an agency that already is awesomely efficient and effective.
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