Mediation Program

If, after reviewing the articles, rules, lists, and forms below, you have any questions or wish to obtain additional information about the mediation process, e-mail Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Mediation John C. Schafer at schaferj@ind.commerce.state.nc.us. This page was last updated 10 July 2006.

Mediation Articles

• Industrial Commission Mediation Program Update by Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Mediation John C. Schafer (November 2000).
   
• Dispute Resolution Month Highlights Eventful Year, The Chair’s Comments by Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Mediation John C. Schafer (June 2000).
   
• Supreme Court and State Judicial Council Adopt Recommendations Made by Ad Hoc Dispute Resolution Task Force by Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Mediation John C. Schafer (June 2000).
   
• Industrial Commission’s Revised Mediation and Neutral Evaluation Rules, Effective June 1, 2000 by Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Mediation John C. Schafer (June 2000).
   
• Report of the Ad Hoc Dispute Resolution Task Force (May 22, 2000).
   
• ADR Task Force Presented with Rare Opportunity by Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Mediation John C. Schafer (May 2000).
   
• I.C.-Appointed List Requirements by Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Mediation John C. Schafer (May 2000).
   
• Mediation Has a Rich History in North Carolina by Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Mediation John C. Schafer (February 2000).
   
• Mediation Settlement Rates: The Importance of Comparing Apples with Apples by Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Mediation John C. Schafer (July 1999).

Mediation and Neutral Evaluation Rules

• Rules for Mediated and Neutral Evaluation Settlement Conferences of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (Effective June 1, 2000).

Mediator Databases

The N.C. Industrial Commission Mediator Database contains information concerning both Mediators on the Commission's Appointed List (indicated by an "a" in the Status field of the mediator's record) and Mediators who are not on the Commission's Appointed List (and thus not eligible for appointment by the Commission) but who can be chosen by the parties as their Mediator. Click the hyperlink below to search the NCIC database.

To search the NCIC Mediator Database, click here.

The following database of N.C. Dispute Resolution Commission-certified mediators is much larger and far more comprehensive than the N.C. Industrial Commission mediator database.

To search the DRC Mediator Database, first click here, then click the
Mediated Settlement Conference Mediators (Superior Court) link.

Both of these databases will be updated periodically.

Mediation Forms

You may print and fill out the following PDF (Portable Document Format) versions of Mediation forms, and submit them to the N.C. Industrial Commission in lieu of the NCIC's preprinted forms. To view or print these PDF files, you must have a copy of Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader. Click the button below to obtain your FREE copy of Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader.

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NOTE 2: Form MSC2 was last updated on October 1, 2000; and Forms MSC4, MSC5, MSC6, and MSC7 were last updated in September 2001. To view and download a Mediation form in PDF format, click the hypertext line at left.

• Form MSC2—Petition for Order Referring Case to Mediated Settlement Conference.

• Form MSC4—Designation of Mediator (revised 9/01).

NOTE:  A revised Microsoft® Word 97 MSC4 Document Template is now available.

• Form MSC5—Report of Mediator (revised 9/01).

NOTE:  A revised Microsoft® Word 97 MSC5 Document Template is now available.

• Form MSC6—Mediator's Declaration of Interest and Qualifications (revised 9/01).

• Form MSC7—Report of Evaluator (revised 9/01).
   
• Mediated Settlement Agreement Form.