by Marvin Schuldiner | May 25, 2021 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The default in our society for resolving disputes is litigation — filing a lawsuit in court. It beats dueling. Ask Alexander Hamilton how that worked out for him. Generally speaking, we do not put enough resources into running our court systems, but the...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 2, 2021 | Commercial Mediation, Labor and Employment
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) adjusted to the coronavirus (COVID) pandemic by converting to holding mediations via video conference. This was initially done under a six-month pilot program that started in July 2020. The EEOC just announced the...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 10, 2020 | Commercial Mediation, Labor and Employment
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for administering several federal laws regarding discrimination complaints in the workplace. The EEOC tries to mediate as many cases as possible, as roughly 70% of mediated cases settle. I mediate...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 15, 2019 | Commercial Mediation
I was supposed to be mediating a case today at the Philadelphia office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today. With the record-long government shutdown still in full effect, all mediations are canceled. The government shutdown does impact everyday...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Mar 2, 2016 | Commercial Mediation
The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission is charged with enforcing a number of our federal workplace anti-discrimination laws. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act sets up a number of “protected classes” (i.e. race, color, religion, sex or...
