Agreement to Participate in a Confidential Mediation
The agency and the parties to the mediation agree to participate in a mediation in which the mediation communications are confidential and/or nondiscoverable and inadmissible to the extent authorized by OAR 860-016-0015(7) and this agreement. This agreement relates to the following mediation:
(Identify the mediation to which this agreement applies)
__ confidential and may not be disclosed to any other person.
__ not admissible in any subsequent administrative proceeding and may not be disclosed during testimony in or during any discovery conducted as part of a subsequent administrative proceeding, or introduced as evidence by the parties or the mediator in any subsequent administrative proceeding.
__ not admissible in any subsequent administrative, judicial, or arbitration proceeding and may not be disclosed during testimony in, or during any discovery conducted as part of a subsequent administrative, judicial, or arbitration proceeding, or introduced as evidence by the parties or the mediator in any subsequent administrative, judicial, or arbitration proceeding.
Name of Agency
_____________________________________ Date_________
Signature of Agency's authorized representative (when agency is a party) or Agency employee acting as the mediator (when Agency is mediating the dispute)
Name of party to the mediation
_____________________________________ Date_________
Signature of party's authorized representative
Name of party to the mediation
_____________________________________ Date_________
Signature of party's authorized representative
Or. Admin. R. 860-016-0015
Stat. Auth.: ORS 36.224
Stats. Implemented: ORS 36.224, ORS 36.228, ORS 36.230, ORS 36.232 & ORS 756.060