Mediation and Conciliation in Collective Labor Conflicts in China

Abstract

Mediation is commonly used in settling collective labor disputes. The handling of collective labor disputes in China involves four processes of negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation. The mediation system consists of five mechanisms, grassroots mediation, people's mediation, administrative mediation, and joint mediation. There is no best mediation mechanism, and each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. China is on the way to develope a formal and integrated collective labor disputes mediation system.