However, educational plans, child rearing decisions, residency, weekend sports commitments and similar issues often cry out for co-mediation of a divorce with both a family counseling specialist and an attorney. Because most family law matters are caused by the broader context which the law ignores, mediation is especially suited to resolving those issues and in aiding the parties in dealing with the future in ways they could not deal with the past. Labor and Business . Labor and business relationships generally have very clear alternatives to negotiation. Labor can go on strike.
Management can close down the location or the business.
Business relationships are the same. The parties can just chose not to deal with each other in the future. Many times in a commercial setting, no matter how a judge or arbitrator rules, by the time the ruling is final both sides have lost more from the conflict than either gained from the award. Consider some sports strikes. Generally the owners never recover enough money following the closure or slow-down to recover the losses of the strike.