[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 67852-67853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24406]


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FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

29 CFR Part 1400

RIN 3076-AA22


Code of Professional Conduct for Labor Mediators

AGENCY: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) hereby 
publishes this notice of proposed rulemaking to solicit comments on the 
re-titling of this section and the decision to draft a new code of 
professional conduct for FMCS mediators.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 9, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments through one of the following 
methods:
     Email: [email protected]. Include the Code of Professional 
Conduct for Labor Mediators--Comments in the subject line of the 
message.
     Mail: Code of Professional Conduct for Labor Mediators--
Comments c/o Anna Davis, One Independence Square, 250 E St. SW, 
Washington, DC 20427. Please note that at this time, mail is sometimes 
delayed. Therefore, we encourage emailed comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Davis, Deputy General Counsel, 
Office of General Counsel, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 
250 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20427; Office/Fax/Mobile 202-606-3737; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1964, a Code of Professional Conduct for 
Labor Mediators was drafted by a Federal-State Liaison Committee and 
approved by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) and 
the Association of Labor Mediation Agencies. On April 13, 1968, at 33 
FR 5765, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) 
published a final rule entitled ``Code of Professional Conduct for 
Labor Mediators.'' This final rule adopted and codified the Code of 
Conduct for Labor Mediators. This Code has not been updated in nearly 
sixty years and no longer reflects the agency's values, scope of 
services provided by FMCS mediators, or best practices for conflict 
management and resolution services. Therefore, FMCS is creating a new 
code of professional conduct and is updating this rule to reference 
this internal Code of Professional Conduct for FMCS Mediators.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR 1400

    Administrative practice and procedure and Labor management 
relations.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, and under the authority 
29 U.S.C. 172 of the Taft Harley Act of 1947, FMCS propose to amend 29 
CFR chapter XII part 1400 as follows:

PART 1400--STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND DISCIPLINE

Subpart B--Employees: Ethical and Other Conduct and 
Responsibilities

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1. The authority citation for part 1400 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: E.O. 11222, 30 FR 6469, 3 CFR, 1965 Supp.; 5 CFR 
735.104. Section 1400.735-20 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 172.


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2. Revise Sec.  1400.724.20 to read as follows:


Sec.  1400.735-20   Code of Professional Conduct for FMCS Mediators

    The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service has a Code of 
Professional Conduct for FMCS Mediators. Mediators in the Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service are required to conduct themselves 
in accordance with the responsibilities outlined therein.

    Dated: November 3, 2022.
Anna Davis,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022-24406 Filed 11-9-22; 8:45 am]
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