Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 131.59 - Mediation(a) Mediation may be utilized by the parties under this chapter and will not be limited in purpose to achieving a compromise settlement (compromise and release agreement), but may have as a goal the narrowing of issues by means of stipulation for decision by the judge or other amicable resolution.(b) Subsection (a) supersedes 1 Pa. Code §§ 31.21-31.23, 35.111-35.116, 35.186 and 35.188.The provisions of this §131.59 adopted October 16, 2009, effective 10/17/2009, 39 Pa.B. 6038.The provisions of this §131.59 issued under sections 401.1 and 435(a) and (c) of the Workers' Compensation Act (77 P. S. §§ 710 and 991(a) and (c)); section 2205 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 565); and section 414 of The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (77 P. S. § 1514).