Section 6.30.310. Resolution conference procedures.

	(a)  The commission's staff may convene a conference between the complainant and the respondent to define the issues of the complaint, receive information relevant to the investigation and, if possible, to negotiate a resolution of the complaint.  
	(b)  The complainant shall attend a resolution conference unless excused by the commission's staff for good cause shown. Respondent's attendance at a resolution conference is voluntary. The commission staff will make no adverse inference concerning the merits of the complaint against a respondent who fails to attend a resolution conference.  
	(c)  The commission's staff will advise complainant and respondent in writing of the conference date, the procedures to be followed, and what information should be brought to the conference to assist with the investigation and resolution.  
	(d)  The commission's staff will informally and impartially conduct a resolution conference to inquire into facts relevant to the complaint and, at the request of the parties, will assist the complainant and respondent to negotiate a resolution of the complaint.  
	(e)  No person may make a transcript or tape recording of the resolution conference. The commission staff will take investigative notes and will accept written evidence from the parties. Evidence received by the staff at this conference may be admissible as evidence in any subsequent hearing before the commission.  
	(f)  The commission's staff may not disclose offers and counter offers of settlement made during the conference.  
	(g)  The commission's staff member will adjourn the conference when a party fails to cooperate with the commission's staff, acts in bad faith, or in a way which unreasonably annoys, embarrasses or oppresses a participant.  

Authorities

18.80.050;18.80.060;18.80.110

Notes

Authority

AS 18.80.050 AS 18.80.060(b) AS 18.80.110

History

Eff. 3/12/81, Register 77