HISTORICAL PREREQUISITES OF THE EMERGENCE OF THE MEDIATION INSTITUTE FOR SETTLEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL LABOR DISPUTES IN UKRAINE

The paper examines the historical prerequisites for the emergence of the institution of mediation for the settlement of individual labor disputes in Ukraine. It was concluded that the amendment to the current Code of Labor Laws of Ukraine Art. 222-1 "Settlement of labor disputes through mediation" is a step in the right direction, as it will become an effective mechanism for the reconciliation of parties during the resolution of individual labor disputes with minimal expenditure of financial, time and human resources. It is noted that the advantages of the implementation of mediation among alternative methods of resolving labor disputes are obvious both for the state and for the participants in conflicting legal relations. Its main feature and difference from other methods of dispute resolution is its maximum autonomy, confidentiality and voluntariness, because the decision as a result of conflict resolution does not come from a mediator (or judge or arbitrator, as in the usual dispute resolution procedures), but from the parties to the conflict, and is set out in the agreement of the parties to the dispute based on the results of mediation.