Retaliation Test Elements Clarification

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The prima facie test for retaliation under ELHRP does not include discrimination based on protected class characteristics. It requires engagement in protected activity, a materially adverse action, and a causal link between the two. Mediation, a non-binding alternative dispute resolution process, involves a neutral third-party facilitating negotiations between parties to reach a resolution.

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An employment dispute is submitted to an alternative dispute resolution process that involved a neutral-third party facilitating negotiating a resolution between the parties. The process did not impose a binding resolution. The process described is: Group of answer choices negotiation arbitration mediation case evaluation
The process described is mediation.
Mediation involves a neutral third-party who facilitates negotiations between the disputing parties to help them reach a resolution, but the outcome is not binding.