4.503 Mediation and Binding Arbitration Provision
As party to an LCS employment contract, an employee must agree to:
Mediation and Binding Arbitration Provision. The parties to this Agreement are Christians and believe that the Bible commands
them to make every effort to live at peace and to resolve disputes with each other in private or within the Christian community in
conformity with the Biblical injunctions of 1 Corinthians 6:1-8, Matthew 5:23-24, Matthew 18:15-20, and Ephesians 6:1.
Therefore, the parties agree that any claim or dispute arising out of or related to this agreement or to any aspect of the
employment relationship, including statutory claims, shall be settled by Biblically-based mediation. If resolution of the dispute
and reconciliation do not result from mediation, the matter shall then be submitted to a panel of three independent and objective
arbitrators for binding arbitration. Each party of the agreement shall have the right to select one arbitrator (unless the parties
mutually agree to the use of only one arbitrator). The two arbitrators selected by the parties shall jointly select the neutral, third
arbitrator. The parties agree that these methods shall be the sole remedy for any controversy or claim arising out of the
employment relationship or this agreement and expressly waive their right to file a lawsuit against one another in any civil court
for such disputes, except to enforce a legally binding arbitration decision.
Mediation and Binding Arbitration Provision. The parties to this Agreement are Christians and believe that the Bible commands
them to make every effort to live at peace and to resolve disputes with each other in private or within the Christian community in
conformity with the Biblical injunctions of 1 Corinthians 6:1-8, Matthew 5:23-24, Matthew 18:15-20, and Ephesians 6:1.
Therefore, the parties agree that any claim or dispute arising out of or related to this agreement or to any aspect of the
employment relationship, including statutory claims, shall be settled by Biblically-based mediation. If resolution of the dispute
and reconciliation do not result from mediation, the matter shall then be submitted to a panel of three independent and objective
arbitrators for binding arbitration. Each party of the agreement shall have the right to select one arbitrator (unless the parties
mutually agree to the use of only one arbitrator). The two arbitrators selected by the parties shall jointly select the neutral, third
arbitrator. The parties agree that these methods shall be the sole remedy for any controversy or claim arising out of the
employment relationship or this agreement and expressly waive their right to file a lawsuit against one another in any civil court
for such disputes, except to enforce a legally binding arbitration decision.