§ 34-08-14 — Mediators - Appointment - Functions - Compensation

The state labor commissioner has power to act as mediator, or to appoint any competent,
impartial, disinterested person to act as mediator, in any labor dispute either upon the
commissioner's own initiative or upon the request of one of the parties to the dispute. It is the
function of such mediator to bring the parties together voluntarily under such favorable auspices
as will tend to effectuate settlement of the dispute, but neither the mediator nor the
commissioner has any power of compulsion in mediation proceedings. The commissioner shall
provide necessary expenses for such mediators, other than for the commissioner or the
commissioner's deputy, as the commissioner may appoint, under reasonable compensation plus
per diem expenses for each such mediator, and prescribe reasonable rules of procedure for
such mediators.