29 CFR § 1425.1 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1425.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1425.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1425.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE"
part_number: "1425"
part_name: "MEDIATION ASSISTANCE IN THE FEDERAL SERVICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 581(8), 7119, 7134."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 62798, Sept. 22, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1425"
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# 1425.1 Definitions.
As used in this part:
(a) *The Service* means Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
(b) *Party* or *Parties* means (1) any appropriate activity, facility, geographical subdivision, or combination thereof, of an agency as that term is defined in 5 U.S.C. 7103(3), or (2) a labor organization as that term is defined in 5 U.S.C. 7103(4).
(c) *Third-party mediation assistance* means mediation by persons other than FMCS commissioners.
(d) *Provide its services* means to make the services and facilities of the Service available either on its own motion or upon the special request of one or both of the parties.