§ 116-3.3. Mediation matters. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 116‑3.3.  Mediationmatters.

(a)        Evidence ofstatements made and conduct occurring in a mediation of a personnel matterinvolving The University of North Carolina or a constituent institution shallnot be subject to discovery and shall be inadmissible in any proceeding in anyaction on the same claim or any other claim, administrative or judicial, exceptin a proceeding to enforce a signed settlement agreement. Such evidence is nota public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. Any evidence discoverableor admissible prior to the mediation shall remain discoverable and admissible,whether or not it is presented or discussed during mediation.

(b)        No mediator, persontraining to become a mediator, nor participant in a mediation of a personnelmatter involving The University of North Carolina or a constituent institutionshall be compelled to testify or produce evidence with respect to the mediationof the personnel matter in any civil proceeding, except to attest to thesigning of any such agreement. (2004‑154, s. 1.)