PHILIPSBURG:--- The Interim Mediator of St. Maarten Raphael Boasman and the assistant mediator Ms. Loblack presented the 2013 Mediator's Report to the Minister of Labor Cornelius de Weever on Wednesday. Mediator Raphael Boasman in his remarks said that there are a few recommendations he made in his report one of which is to detach the mediator department from the labor department so that St. Maarten could be on the same level as Curacao, Aruba and the BES Islands.
Minister of Labor de Weever also agreed that this should be done and St. Maarten should have more than one labor mediators just in case a conflict of interest arises. Boasman said that labor mediators do have a code of conduct that they have to follow and persons who own businesses or are employers can also become mediators.
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