Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (Canada)

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For the United States agency of the same name, see Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (USA)

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is a Canadian government agency under the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Department.

The agency is responsible for providing dispute resolution and dispute prevention assistance to trade unions and employers under the jurisdiction of the Canada Labour Code. The FMCS provides conciliation and mediation assistance to parties engaged in collective bargaining and offers an extensive range of preventive mediation and grievance mediation services aimed at resolving differences and improving industrial relations during the closed period of a collective agreement.