HUMAN RESOURCES the process of getting an employer and employees who are involved in an argument to meet and discuss their differences, in the hope of ending the argument:
• Procedures for conciliation and mediation between the two sides of industry should be encouraged.
— conciliator noun [countable] :
• The government has appointed an official conciliator in a last attempt to bring the unions and management to the negotiating table.
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conciliator UK US /kənˈsɪlieɪtər/ noun [C]
► HR a person who helps two sides in a disagreement, for example employers and employees, to meet and talk about their different ideas in the hope of ending the disagreement: »
She will need all her skills as a conciliator if agreement is to be reached in this dispute.
Financial and business terms. 2012.