MY Lim Oct 23, 2013:

In that case, perhaps it is a partial award http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration_award
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A partial award is an award of only part of the claims or cross claims which are brought, or a determination of only certain issues between the parties. <B>Importantly, this leaves it open to the parties to either resolve or to continue to arbitrate (or litigate) the remaining issues.

Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL Oct 22, 2013:

Basically agree with what's said so far To me, it is referring to the compensation amount to be negotiated as per agreement during arbitration.
In other words, it was agreed during arbitration that the compensation amount is to be negotiated (presumably between the parties).

David Lin Oct 22, 2013:

Would it mean that the arbitration agreed (past tense) to a compensation that would be agreed / negotiated among the parties concerned?

In other words, if this is the correct understanding of the Chinese clause, the labour arbitration proposal left it to the parties to negotiate for the sum of compensation. Whatever it is, the tribunal agrees as long as the parties negotiated and agreed with each other.

Hope it does not confuse you.

Phil Hand Oct 22, 2013:

Hang on, maybe it's neither So 同意协商 means agree to talk about...
There are some things which one party or the other (or the arbitrator?) says cannot be brought into the discussion. Maybe the legal minimum payments are an absolute requirement, and so the arbitration isn't about that. So what is the arbitration about?
It's about the amounts that everyone agrees *can* be negotiated. Both parties and the arbitrator believe that the amount that the amount of payoff per years worked is within the scope of the arbitration - it is an "amount which everyone in the arbitration agrees to negotiate on".
It's not yet decided what the amount is, it's just saying that this is something open for discussion. Does that make sense?

Yan Yuliang Oct 22, 2013:

Literally it means: after arbitration, the amount still needs to be negotiated.

Wilman (asker) Oct 22, 2013:

What I'm confused about is: Is this amount agreed upon after the negotiation or is this the amount that both parties agreed to start the negotiation with? Thanks.

Yan Yuliang Oct 22, 2013:

Literally it means "amount of compensation that (both parties) have agreed to negotiate after arbitration.