Either party to a dispute may request the executive director to assign a fact-finding panel in accordance with these rules. When a request for fact finding is received, the executive director shall appoint a fact-finding panel, ordinarily of three members. In the case of judicial employees, if the parties agree to call upon the Board of Arbitration and Conciliation for fact-finding services, they must file a joint request for fact finding in accordance with 26 M.R.S.A. §1285(3) and with these rules.
12- 180 C.M.R. ch. 13, § 21