Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) encompasses various methods of resolving legal disputes without resorting to civil litigation. This includes processes like arbitration, conciliation, and mediation, which are often favored for their efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and less adversarial nature.
A 75-year-old organization available to resolve a wide range of disputes through mediation, arbitration, elections, and other out-of-court settlement procedures. The AAA provides cost-effective ADR resources to counsel, businesses, industry professionals, their employees, customers, and business partners.
Conciliation is a process used in labor disputes where a neutral third party attempts to bring together management and labor to discuss and resolve their differences. The goal is to reconcile the disputing parties through facilitated discussion and negotiation.
A person who attempts to bring management and labor together to resolve disputes and foster mutually beneficial outcomes.
A neutral party who studies the issues in a dispute and makes a recommendation for a fair settlement.
Mediation is a voluntary and structured process whereby a neutral third party helps disputing parties to communicate and negotiate to reach a mutually acceptable resolution.
The National Mediation Board (NMB) is a three-member board established by the Railway Labor Act in 1926 to handle mediation of labor-management disputes in the railway and air transport industries.
Negotiation is the process of bargaining that precedes an agreement between parties. It often results in a contract and can involve various stages and techniques to reach a mutually beneficial outcome.
