Halcyon Group: Employment ADR

PROGRAM FOR RESOLUTION OF EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES

The Halcyon Group for Workplace Dispute Resolution offers a comprehensive Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program to resolve disputes between employers and employees. The Halcyon Group Program incorporates three powerful approaches to resolve disputes productively, fairly, and privately, while avoiding the costs of litigation. There is no longer any good reason for employers and employees to resolve their disputes in court.

THE BUSINESS CASE

Employment litigation presents a growing threat to the stability of American organizations. When employees give up on their employer’s internal dispute resolution mechanisms, costly lawsuits become the only perceived alternative. It is not uncommon for a party’s legal fees in an employment discrimination suit to exceed $100,000. The impact of such a suit on the smaller business or non-profit organization can be devastating, win or lose, and the years of distraction for key employees only adds to the cost. Many disputes that escalate into litigation could be resolved quietly, successfully and with significantly less expense, if an ombuds, mediator, and other ADR strategies were available.

Over the past years, courts have ruled that alternative dispute resolution systems, fairly designed and executed, are a reasonable and legal way to settle employment grievances. Mandatory arbitration, supported by other enlightened approaches, such as ombuds and mediation services, provide more private, less formal, and less expensive ways to resolve employment disputes. The Halcyon Group Employment Dispute Resolution Program has been designed specifically to provide such an alternative.

THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT EMPLOYERS
AND EMPLOYEES BY:

• Increasing morale.
• Increasing retention of employees.
• Promoting early, informal, and private resolution of disputes.
• Dramatically reducing legal costs for employees and employers.
• Preserving relationships between disputing parties.
• Dramatically reducing the time it takes to resolve disputes.