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The National Labor Relations Commission (Filipino: Pambansang Komisyon sa Ugnayang Paggawa, abbreviated NLRC) is a quasi-judicial agency tasked to promote and maintain industrial peace based on social justice by resolving labor and management disputes involving local and overseas workers through compulsory arbitration and alternative modes of dispute resolution.
The system exists to help decongest the regular courts and works mostly as "alternative, community-based mechanism for dispute resolution of conflicts," [1] also described as a "compulsory mediation process at the village level." [3] Throughout the Philippines the Barangay Justice Systems handles thousands of cases a year. [4]
Arbitration is not the same as judicial proceedings (although in some jurisdictions, court proceedings are sometimes referred as arbitrations [3]), alternative dispute resolution, [4] expert determination, or mediation (a form of settlement negotiation facilitated by a neutral third party).
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), or external dispute resolution (EDR), typically denotes a wide range of dispute resolution processes and techniques that parties can use to settle disputes with the help of a third party. [1] They are used for disagreeing parties who cannot come to an agreement short of litigation. However, ADR is also ...
Alfredo Flores Tadiar (15 June 1930 – 3 December 2015) [1] was a Filipino attorney whose strong advocacy for and commitment to the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) movement has led to his recognition by Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. as the "father of ADR in the Philippines".
Mediation is a form of dispute resolution resolving disputes between two or more parties with concrete effects. Typically, a third party, the mediator, assists the parties to negotiate a settlement. Disputants may mediate disputes in a variety of domains, such as commercial, legal, diplomatic, workplace, community, and family matters.
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) is a non-profit organization focused in the field of alternative dispute resolution, providing services to individuals and organizations who wish to resolve conflicts out of court, and one of several arbitration organizations that administers arbitration proceedings.
Using an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) or appropriate dispute resolution approach, an organisational ombudsman can provide options to whistleblowers or employees and managers with ethical concerns; provide coaching, shuttle diplomacy, generic solutions (meaning a solution which protects the identity of one individual by applying to a ...