December 7, 2006 |
Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer |
ADR Policies - Hot Off the Press
I recently received a PDF copy of an article I wrote for HR Advisor Journal (Thomson-West) entitled Dispute Resolution Programs: Design Considerations and Alternatives. The thought process behind this article originated last summer when I spoke at a conference in London on alternative dispute resolution. The conference, which was well attended by the legal community, was obviously focused on many of the legal issues concerning ADR including and well beyond the workplace. My presentation was based on the idea that we, as lawyers, tend to view may workplace concepts very narrowly - that is, focused solely on the law, compliance and representing our clients. In fact, I see this all of the time when I speak to ardent employment lawyers who think that human resources isn't actually a profession, but something they or anyone else can do. When that happens, the result is an "over-lawyered" policy that most employees can't understand, that has little value to the organization other than compliance and does little to promote organizational effectiveness and employee engagement. So for some light reading (well, not really), feel free to take a look. I've also added it to the sidebar on the left under Diane's Articles.
