In This Edition
- Before It Becomes a Grievance: Understanding ADR and SRB
- New Medical Billing Protections For You
Before It Becomes a Grievance: Understanding ADR and SRB
Originally posted February 8, 2022
When AFA and management disagree on a contractual issue, it doesn’t necessarily become a grievance right away. Most times, there is an intermediate step taken to try to resolve the issue. Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) brings together decision makers from AFA leadership, inflight management, and labor relations management to try to work the issue out. Scheduling Review Board (SRB) is a similar process that involves AFA Representatives and Crew Scheduling management. If everyone can’t agree on a resolution, our AFA Grievance Committee can still file a formal grievance and address the issue through the contractual grievance process.
New Medical Billing Protections For You
Originally posted February 9, 2022
New rules that went into place on January 1, 2022 will provide new billing protections related to some medical care expenses. The new rules provide expanded protections against the practice of “balance billing” by providers in certain instances. You can read more about these new protections at www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers.
