Labor and employment litigation is like a black hole for many employers–it sucks valuable time and money from a company, providing little benefit in return. That’s why St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch wanted to find alternative means of resolving employment disputes.

“We recognized that the threat of litigation hindered the resolution of employment disputes, and actual litigation was neither an efficient nor effective way to resolve issues between employees and their managers or between co-workers,” says Mark Bobak, group vice president and chief legal officer of Anheuser-Busch.