ENThe article seeks tu analyse and assess the legal aspects and practices of the fundamental reform of a system of alternative dispute resolution for individual labour disputes which is counting its first months of functioning in Lithuania after being introduced in 2013. The assumptions and performance of the reform arc assessed by reference to international standards of labour law and models of individual labour disputes applicable in HU Member States. Having assessed the specific features of the Lithuanian ADR system in the context of international standards, the authors present their research and reveal essential characteristics of labour dispute resolution practices. [From the publication]