The NECA-IBEW workers' compensation program is administered by a balanced Board of Trustees comprised of six members. Like the NECA-IBEW health and welfare and pension plans, the Trustees are appointed by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and by the National Electrical Contractors' Association (NECA).

Among other things, the Board of Trustees approves the lists of doctors and vocational rehabilitation consultants which can provide services to injured IBEW members. The Board hires the ombudsman, mediators, and arbitrators to assist in answering injured workers' questions and resolve disputes.

Your program is designed to deliver high quality medical care and other workers' compensation benefits much faster, providing access to an impartial expert for advice on issues that pertain to resolving your workers' compensation claim. It is AOE's aim that claims are resolved and problems are solved without resort to lengthy and costly litigation.

The Board of Trustees is very concerned you obtain benefits which you are entitled and that you receive the quality medical care which will assist in returning you to your employment at the earliest possible time.

Please contact the ombudsman if you have any questions regarding your AOE adr program for workers' compensation, your medical services or what you need to do to help resolve your claim.