15. 04. 2022.

On 15 April, the Republic Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labor Disputes held the first in a series of workshops in Pančevo dedicated to increasing the visibility and accessibility of the concept of peaceful settlement of labor disputes.

The presentation of the work of the Agency and the concept of peaceful settlement of labor disputes was held by the Agency Director, Dr. Ivica Lazović, and the simulation of the procedure to the attending union representatives and employers was presented by the Agency conciliators and arbitrators, Prof. Dr. Živko Kulić and Danijela Koštan Kovačević. The workshop was attended by representatives of social partners, Stefan Todić from the "Nezavisnost" Association of Branch Trade Unions (ABTU), Aleksandar Markovic from the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia, Jelena Jevtović on behalf of the Union of Employers of Serbia and Milena Šošić as a representative of the Initiative for Development and Cooperation.

The present audience had the opportunity to be the first to get insight into the Course on Peaceful Settlement of Labor Disputes and to get acquainted with the benefits of using this concept and the practice of the Republic Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labor Disputes.

The workshop is a part of the project entitled “Joint efforts of social partners to increase the visibility of the concept of peaceful settlement of labor disputes”, funded by the “Olof Palme” International Center and implemented by the Development and Cooperation Initiative (IRS) in partnership with the “Nezavisnost” ABTU, Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia and the Union of Employers of Serbia, with the support of the Republic Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labor Disputes.