17. 09. 2019.

The National Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes delivered a special training for newly elected conciliators and arbitrators on September 12, 2019. The training was opened by the Agency’s Director, Mile Radivojević, who spoke about the results of the work in the past period and the tendency of increase in the number of labour disputes that have been settled amicably, which is the basis for supplementing the list of conciliators and arbitrators. Deputy Director, Ivica Lazović spoke about the specific work of the Agency, responsibilities, practices, advantages, types of most common labour disputes and statistical indicators in the work. Dragica Mišljenović, a member of the Permanent Working Body for Collective Bargaining and Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes of the Social and Economic Council of the Republic of Serbia, spoke about social dialogue, tripartism, relations between social partners and contentious situations in practice. A particularly important segment of the training was the block in which several case studies of individual and collective labour disputes from the Agency’s practice were addressed. Experienced conciliators and arbitrators of the Agency, Dejana Spasojević Ivančić and Verica Hrnčjar, introduced these cases to the attendees. The training was conducted in an interactive atmosphere and familiarizing the newly elected conciliators and arbitrators with good practice so that they could get involved in the procedures of peaceful settlement of labour disputes as soon as possible.