27. 11. 2024.

The traditional visit of final-year students from the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, specializing in labor law, to the Republic Agency for the Peaceful Settlement of Labor Disputes took place on November 27, 2024, at the Palace of Serbia. The visit was organized as part of the Cooperation Agreement between the Faculty of Law and the Agency, with the students accompanied by Prof. Dr. Ljubinka Kovačević and Teaching Assistant Mina Kuzminac.

The event was opened by the Agency’s Director, Dr. Ivica Lazović, who expressed satisfaction with the longstanding collaboration between the Agency and this higher education institution. He emphasized that the Agency's doors are open to students interested in exploring peaceful labor dispute resolution in their academic work or completing professional internships at the Agency. Dr. Lazović provided an overview of the historical development of the institution of peaceful labor dispute resolution and the Agency itself, highlighting comparative legal practices worldwide. He also shared the Agency's achievements, challenges, and vision for the future.

Dragana Andonovska, Head of the Legal and Professional Affairs Group, and Jelena Golubović, an advisor at the Agency, spoke about the Agency’s jurisdiction, principles, procedures, statistics, examples from its extensive practice, and ongoing processes of digitalization and digital transformation. Through practical examples, they demonstrated that even the most complex labor disputes can be resolved amicably, provided the parties are willing to cooperate, avoiding lengthy court proceedings.

The introduction to the Agency’s work concluded with a discussion with the students, during which they posed questions, shared opinions, and voiced observations about the Agency's work and alternative methods of labor dispute resolution in the Republic of Serbia.