26. 03. 2021.

The Republic Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labor Disputes held the First Interactive Training for arbitrators and conciliators and marked its 15th anniversary.

The training was officially open by the Minister for Labor, Veteran’s and Social Affairs, Prof. Dr Darija Kisić Tepavčević, and representatives of social partners, president of the Association of Independent Trade Unions, Ljubisav Orbović, president of UGS „Nezavisnost“ Prof. Dr Zoran Stojilјković and President of Employer’s Union, Miloš Nenezić. Representatives of social partners talked about their experience in cooperation with the Agency that progressed from initial distrust to close cooperation.

The Minister for Labor, Veteran’s and Social affairs, Prof. Dr Darija Kisić Tepavčević, pointed out that the Ministry would keep on providing full support to further development and operations of the Agency in terms of regulations improvement and promotion of good practices, as well as raising awareness among both employers and employees on the protection provided in our country. For 15 years of its operation almost 20, 000 disputes have been brought before the Agency, out of which about 19,000 individual ones, meaning that the population at large have become aware of the importance of the Agency and trust it, emphasized Prof. Dr Kisić Tepavčević.

Prof. Dr Darija Kisić Tepavčević thanked both arbitrators and conciliators for their dedication and pointed out their most important role in the development of institutionalized peaceful settlement of labor disputes, together with representatives of trade unions and employers, and that they represented the image of the Agency, since their knowledge, expertise and commitment in resolution of cases had contributed to building of trust in the Agency and its operations.

On behalf of the Republic Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labor Disputes Ivica Lazović thanked the Ministry for their support and stated that in the oncoming period the Agency would prioritize better cooperation with courts and social partners.

In the working part of the meeting Constitutional Court judge, Lidija Đukić, presented the latest case law relating to resolution of labor disputes. President of the Association for Labor Law and Social Insurance, Prof. Dr Predrag Jovanović, talked about remote meetings under the conditions of pandemic and challenges that these types of operation carried in relation to the labor law.