Documents Kostic, Dejan 2 results

"This article documents the rise of peaceful means of settling collective labour disputes in Serbia. Collective disputes may frequently have a major impact on society and there are clear social benefits in ensuring that the risks of the development of collective disputes are minimised. Describing in detail collective negotiations as a means of the peaceful internal resolution of collective disputes, and the three types in which third parties may be involved in this process (conciliation, mediation and arbitration), the article sets recent developments in Serbia in this direction in their international context. The article also looks briefly at the history of dispute resolution in Serbia, both prior to socialism, during it and afterwards, which the author concludes is a not 'over-rich' one, before describing the legislative steps which Serbia has recently taken and how these might be expected to operate in practice. The author finishes his assessment by reminding us that, as important as taking these steps has been, Serbian society must ensure that they continue to be relevant if they are to be used and to gain weight in the prevention of collective labour disputes."

"The most vulnerable group in each economic crisis is employees, particularly with regard to their social rights. This does not, of course, mean that other groups are not negatively affected by the crisis - such as, primarily, the unemployed and pensioners. Nevertheless, the position of employees is even more difficult because the current crisis follows on from their already poor position arising from the change of the country's economic system and a bad privatisation model. The challenges concern not only the realisation and protection of social rights - they lead to a reassessment of social models, national employment legislation and social security and protection rights. The crisis has opened many new questions, among them: how much should employees in Serbia fear for their job? Does the existence of the crisis give employers a free hand to violate the rights of employees? And do the state and trade unions have the capacity to protect the rights of employees?. "