"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."

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