According to Montenegro's national strategic documents (Montenegro’s Programme of Accession to the European Union 2016-2018, the Action Plan for the Gradual Transposition of the Acquis and for Building Up the Necessary Capacity to Implement and Enforce the Acquis for the chapter 19), the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare is obliged to adopt a new Labour Law during the fourth quarter of 2017.

The new Law will be harmonized with regulations of EU, international standards of the International Labour Organization and other sources of international law. Accordingly, the expected support will contribute to the harmonization of social dialogue between the relevant parties on all the issues that need to be considered.

In this regard, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare,with support from ILO and RCC ESAP has organized a two-day workshop. Participants included representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, Ministry of Finance, Administration for Inspection Affairs, Montenegrin Employers Federation, Union of Free Trade Unions of Montenegro, Federation of Trade Unions of Montenegro and the NGO sector. Additionally, 2 international labour law experts from EU member countries have shared their experience and work with participants in the relevant articles of the draft law.