The principal mission of the department of labour relations is to safeguard industrial peace and ensure the preservation of healthy and balanced industrial relations structures. Within its mission, the department undertakes mediation tasks in the event of industrial disputes, including redundancies if the involved parties failed to reach an agreement. In this respect the department may:

• facilitate the conclusion of an agreement leading to reduced redundancies as initially pursued by the employer;
• facilitate the conclusion of additional redundancy compensation to affected employees (over and above the provisions of the Termination of Employment Law for redundancy compensations payable by the redundancy fund).