On September 23, 2005 the regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus № 1062 “On introducing alterations and additions to the regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus № 1340 of August 29, 1999” was adopted. The alterations and additions were made to the procedure of collective labour disputes settling by the Republican labour arbitration.

The regulation adopted specifies that the arbitration interests of the parties to the dispute and that of the third parties are guarded by their representatives. In the cases of specific knowledge employment the Arbitrage is empowered to assign an expert examination.

The arbitrage is to examine a dispute and decide on it within two weeks after receiving the claim(s) of the party (parties). The Chair of the Arbitrage has a right to prolong this term for a month as the situation requires. Thus, the maximum term of a claim examination is 45 days. A five-day term is fixed for applying to the Arbitrage in case of disagreement with the proposals of a conciliatory committee (intermediary).