tions and norms, for which the rs.ge platform of the Revenue Service could be used; Within the framework of the state procurement, special attention should be paid to the observance of labour safety norms by the companies participating in the tender through­out the course of the tender procedures and by ensuring rigorous supervision over the observance of labour safety norms and labour rights by the winning company; Create a registry of companies, where enterprises shall be categorized according to their degree of the protection of labour rights and labour safety norms and/or violations. In the public procurement framework, preference should be given to companies with a positive rating(should be reflected in public procurement rules); In higher and vocational schools, in all areas related to professions involving hard, harm­ful, and hazardous work, a special study course should be prepared and added as a com­pulsory subject in curricula and study programs; The Ministry of Labour, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and other relevant agencies, and in collaboration with international partners, should develop medium- and long-term strategies for the gradual training, retraining, and certification of all employees in a hard, harmful, and hazardous line of work. 9 Workplace information and consultation, labour disputes, mediation Legal Review Within the 2020 Labour Law Reform, new provisions were introduced in the Labour Code on collective redundancies and transfer of undertakings, based on EU Directives 98/59/ EC and 2001/23EC respectively. Based on Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community, a new section on information and con­sultation in the workplace was introduced into the Labour Code. With regard to the effectiveness of provisions governing mediation of collective disputes, it can be noted that over the years there were examples where employers refused to re­99