(1) Collective labor disputes mean unresolved differences between employees (their representatives) and employers (their representatives) regarding the establishment and modification of working conditions (including the salary), regarding the conduct of collective bargaining, the conclusion, modification and execution of collective bargaining agreements and collective agreements, regarding the employer's refusal to take into account the position of employees' representatives in the process of adopting, within the unit, legal acts containing norms of labor law, as well as divergences regarding the economic, social, professional and cultural interests of employees, appeared at different levels between the social partners.

(2) The moment of triggering the collective labor dispute represents the date on which the decision of the employer (its representatives at different levels) or, as the case may be, of the respective public authority regarding the refusal, totally or partially, to fulfill the demands of employees (their representatives) or the date on which the employer (his representatives) or the respective public authority had to respond to these claims, or the date of drawing up the report on the divergences within the collective bargaining.

(3) The conciliation procedure means the examination of the collective labor dispute, in order to resolve it, within a conciliation commission.