(1) The representatives of the employees within the social partnership are the trade union bodies at national, territorial, branch and unit level, empowered in accordance with the statutes of the trade unions and with the legislation in force.

(2) The interests of the unit's employees within the social partnership - in collective bargaining, in concluding, amending and completing the collective labor contract, in controlling its fulfillment, as well as in exercising the right to participate in the administration of the unit - are represented by the trade union body. unit, and in its absence - by other representatives elected by the employees of the unit.

(3) Employees' interests in the social partnership at territorial, branch and national level - in collective bargaining, in concluding, amending and supplementing collective agreements, in resolving collective labor disputes, including in concluding, amending or supplementing collective agreements, when carrying out the control of their fulfillment - they are represented by the respective trade union bodies.

(1) The employees who are not union members have the right to empower the union body to represent their interests in the labor relations with the employer.

(2) In the units in which no trade unions are established, the interests of the employees may be defended by their elected representatives.

(3) The employees' representatives are elected within the general assembly (conference) of the employees, with the vote of at least half of the total number of employees (delegates) in the unit.

(4) The number of elected representatives of the employees is established by the general assembly (conference) of the employees, taking into account the number of staff in the unit.

(5) The powers of the elected representatives of the employees, the manner of exercising them, as well as the duration and limits of their mandate, are established by the general assembly (conference) of the employees in a normative act at unit level.

The employer is obliged to create conditions for the activity of the employees' representatives in accordance with this code, with the Trade Union Law, with other normative acts, with the collective agreements and with the collective labor contract.

(1) Representatives of the employer - in collective bargaining, in concluding, amending or supplementing the collective labor contract - are the head of the unit or the persons empowered by him in accordance with this code, other normative acts and the documents establishing the unit.

(2) In collective bargaining, in concluding, amending or supplementing collective agreements, as well as in resolving collective labor disputes related to their conclusion, modification or completion, the interests of employers are represented by the employers, as the case may be.

State and municipal enterprises, as well as organizations and institutions financed from the national public budget, may be represented by the central and local public administration authorities empowered by law or by the heads of these enterprises, organizations and institutions.