Postponement of industrial action
The National Mediation Office has the right, if requested by the mediator, to order a cooling-off period of 14 days before notified industrial action may begin, but only once during each term of mediation. The aim is to give the mediators more time to resolve the conflict before the parties take action. Before exercising this right, the National Mediation Office must decide that the mediators are in a position to achieve a solution.