SECTION 158

(1) The competent Inspector of Labour and Social Insurance shall be immediately notified by the most diligent party of collective dispute. (2) Where the collective agreement does not provide for a conciliation procedure or in case of failure of such procedure, the competent Inspector of Labour Insurance shall immediately convene the parties and attempt to bring about an amical settlement. (3) Either of the parties may empower representative to take part in the conciliation proceedings on its behalf. If a party does no appear and has not duly appointed a representative, the Inspector of Labour and Social Insurance shall make a report to that effect, and the defaulting party may, on the basis of the said report, be sentenced to a fine of not less than 50,000 and not more than 500,000 francs. (4) The Inspector of Labour and Social Insurance shall convene the parties to meet again not more than forty-eight hours thereafter.