Services
List of Services
Arbitration of labour disputes and the making of awards-
- Making of orders in relation to recognition, variation and non-compliance with a procedure agreement and any other issues under the Employment Relations Act.
- Sitting on appeal in relation to certain decisions of the Commission for Conciliation and Mediation and Registrar of Associations.
Details of Services
Acting as arbitrator between parties having to resolve a dispute.
Settling labour disputes after hearing parties, more especially employer’s and worker’s representatives, and any other witnesses. Under the Employment Relations Act, a labour dispute
(a) means a dispute between a worker, a recognised trade union of workers or a joint negotiating panel, and an employer which relates wholly or mainly to –
(i) the wages, terms and conditions of employment of, promotion of, or allocation of work to, a worker or group of workers;
(ii) the reinstatement of a worker, other than a worker who is appointed by, or under delegated powers by, the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, the Public Service Commission or the Local Government Service Commission –
(A) where the worker is suspended from employment, except where the alleged misconduct of the worker is subject to criminal proceedings; or
(B) where the employment of the worker is terminated on the grounds specified in section 64(1A);
(b) does not, notwithstanding any other enactment, include a dispute by a worker made as a result of the exercise by him of an option to be governed by the recommendations made in a report of the Pay Research Bureau or a salary commission, by whatever name called, in relation to remuneration or allowances of any kind;
(c) does not include a dispute that is reported more than 3 years after the act or omission that gave rise to the dispute;
Applications may be made directly to the Tribunal by trade unions under various provisions of the Employment Relations Act in relation to recognition, revocation of recognition, variation and non-compliance with a procedure agreement, unfair labour practice during collective bargaining, check-off agreement, time-off facilities and access to workplace and to information, among others.
Awards are delivered after hearing parties in relation to their disputes within 90 days as from the day the cases have been referred to the Tribunal. It is similar to a Court of Law delivering judgment after hearing parties.
Name of contact person
The Registrar
