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OUR PROCESS & PROCEDURE:

• Registration and Planning of trade dispute:
• Trade Dispute has to be in prescribe forms
• Registration of the trade dispute & development of a plan to determine the case within 3 months
• Payment of fees
• Process of determination and making a decision:

• Notice issue to parties to attend conference or trial
• Conference is to outline the timeframe and what is expected from the party
• Filling of claim, defense, and counter claim
• Statements are filled
• Trial & decision
• Decisions is final
• Enforcement by the court

THREE (3) WAYS TO ACCESS OUR SERVICE.

1. The Commissioner of the Department of Labor [COL]. The Commissioner will refer a Trade Dispute which she thinks cannot be solved within 7 days to the Trade Dispute Tribunal. A certificate of unresolved trade dispute and a report from her office will be submitted to the Trade Dispute Tribunal Office.
2. The Minister of Internal Affairs [MOIA]. The Minister may refer a trade dispute to the tribunal. This trade dispute must involve an essential service for instance workers of an electricity company. The Minister may refer this to the Tribunal or the Commissioner of Labor for conciliation.
3. The Court must refer any cases of trade dispute to the tribunal. A worker or an employer cannot directly access our services except through COL,MOIA &Court

Trade Dispute Tribunal is a quas-judicial body set up under the Trade Dispute Act [CAP 162] to determine trade dispute cases and to make an Award. Trade Disputes are grievances of an employee against employer, or workers against workers. The grievances arising from contract of employment, disciplines, the allocation of work, union membership, facilities for officials of trade union, and machinery of negotiation are some but not an exhaustive list of trade dispute. 

We determine the dispute within 3 months and the filing fee is VT10,000 and counter claim fee is VT5,000.

Lawyers are not permitted to represent a party, and the rules of evidence does not apply. 

Our office is operated by the Adjudicator and two officers appointed by the Judicial Service Commission. The role of the Adjudicator is to presides over trade dispute cases and make decisions. 

OUR VISION STATEMENT: 

An independent, impartial, accessible, efficient and effective trade dispute tribunal settlement system in the Republic of Vanuatu. 

OUR MISSION STATEMENT: 

1. To ensure that workers and employers have equitable accessibility to the Trade Dispute Tribunal Services,
2. To establish a fair and impartial procedures and process for resolving trade disputes,
3. To be an efficient and effective quasi-judicial court to preside and make awards within 3 months, and
4. Bring finality to Trade Disputes. 

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