I wish you a warm welcome to the Employment Department website of the Ministry of Employment, and Social Affairs. 
- You must have followed the workplace grievance procedure if available at your workplace.
- You must have filed your grievance at the Industrial Relations Section with the Ministry of Employment, and Social Affairs and the matter will go through mediation.
- If an agreement is not reached between the two parties, i.e., employer and worker, a certificate will be issued by the Employment Officer who presided over the mediation process to certify that that mediation has failed.
- It is only after receiving this certificate that you can file your case at the Employment Tribunal. It should be noted that you can only file a case for the grievance which failed at mediation.
- You can collect a copy of the form on which to file your case from the Employment Tribunal Office.
- You will have to pay a registration fee of SR200 to lodge a case with the Employment Tribunal. You have 30 days after mediation have failed to register your case at the Employment Tribunal.
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You can be represented by;
- A representative of a Trade Union (in the case of a worker).
- An employers’ organization (in the case of an employer).
- A lawyer. (in either cases).
- 5. One’s self (Yourself at the discretion of the chairperson).
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The Tribunal sits at Judiciary Building, Ile Du Port, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles.
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At any hearing there must be a Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson (presiding the case) accompanied by two other members of the Tribunal and the two parties involved in the case who may opt to nominate someone to act as their representative.
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The Tribunal can award;
1. Legal employment benefits
2. Compensation
3. Cost for filing the case
4. Fine
5. Any other order it thinks fit.
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The Tribunal can impose a maximum term of two years imprisonment.
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