Nigeria - Report about Employment and Labour Dispute

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for reporting about Employment and Labour Dispute in person, the applicants (workers) has to first notify their employer.
2. The workers should compose a piece of writing to make the employer aware of the dispute that the workers have.
3. Within the provided time, the employer should respond to the notification as applicable.
4. If employer did not respond, the workers should take the matter to the Minister of the Labour and Employment.
5. In that case, the workers should prepare a Complaint letter explaining the Employment and Labour Dispute.
6. The address and contact details of the Ministry can be found in the following contact link
7. Visit the office and submit the complaint letter along with the other documents (as required) to the Minister.
8. The Minister will make arrangements for the mediation meeting between the management and worker’s representative.
9. The Minister will hear both the sides and their claims and then make a proposal of resolution to the parties.
10. If any of the parties is against the resolution made by the Minister, the workers shall officially proceed to declare a trade dispute.
11. For that, the workers should visit the Minister’s office and obtain and complete a prescribed format of application.
12. On receipt of the application, the Minister would formulate a conciliation panel for arriving at a solution.
13. If the dispute could not be resolved even after, it will be recommended to the Industrial court where it would be resolved at any cost.
    

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Required Documents

• Notification of dispute in writing to the employer
• Proof of employer notice delivery
• Complaint letter addressed to the Minister
• Completed Trade dispute form
• Proof of employment
• Any supporting document (as required)
  

Office Locations & Contacts

National Industrial Court of Nigeria -Head Office
No.1 Justice Babatunde Adejumo St. Garki Area 3,
FTC Abuja, Nigeria
Tel: +234-8143710567, +2348055094084
Email: [email protected]
Website :Link

Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment -Head Office
P.M.B. 04, Federal Secretariat
Complex Phase I, Annex II,
Shehu Shagari Way,
Abuja FCT. Nigeria
Tel: 09-5235973
Email: [email protected]
Website :Link

Eligibility

Workers in Nigeria, who are facing Employment and Labour Dispute with their employers, are eligible.

Fees

It is usually free of charge.

Validity

It is valid throughout the period of the dispute.

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Required Information

• Particulars of the applicant
• Details of The Other Party
• Nature and facts of the dispute
• Date and place
  

Need for the Document

It is necessary to notify an Employment and Labour Dispute to the Minister of Labour and Employment for arriving at a legal,official and recommendable resolution.

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