Employment Claims Rules 2017 · 2025 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Proceedings Before Tribunal
8. Lodging of claim
Feedback & supportEvery claim must be made in the relevant Form.
At the time of lodging any claim, the claimant must pay the fee specified in item 1 of the Schedule.
For the purposes of section 13(2)(b)(ii) of the Act, a claim must be accompanied by —
every document on which the claimant relies or will rely; and
any of the following reports which accompany the claim referral certificate:
a report on the findings of the approved mediator or an authorised person in relation to a wrongful dismissal dispute; (ii)a report on the findings of the Commissioner, an authorised person, an inspecting officer under the Employment Act 1968 or an employment inspector under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 for the purpose of enabling a tribunal under section 21(2) of the Act to determine whether there has been a failure to comply with any obligation mentioned in that section.
A claim may be lodged in respect of one or more specified employment disputes, except that a separate claim must be lodged in respect of a wrongful dismissal dispute.
Subregulation 1
Every claim must be made in the relevant Form.
Subregulation 2
At the time of lodging any claim, the claimant must pay the fee specified in item 1 of the Schedule.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of section 13(2)(b)(ii) of the Act, a claim must be accompanied by —
every document on which the claimant relies or will rely; and
any of the following reports which accompany the claim referral certificate:
a report on the findings of the approved mediator or an authorised person in relation to a wrongful dismissal dispute; (ii)a report on the findings of the Commissioner, an authorised person, an inspecting officer under the Employment Act 1968 or an employment inspector under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 for the purpose of enabling a tribunal under section 21(2) of the Act to determine whether there has been a failure to comply with any obligation mentioned in that section.
Subregulation 4
A claim may be lodged in respect of one or more specified employment disputes, except that a separate claim must be lodged in respect of a wrongful dismissal dispute.