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INDUSTRIAL COURT STATISTICS

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

During the period 2012 - March 2017, the Court received from the Ministry of
Labour and Small Enterprise Development 403 Collective Agreements for
registration – 350 under the General Services Division, 19 under the Essential
Services Division and 34 under the Special Tribunal.

Table 3.8: COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION
BY THE INDUSTRIAL COURT FOR THE PERIOD 2012 - MARCH 2017
NO. OF MATTERS RECEIVED
YEAR GSD ESD ST TOTAL

2012 43 2 4 49
2013 75 6 8 89
2014 56 - 7 63
2015 97 2 10 109
2016 59 7 1 67
2017 (January - March 2017) 20 2 4 26
TOTAL 2012 - March 2017 350 19 34 403
Source: Industrial Court of Trinidad & Tobago

Chart 3.10: NUMBER OF MATTERS RECEIVED FOR REGISTRATION
BY THE INDUSTRIAL COURT FOR THE PERIOD 2012 - MARCH 2017

120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (Jan.-Mar.)

WAGE INCREASES

In 2015, wage increases ranged from 5% to 26%, the highest over the period 2013
- 2015. The Distribution Sub-Sector accounted for the wage increase of 26% for the
bargaining period 2011- 2013. In 2014, increases in wages ranged from 0% to 19%,
with the highest increase of 19% emanating from the Finance, Insurance, Real
Estate and Business Services Sub-Sector, for the bargaining period 2010 - 2012.

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