Industrial Tribunal, Kollam has been constituted in the year 1981 vide G.O.(MS)No.67/81/LBR Dated : 11.08.1981. The Industrial Tribunal office and court hall has been functioning in Kollam in the building owned by the Kerala Water Authority

At present the Industrial Tribunal, Kollam has jurisdiction over the revenue district of Kollam and conducting regular sittings at headquarters in kollam and Camp Sitting at Punalur and Peermade on regular basis . The Tribunal is now adjudicating Industrial Disputes under Industrial Disputes Act 1947, Employee Insurance Cases under ESI Act 1948 and also functioning as Employee Compensation Commissioner Kollam .