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Citation: 1963 PLC 914
Court: Industrial Appellate Tribunal
Year: 1969
Decision Date: 1969-07-09
Parties: THE PREMIER TOBACCO Co. LTD., MARDAN vs PREMIER TOBACCO WORKERS' UNION
Case cited as 1963 PLC 914
Court Name: Industrial Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:THE PREMIER TOBACCO Co. LTD., MARDAN vs PREMIER TOBACCO WORKERS' UNION Case No.: Appeal No. LHR:180 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1969-07-09 Reported As: 1970 PLC 126 Result: Company, allowed Judgment ORDER This is an appeal against the award of the learned Chairman of the West Pakistan Industrial Court (Northern Zone), Lahore, dated 14th April 1969. The respondent-Union had filed an industrial dispute in respect of a number of demands. . The parties settled memo. of the demands through mutual negoiations and filed a settlement before the Industrial Court. The only demand which the parties could not settle was in respect of Demand No. 4. The agreement in respect of the said demand read as under :- Demand No. 4.-That the Company should pay wages to all workers for Sundays and other gazetted holidays from the ginning of season 1968 and this right of workmen should be accepted. Agreement.-Award of West Pakistan Industrial Court on the demand shall be binding on the parties." 2. The learned Chairman of the Industrial Court, after considering the evidence of Malik Aman, an employee of the Pakistan Tobacco Company and Amir Khan, a clerk in Khyber Tobacco Company, allowed wages for Sundays and holidays to daily-rated workmen of the appellant-Company. The learned Industrial Court further observed that it was quite reasonable and fair that all the employees get rest for a day it a week and should not be deprived of…
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