Law: Industrial Relations Ordinance, (XXIII of 1969)

Section: 25-A & 38(3)

Industrial Relations Ordinance (XVIII of 1969)-----Ss. 25-A & 38(3)--Re-instatement--Back benefits--Worker not asserting before Labour Court that he remained jobless after wrongful termination--Assertion of such right by employee, held, would afford opportunity to employer to divulge true facts, by cross-examination-�Affidavit at appellate stage by worker to that effect, held, was not sufficient to upset order of Labour Court disallowing back benefits.Ikram Zahid for Appellant. Date of hearing: 13th January, 1986.JUDGMENT The appeal captioned above challenges the decision dated 22-12-1985 recorded by the learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No.4, Faisalabad to the extent it did not allow back benefits to the appellant. The ground given by the learned lower Court for not allowing back benefits that the appellant did not assert that he remained jobless is cogent. Back benefits are allowed to the workers not as a punishment to the employer for illegally terminating the services of the workers but to compensate the latter for remaining jobless for not any fault of his. So, if a…