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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)--- ----Ss. 25-A & 50---Employees Cost of Living (Relief) Act, 1973 (I of 1974), S.3---Bonus---Payment equal to basic pay and actual amount of cost of living--- Set off claimed by employer---Agreement reached between parties whereby establishment agreed to pay certain production bonus---Further settlement that amount of each bonus would be equal to basic wages and cost of living allowance to workers---Such settlement created right either in workers or establishment---Each and every clause of agreement was unambiguous and it very clearly laid down number of production bonus payable to each worker--- No evidence was produced to show that employers had set off any amount against relief granted to workers or from increase from wages---Held, workers union would be entitled to get each production bonus at an amount which was equal to their _ basic wages---Appeal was allowed and impugned order of Labour Court was set aside and employer was directed to pay each worker bonus equal to their basic pay and actual amount of cost of living allowance each month. S.P. Lodhi, Representative for Appellants. Raees M. Mushtaq for Respondents. Date of hearing: 10th March, 1991. DECISION This is an appeal against the order of learned Presiding Officer, Sindh Labour Court No. VI at Hyderabad, dated 8-2-1988, whereby the joint grievance petition, filed through the General Secretary of the Union on behalf of 125 workers, was dismissed. 2. I have heard Mr. SP. Lodhi, learned Representative for the appellants and Mr. Rates M. Mushtaq, learned Advocate for the respondents and have also gone through the record and proceedings of the case. 3. The brief facts of the case are that the appellant workers were admittedly employees of the respondents. An agreement was admittedly reached between the CBA Union and the respondents on 1-1-1987 effective from 1-10-1986 to 30-9-1988. Under clause 9 of this settlement the, establishment agreed to pay certain production bonuses, the details of which are given in the agreement. It was further settled that the amount of each bonus would be equal to basic wage and the cost of living allowance of the worker.…

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