Employer needs to hear employees before deducting wages for ‘go slow’ tactics of employees: SC

Bata India Limited Vs Workmen of Bata India Limited and Another (Supreme Court of India) It is a case of the appellant that after 01.02.2001, workmen had deliberately adopted ‘go slow’ tactics and did not produce the minimum agreed production as per the settlement. The production was below 50 per cent of the normal production. Despite repeated requests and warnings, the workmen did not pay any heed to increase production. Consequently, the appellant decided to pay pro-rata wages to those not meeting the mutually agreed target. However, the workmen refused payment and resorted to st...