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CONSOLIDATED PETROLEUM CHEMICAL AND GENERAL WORKERS' UNION AND ELF NIGERIA LIMITED (NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT) HON. JUSTICE (CHIEF) P.A. ATILADE PRESIDENT DR O.I. ODUMOSU MEMBER S.O. KOKU ESQ. MEMBER DR. E.C. IWUJI MEMBER ALHAJI Z.M. BELLO MEMBER SUIT NO: NIC/19/78 DATE OF JUDGMENT 1STDECEMBER, 1978 > LABOUR LAW - Bonus -Past bonus -Payment of to workers -How done. ISSUE: How should payment of past bonus to workers be done? FACTS: The parties entered into a collective agreement in 1973. Later a dispute arose concerning Appendices 2 and 3 of the said collective agreement. The parties later agreed that the disputed points be resolved on the terms of settlement as stated in Exhibit 2 before the National Industrial Court. HELD: (Entering the terms of settlement as judgment of the court: On how payment of past bonus to workers should be done - Payment of bonus to workers is to be prorated on monthly basis in accordance with the duration of employment of the workers during the period of time. HON. JUSTICE (CHIEF) P.A. ATILADE - PRESIDENT DR O.I. ODUMOSU - MEMBER S.O. KOKU,ESQ. - MEMBER DR. E.C. IWUJI - MEMBER ALHAJI Z.M. BELLO - MEMBER