JUDGMENT

1. By way of the present petitions, the petitioners/workwomen have assailed the award dated 23.07.2018, whereby the Labour Court dismissed their claims/references and denied them the reliefs sought against the common respondent/management.

2. Briefly stated, as per their respective claim applications, the workwomen, namely Seema and Pushpa Pal, had been working with the management as permanent skilled workers in ‘Hand Embroidery’ for several years. The petitioner/Seema had joined service in July 2003 whereas the petitioner/Pushpa Pal had joined service on 01.01.1997. The last drawn wages of both the workwomen were stated to be Rs.5,278/- per month. Both the workwomen averred that during the tenure of their service, they had performed their duties diligently and no complaint was ever made against either of them by the management. It was further averred that the management had failed to extend statutory and legal facilities to them, such as appointment letters, identity cards, pay slips, minimum wages, leave benefits, overtime wages, attendance cards, and other service benefits. According to the workwomen, upon repeatedly demanding such legal facilities, the management illeg