[2011]DLHC5581March 31, 2011High Court

GEORGE OSEI PARRY & 105 ORS. vs. SOCIETE-GENERAL (SSB) GH LTD

Plaintiffs’ action against the Defendant which was filed on 25th July, 2008 was for the following reliefs:- a. A declaration that Defendant’s so-called separation/redundancy entitlements under its reorganization exercise was wrongful and unlawful being inconsistent with and in contravention of the Labour Act, 2003. b. Damages for refusal by Defendant to pay Plaintiffs their entitlements in accordance with law, or in the alternative an order of the Court directed at the Defendant to negotiate the separation/redundancy entitlements with Plaintiffs within a specific time. c. Interest on Plaintiffs unpaid entitlements from the date of redundancy/separation until the date of final payment. The Defendant per its solicitors entered appearance on 6th August, 2008 and filed its Statement of Defence on the same day denying the claim of the Plaintiffs. In the attached Statement of Claim, Plaintiffs aver that until 1998 they were junior staff of the Defendant company. In 1998, as a ...