ANDREW A. AMOAH vs. NEWMONT GHANA GOLD LIMITED

AGYEMANG, JA: In this appeal against the decision of the High Court (Industrial and Labour Division) Accra, delivered on the 10th of December, 2013, the plaintiff/appellant (hereafter described alternately as the appellant or the plaintiff), seeks the setting aside the judgment (described by the court as its ruling), and the grant of the relief sought by the appellant at the court below. These are the antecedents of the appeal. The plaintiff was employed in 2009 as a Business Excellence Black Belt by the defendant/respondent (referred to alternately as the respondent, or the defendant). on the 11th of March 2010, he was given new employment by way of promotion to the position of Mine Manager for Ahafo. The new employment was governed by a letter of appointment dated 11th of March 2010, as well as a document described as the Newmont Ghana Senior Management Staff Manual (hereafter referred to as the “manual”), attached to, and recited in the said letter as forming part of the ...