BEATRICE OCLOO AND ELIM SCHOOL, MADINA [2000]DLCHRAJ5737

Date	2000-08-10
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/89/2000/1260
Citation No.	[2000]DLCHRAJ5737

C. A. OPOKU

[2000]DLCHRAJ5737
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">BEATRICE OCLOO<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">ELIM SCHOOL, MADINA<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>(CHRAJ)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our Ref: CHRAJ/89/2000/1260&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10/08/2000<o:p></o:p>

</div>COMMISSIONER:<o:p></o:p>C. A. OPOKU DEP. CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER FOR:
COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
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</div>By
a petition dated 24th January 2000, the Complainant stated that the respondent
had refused to pay her salary for November and the eight days she worked in
December. She also requested that End of Service Benefit and Social Security be
paid to her.<o:p></o:p>The
respondent stated that the Complainant vacated her post unceremoniously. As a
result, she had breached the contract under the Elim Code of Ethics. Her salary
for that month was forfeited. The respondent also stated that there were school
property in the Complainant's possession which she had failed to hand over.<o:p></o:p>The
respndent stated further that on humanitarian grounds, her salary was
eventually paid.<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant was invited for further discussion in which she corroborated the
fact that her salary had been paid to her. The Commission however informed her
that End of Service Benefits had been scrapped by the government. She was
however directed to SSNIT Head Office for further investigations into her
allegations that no Social Security had been paid on her behalf for her 5 years
of employment with the respondent.<o:p></o:p>The Commission therefore exercises its
discretion to cease investigations in this matter in accordance with Section
13(1)(b) of Act 456 which states ...<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:2.6pt;mso-pagination:none;
border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">"Where in the course of the
investigation of any complaint it appears to the Commission -<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:106.6pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">b) that having regard to all the
circumstances of the case, any further investigation is unnecessary, it may
refuse to investigate the matter further.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

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