ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS –GHANA AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, GHANA AIRWAYS LTD [2001]DLCHRAJ6066

ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS –GHANA AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, GHANA AIRWAYS... [2001]DLCHRAJ6066

Date	2001-01-26
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/569/99/442
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ6066

EMILE FRANCIS

[2001]DLCHRAJ6066
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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;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS –GHANA<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, GHANA
AIRWAYS LTD<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<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/569/99/442&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 26/01/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<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:#171700">EMILE FRANCIS SHORT THE <span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#272700">COMMISSIONER<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>In July 1999, the Association of Flight
Attendants-Ghana ("the Association“), submitted a complaint to the Office
of the President against Ghana Airways Limited, (the "Respondent"),
on behalf of Mrs. Beatrice Obeng, (formerly<o:p></o:p>Miss Beatrice Naa Quarcoo), a flight
attendant with the Respondent. By the terms of a Contract of Appointment for
Cabin Attendants Between Ghana Airways Ltd. And Mrs. Obeng ("the
Contract"), the Respondent prohibits female flight attendants from taking
maternity leave unless they have completed three years of service.<o:p></o:p>The Association alleges that the Respondent
grounded Mrs. Obeng from flying duties and transferred her to the 'In-flight
Services Section' when it learnt that she had become pregnant within the
proscribed period of her first three years of service. It also alleges that the
Respondent continued her grounding after her maternity leave had ended, instead
of allowing her to resume flying duties. The Respondent also stopped paying her
professional responsibility and flying allowances while she was grounded, and
refused her permission to attend DC.9/DC.10 training in June 1999 with the
other flight attendants.<o:p></o:p>The
Association contends that the Respondent's policy sexually discriminates
against female flight attendants who become pregnant within the first three
years of their employment. It also contends that the Respondent discriminated
against Mrs. Obeng on the basis of her sex, contrary to her constitutional and
fundamental human right to freedom from discrimination based on sex.<o:p></o:p>The Association seeks the reinstatement of
Mrs. Obeng as a flight attendant, the payment of all allowances wrongfully
denied her during the period she was grounded, and immediate permission for her
to attend the DC.9/DC.10 training. It also requests that the Commission makes
an order for the Respondent to redraft the Contract of Appointment for Flight
Attendants in compliance with human rights law.<o:p></o:p>The Office of the President transferred the
complaint to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice
("the Commission") for investigation.<o:p></o:p>As at the
date of this decision, Mrs. Obeng had resumed flying duties. The claim for
reinstatement is, therefore, no longer necessary. This decision, therefore,
only deals with the other reliefs claimed by the Association.<o:p></o:p>In its written response to the Complaint
contained in a letter addressed to the Commission and dated 9 December 1999,
the Respondent initially denied that any provision in the Contract
"prohibits a flight attendant from getting pregnant until after three
years of service with Ghana Airways".<o:p></o:p>However,
desp</main>