COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE Vs. NORVOR [2002]DLHC1184

Date	2002-01-08
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2002]DLHC1184

ANSAII JA

YONNY KULENDI FOR CHRAJ.

W O BOAFO FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[2002]DLHC1184
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color:#00B0F0">NORVOR<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[2001-2002]
1 GLR 78<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>YONNY
KULENDI FOR CHRAJ.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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W O
BOAFO FOR THE RESPONDENT. <o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>Ansah JA. <o:p></o:p>The
respondent in this case, Professor Frank Awuku Norvor, is the owner and
managing director of Fan Airways Ltd that operates domestic flights in this
country. In November 1996 the respondent employed Miss Augustina Salome Tettey
as a ticketing and reservations officer. She also became a flight and cabin
attendant in March 1997. On 2 January 1998 the respondent dismissed Miss
Tettey. On 20 January 1998 she filed a complaint with the Commission on Human
Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). I shall hereinafter call Miss
Tettey, the complainant and Professor Norvor, the respondent and CHRAJ as the
applicant.<o:p></o:p>The
complaint put before CHRAJ was that the respondent sexually harassed the
complainant and when she rebuffed his attempts, he dismissed her from the
company. The respondent, on the other hand, wrote on 10 February 1998 to deny
the allegations made against him, asserting that the complainant was dismissed
on grounds that differed with what the complainant alleged. Her work
performance was unsatisfactory. More particularly, it was stated that she was
engaged in the following unsatisfactory conduct, namely:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;
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making unwarranted use of the
telephone in the company’s reservations office for long periods, thereby
disrupting the business of the company;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;
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refusing to tidy up the office
and quarrelling with her co-workers who resented her lazy attitude; and<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(c).&nbsp; refusing to carry her own service bags (containing snacks and
related supplies) from the operations office to the aircraft on which she was
working.<o:p></o:p>The
respondent also stated that when questioned about her refusal to carry her own
bags the complainant was alleged to have retorted in reply that she was not
hired as a “kaya kaya” (porter). The respondent furthermo</main>