[2004]DLCHRAJ4597 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="BodyA" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#52A450">YOHANES DOMINGO</span></b></span><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#52A450"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="BodyA" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">(<i>Complainant</i>)</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="BodyA" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">AND</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="BodyA" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#52A450; mso-ansi-language:DE">WESTEC SECURITY SYSTEMS</span></b></span><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#DC3545"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="BodyA" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">(</span></span><span class="None"><i><span lang="PT" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-ansi-language:PT">Respondent</span></i></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">)</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="BodyA" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="BodyA" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">[<b>CHRAJ</b>]</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="BodyA" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> </span></b></span><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt; padding:31.0pt 31.0pt 0in 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"> <p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination: none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 0in 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span class="None"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Our Ref: </span></i></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">CHRAJ/1476/9/1607 DATE: 08/07/2004</span></span><span class="None"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> </div><p class="BodyA" style="text-align:justify"><span class="None"><b><i><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-ansi-language:IT">Commissioner</span></i></b></span><span class="None"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">:</span></b></span><span class="None"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination: none"><span class="None"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-ansi-language:DE">D.K. OFOSU QUARTEY SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL LEGAL OFFICER FOR COMMISSIONER</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt; padding:31.0pt 31.0pt 0in 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"> <p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination: none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 0in 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 0in 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow:yes"><span class="None"><b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">DECISION</span></b></span><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div><p class="BodyA" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination: none"><span class="None"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">INTRODUCTION</span></u></b></span><span class="None"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"">In his petition dated 29th May 2001, the Complainant pleaded with the Commission to prevail upon the Respondent to pay him his salary that had been unlawfully withheld.</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination: none"><span class="None"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination: none"><span class="None"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">COMPLAINANT'S CASE</span></u></b></span><span class="None"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5pt; line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The Complainant stated that he was an employee of the Respondent. He also stated that on April 13, 2001 he reported sick to the client of the Respondent, whose house he was guarding. The client relayed the message to the Respondent for a replacement. The Respondent warned him that he would be sacked the next time he reported sick because a new security guard should not report sick, frequently. Meanwhile, the Respondent did not take him to the Hospital. A friend of his, seeing the seriousness of his illness, took him in his car to the hospital.</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination: none"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">According to the Complainant, he went to the Respondent's office on the next day to pick a hospital form, but he was refused, so he had to go to his private hospital for treatment. When he presented the medical bills to the Respondent, the latter refused to settle them.</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justif