YOHANES DOMINGO AND WESTEC SECURITY SYSTEMS [2004]DLCHRAJ5882

Date	2004-07-08
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/1476/9/1607
Citation No.	[2004]DLCHRAJ5882

D.K. OFOSU QUARTEY

[2004]DLCHRAJ5882
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">YOHANES DOMINGO<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">WESTEC SECURITY SYSTEMS<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/1476/9/1607&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;08/07/2004<o:p></o:p>

</div>COMMISSIONER:<o:p></o:p>D.K.
OFOSU QUARTEY SUPERVISING PRIN. 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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</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>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.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COMPLAINANT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>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.<o:p></o:p>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.<o:p></o:p>Three
weeks later that is around May 23, 2001 the Complainant fell sick again and
when he reported to the Respondent he was dismissed there and then without
being paid his May salary.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>OBSERVATION<o:p></o:p>The
Commission observes that two letters sent to the Respondent to submit its
comments on the complaints were never answered. Again, both parties were
invited for a discussion on the matter on the 25th October 2001, but rather
unfortunately none of them was present.<o:p></o:p>Moreover,
on the 10th March 2004, the Commission invited the Complainant for a discussion
on the matter. This time too, the invitation was not honoured.<o:p></o:p>The
Commission has, therefore, formed the opinion tha</main>