MARY ARHIN AND NEW MAGNET RESTAURANT [2004]DLCHRAJ6100

Date	2004-04-20
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/1108/2001/707
Citation No.	[2004]DLCHRAJ6100

B. K. OPPONG

[2004]DLCHRAJ6100
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MARY ARHIN<o:p></o:p>{COMPLAINANT}<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>NEW MAGNET
RESTAURANT<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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Ref: CHRAJ/1108/2001/707&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; 20/04/2004<o:p></o:p>

</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>The
complainant worked with the respondent as a waitress for 8 months until her appointment
was terminated on 22nd December 2000electrocuted on 22nd December 2000.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COMPLAINANT'S CASE<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
.25pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">Narrating
her side of the story, the complainant said the respondent employed her as a
waitress. In the cause of her duties, she was electrocuted and this led to
numbness in the affected arm. Initially, the respondent paid part of the
medical bills but refused to make any further payment. The complainant then
went to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and was diagnosed as lethargy due to
electric shock. The complainant's level of incapacitation and compensation was
worked by the Labour department and the hospital at 20% and ¢1,920,000.00 (One
Million Nine Hundred and Twenty Thousand Cedis) respectively.<o:p></o:p>On
6th February 2001, the complainant requested for an excuse duty to enable her
attend a funeral. The complainant alleged that she reported to work on the
appointed date but the respondent denied this. As a result her appointment was
terminated.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>RESPONDENT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>The
respondent admitted that the complainant had been working with her for the past
eight months. She said she personally took the complainant to the hospital
where she underwent treatment. The complainant sought permission to attend a
funeral but failed to report at the agreed date. After few days, the respondent
was compelled to terminate her appointment.<o:p></o:p>The
respondent said she had made payment to one Susan Donkor a former employee of
the Commission. As to the amount, the respondent said she could not remember.
Contacts were made with Susan Donkor who stated that there had been no such
payment.<o:p></o:p>