NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION vs. GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD [2010]DLSC2618

Date	2010-01-13
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/53/2010
Citation No.	[2010]DLSC2618

WOOD (MRS

)C.J (PRESIDING)

BROBBEY JSC

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

YEBOAH JSC

BONNIE JSC

THADDEUS SORY FOR THE DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS.

KWAKU GYAWU-BAFFOUR FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS.

[2010]DLSC2618
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NATIONAL LABOUR
COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LTD<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/53/2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 13TH JANUARY, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>THADDEUS SORY FOR THE
DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWAKU
GYAWU-BAFFOUR FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>WOOD (MRS,)C.J
(PRESIDING), BROBBEY JSC, OWUSU (MS.)
JSC, YEBOAH JSC, BONNIE &nbsp;JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>OWUSU (MS.) J.S.C:<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the decision
of the High Court refusing to enforce an order of the National Labour
Commission under section 172 of the Labour Act of 2003, (Act 651.)<o:p></o:p>The
commission as Applicant had gone to the High Court to seek enforcement of its
order against Ghana Telecommunications Ltd, the Respondent herein after hearing
a petition settling a dispute between the Respondent one Williams Hayford
Appiah an Ex-employee of the Respondent.&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>Appiah
was employed by the Respondent in January 2002 as Senior General Manager with
the audit department of the company and later promoted to the rank of a chief
officer.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>Whiles
in the employment of the Respondent, Appiah was asked to furnish management
with his curriculum vitae which was to include but not limited to an outline
indicated in the request.<o:p></o:p>In
the outline is schools attended set
out as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Name
of Secondary/Technical/Commercial/Training College etc attended<o:p></o:p>Year
of Entry<o:p></o:p>Year
of completion<o:p></o:p>Sixth
form?<o:p></o:p>Name
of school<o:p></o:p>Year
of entry<o:p></o:p>Year
of completion”<o:p></o:p>Following
this request, Appiah submitted a curriculum vitae indicating that between 1974
and 1981, he attended Benkum Secondary School, Larteh where he obtained his GCE
“O” and “A” levels Certificates.<o:p></o:p>A
follow up investigation revealed that Appiah did not attend Benkum Secondary
School and indeed over the period stated by him, the school did not have a
sixth form and has not offered a sixth form programme since its inception.<o:p></o:p>Rather,
further investigations revealed that Appiah sat for and obtained the “O” and
“A” level passes as a private student having attended private classes organized
by some teachers of Benkum Secondary School. The passes were obtained one at a
time between 1973-81.<o:p></o:p>For
his conduct, he was charged in accordance with regulation 144 (iv) of the Staff
Rules and Regulation of the company and a Board of Inquiry set up to
investigate the matter found him guilty of the charge of fraud or other acts of
dishonesty.<o:p></o:p>Following
this, he was dismissed from the employment of the company by a letter dated 26th
September 2007. <o:p></o:p>By
a letter dated 5th February 2008, Appiah presented a complaint to
the commission against his dismissal and prayed for the following orders –<o:p></o:p>“a. A declaration that the dismissal of the
complainant from respondent’s employment is unfair.<o:p></o:p>b. An order compelling respondent to
reinstate complainant with all his entitlements from 22/09/07 when complaint
was dismissed or in the alternative;<o:p></o:p>