GEORGE OSEI PARRY & 105 ORS. vs. SOCIETE-GENERAL (SSB) GH LTD [2011]DLHC5581

Date	2011-03-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO: BC 495/2008
Citation No.	[2011]DLHC5581

JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

MR. KWABENA DARKO ASIEDU FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

MR. J. A. AYITTEY FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2011]DLHC5581
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GEORGE OSEI PARRY
&amp; 105 ORS.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SOCIETE-GENERAL (SSB)
GH LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (INDUSTRIAL/LABOUR DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO: BC 495/2008&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;DATE: 31ST MARCH, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
KWABENA DARKO ASIEDU FOR THE PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. J. A. AYITTEY FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Plaintiffs’
action against the Defendant which was filed on 25th July, 2008 was
for the following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that Defendant’s so-called separation/redundancy entitlements under
its reorganization exercise was wrongful and unlawful being inconsistent with
and in contravention of the Labour Act, 2003.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
for refusal by Defendant to pay Plaintiffs their entitlements in accordance
with law, or in the alternative an order of the Court directed at the Defendant
to negotiate the separation/redundancy entitlements with Plaintiffs within a
specific time.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on
Plaintiffs unpaid entitlements from the date of redundancy/separation until the
date of final payment.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendant
per its solicitors entered appearance on 6th August, 2008 and filed
its Statement of Defence on the same day denying the claim of the Plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the
attached Statement of Claim, Plaintiffs aver that until 1998 they were junior
staff of the Defendant company. In 1998, as a result of a reorganization
exercise, management of the Defendant company declared them redundant which was
to be subject to a separation/redundancy entitlements to be negotiated between
the parties. However, without negotiating with Plaintiffs, the Defendant
unilaterally determined the redundancy package due the Plaintiffs. Defendant,
therefore, paid Plaintiffs separation/redundancy entitlements not negotiated
but imposed by the Defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendant
on the other hand avers in its Statement of Defence that the Plaintiffs were
rather employees of Social Security Bank Ltd now called SG-SSB Limited so the
name of the company is not as stated on the writ. It contends that before the</main>