WELLINGTON OSEI BANAHENE & OTHERS vs. MANAGEMENT OF BIBLE SOCIETY OF GHANA [2012]DLNLC8544

Date	2012-10-09
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2012]DLNLC8544

[2012]DLNLC8544
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >WELLINGTON
OSEI BANAHENE &amp; OTHERS<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MANAGEMENT OF
BIBLE SOCIETY OF GHANA<o:p></o:p>[NLC]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">Our Ref:&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 9TH OCTOBER, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>FOR THE COMMISSON: <o:p></o:p>MRS.
PEACE AYISI-OKYERE (SOLE ARBITRATOR)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>BACKGROUND <o:p></o:p>1. By letter dated 28th August 2012, with
reference NLC/C-590/2011/2012/04N,
the National <o:p></o:p>Labour Commission (NLC) appointed Mrs. Peace Ayisi- Okyere
as Sole Arbitrator in the voluntary arbitration between Wellington Osei
Banahene and eleven others on the one hand and the Bible Society of Ghana on the other. The Sole Arbitrator appointed Mrs.
Victoria O. Darkwa as Secretary/Recorder.
<o:p></o:p>2. The dispute is
about a redundancy exercise which the Bible Society of Ghana had undertaken in
November 2011 which affected twelve staff members. <o:p></o:p>3. The parties had been through a mediation
process which had failed hence the resort to voluntary arbitration. <o:p></o:p>DISPUTE <o:p></o:p>The main dispute is
about whether the labour law was breached and the elements of the severance pay
package.<o:p></o:p>1. BSG paid to each
affected staff member 4 months gross salary in lieu of notice; and <o:p></o:p>2. One half month gross
salary for every year of service <o:p></o:p>Complainants are demanding : <o:p></o:p>1. Determination as to
whether the Redundancy Exercise was undertaken in accordance with the Labour
Act 651; <o:p></o:p>2. A review of the compensation paid to workers <o:p></o:p>