SAMUEL KOFI ANKU-AMEWU vs. LANCASTER PLANT LTD. [2013]DLHC5531

Date	2013-01-11
Suit No.	SUIT NO: INDL 21/12
Citation No.	[2013]DLHC5531

JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

MR. KINGSLEY KWASITSU FOR THE PLAINTIFF

[2013]DLHC5531
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL KOFI ANKU-AMEWU <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>LANCASTER PLANT LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></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: INDL 21/12&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 11TH JANUARY,
2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
KINGSLEY KWASITSU FOR THE PLAINTIFF<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>The
Plaintiff herein, Samuel Kofi Anku-Amewu had been working with the Defendant as
an Accountant since January, 2007. In December, 2008, the Defendant informed
the Plaintiff that it had decided to embark on a down-sizing exercise due to
the suspension of a contract between the Defendant Company and the Golden Star
Resources Company Limited, a mining company. The Plaintiff was as a result
asked to choose between being temporarily laid-off or permanently leave the
Defendant Company with a package of one month’s basic salary multiplied by the
number of years worked. The Plaintiff opted to leave permanently. It, however,
realized that his benefit was subject to negotiations so he requested to be
paid three months’ basic salary multiplied by the number of years worked as
pertained in other similar organizations in the locality.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Plaintiff claims that in spite of his disagreement of one month’s salary multiplied
by the number of years worked he told the Defendant Company through the
Managing Director in the presence of the Human Resource Manager that if they
would pay him promptly the amount they would want to pay, then he would accept
it and they agreed to that request and he was assured by the Defendant through
its Human Resource Manager that, it would pay him the benefit in due course.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According
to the Plaintiff upon waiting fruitlessly for months on end, he caused his
lawyers to write to the Defendant on two occasions demanding payment of the
benefit from the Defendant but to no avail. He as a result petitioned the
National Labour Commission but that also turned out to be fruitless and upon
discovering that the docket on the matter had even gone missing at the National
labour Commission, he decided to take action in court for justice. So on 5th
December, 2011, the plaintiff brought this action to this court for the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; An order
for the payment of Plaintiff’s entitlement due him.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; An order
that the payment of Plaintiff’s terminal benefits be worked on three months’
basic salary for every year worked.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest
on the said amount at the commercial bank lending rate from October, 2008 till
the date of final payment.<o</main>