IN THE MATTER BETWEEN GEORGE AWUKU AND 10 OTHERS vs. NON-FORMAL DIVISION OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION [2013]DLNLC6243

IN THE MATTER BETWEEN GEORGE AWUKU AND 10 OTHERS vs. NON-FORMAL DIVISION OF THE... [2013]DLNLC6243

Date	2013-08-20
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Citation No.	[2013]DLNLC6243

[2013]DLNLC6243
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color:#00B050">IN THE MATTER BETWEEN GEORGE AWUKU AND 10 OTHERS<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">NON-FORMAL DIVISION OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION<o:p></o:p>[NLC]<o:p></o:p>NLC/C-631/2009/013/37&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 20TH AUGUST, 2013<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>FOR THE COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>PAUL OSEI-MENSAH MEMBER, NLC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The Case of the
complainant:<o:p></o:p>Their case was that they were engaged by the Non-Formal Division
of the Ministry of Education as Supervisors on 01/01/1994 in the Western Region
of Ghana.<o:p></o:p>The Ghana Integrity Initiative on October 15, 2009 referred the
matter to the NLC for action. They stated that they were dismissed on
07/09/2004.<o:p></o:p>The relief they were claiming was either re-instatement or
dismissal benefit.<o:p></o:p>The Case of the
Respondent:<o:p></o:p>The Respondents failed to respond to a request from the Commission
for their comments on the complaint of the Complainants but they were present
on 31 October, 2012 and 14 November, 2012. They failed to turn up for further
hearings on 12th December, 2012 and on 9th January, 2013. The Commission
therefore invoked Regulations 33 (2) of L.I. 1822 of Labour Act and proceeded
to invite the parties to the dispute for a hearing.<o:p></o:p>Findings:<o:p></o:p>It was found out from the letter terminating their appointments
and from the proceedings that the Non-Formal Division did carry out a
restructuring exercise which resulted in the redundancy of the Complainants.
Instead of the Non-Formal Division negotiating with Complainants a redundancy
pay, the Complainants had their appointments terminated.<o:p></o:p>The Commission directed the
parties in accordance with Section 65 (4) of Labour Act, to negotiate a
redundancy pay and terms and conditions of payment and report to the Commission
within 14 days from 14/04/2013.<o:p></o:p>The Non-Formal Division did not comply with the directive of the
Commission in respect of negotiation of a Redundancy Pay.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>DECISION:<o:p></o:p>The termination of the
appointment of the Complainants was due to Redundancy. Under Section 65 of
Labour Act 2003, Act 651 employees affected by a redundancy exercise are
entitled to Redundancy Pay which is subject to negotiation by parties; Section
65 (5) of the Act empowers the Commission in an event of a dispute in respect
of the Redundancy pay and the terms and conditions of payment to decide on the
matter.<o:p></o:p>Since the Non-Formal Division failed or refused to negotiate a
redundancy pay for the workers the Commission directs Non-Formal Division of
the Ministry of Education to pay the remaining 8 Complainants the amounts of
money indicated against their names per attached schedule. Since negotiations
should have preceded their termination, their salaries from the date of
termination to January 2013 must be paid to them as included in the attached
schedule.<o:p></o:p><a name="_gjdgxs"></a><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

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