GEORGE AWUKU AND 10 OTHERS vs. NON-FORMAL DIVISION OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION [2013]DLNLC7586

Date	2013-08-20
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2013]DLNLC7586

[2013]DLNLC7586
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GEORGE AW<span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B050">UKU AND 1<span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B050">0 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>vs<span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B050">.<o:p></o:p><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B050">NON-FOR<span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B050">MAL DIVISION OF THE MINISTRY O<span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B050">F EDUCATION<o:p></o:p>[NLC]<o:p></o:p>Our Ref:
NLC/C-631/2009/0133/3&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: 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-Me<span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">nsah <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">(Member, N<span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">LC<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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bold">)<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
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</div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Case of the
complainant: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.65pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:
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yes">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><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:9.4pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:
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yes">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><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.45pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:
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yes">The relief they were claiming was either re-instatement
or dismissal benefit. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:25.1pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:
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yes">The Case of the
Respondent: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.45pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:
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yes">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 14th 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>