DAVID ADOTEY BROWN vs. ACE CLADDING SYSTEMS GH.LTD [2016]DLNLC8375

Date	2016-11-10
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Citation No.	[2016]DLNLC8375

[2016]DLNLC8375
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DAVID ADOTEY BROWN<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ACE CLADDING SYSTEMS GH.LTD<o:p></o:p>[NLC]<o:p></o:p><div style="font-size: medium; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 31pt 31pt 1pt;">Our Ref: NLC/C-411/014/016/29Q&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 10TH NOVEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p></div>FOR THE COMMISSON:<o:p></o:p><div style="font-size: medium; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">EDWARD BRIKU-BOADU (CHAIRMAN)<o:p></o:p>DECISION<o:p></o:p></div>The Complainant by virtue of his position had access to the Respondent's confidential information relating to the payment of the Respondent's VAT and SSNIT obligations.<o:p></o:p>On 30th July, 2015 the Complainant submitted for refund, a receipt from a Pharmacy shop for GHC58.00 without a prescription. When he refused to answer questions relating to same, the schedule officer said he could not pay the Complainant and that in the circumstances he had to wait for the Managing Director who was out of the jurisdiction to return and approve same for payment. Not satisfied, the Complainant packed his things and went home never to return for work. He also took away the Respondent's laptop and VAT Receipt Book and other things in his possession. On 10th August, 2015 the Respondent dismissed the Complainant and asked him to return all company property in his custody.<o:p></o:p>The Complainant ignored the Respondent's demands for the return of the company property so the Respondent lodged a complaint of its missing property at the Airport Police Station and named the Complainant as the suspect.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The complainant was arrested and detained at the Airport Police Station and in his writion statement, he admitted taking the Respondent's property away and indicaid inat he had given the VAT Reccipi Book to the Ghana Revenue Authority to investigate the respondent because he was not paying VAT and the SSNIT contributions of stail. The Complainant was subsequently ba