JAMES LUMOR, WILLIAM DATSOMOR AND MICHAEL BLUVI (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS) vs. ITAL PRESTRESS CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS (IPCP) LIMITED (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) [2019]DLCA7713

JAMES LUMOR, WILLIAM DATSOMOR AND MICHAEL BLUVI (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS) vs. ITA... [2019]DLCA7713

Date	2019-10-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: H1/75/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7713

ADJEI J.A

LOVELACE J.A

KWOFIE J.A

[2019]DLCA7713
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 240); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">JAMES LUMOR, WILLIAM DATSOMOR AND MICHAEL BLUVI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 240); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">ITAL PRESTRESS CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS (IPCP) LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">SUIT NO.: H1/75/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 24TH OCTOBER, 2019<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><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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ADJEI
J.A, LOVELACE J.A, KWOFIE J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Adjei, J.A:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The three
Plaintiffs in the court below took an action against their employer, the Defendant
but the 2nd Plaintiff&nbsp;
abandoned his claim&nbsp; in the&nbsp; course of the trial&nbsp; and therefore&nbsp;
had&nbsp; his claim dismissed . The
Plaintiffs in the High Court were claiming for six reliefs and all of them
bordering on employer - employee relationship. The reliefs sought by the
Plaintiffs in the High Court against the Defendant are as follows:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">“i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that&nbsp; having been in the
continuous employment of the Defendant for several years and&nbsp; after having been variously promoted on
merit&nbsp; to higher grades and warded&nbsp; Long service Awards, the Plaintiffs’ employment
with the Defendant ought to have been deemed to have become statutorily
converted into permanent contracts of employment pursuant to Section 75(i) of
the Labour Act, 2003, Act 651.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order that the Plaintiffs shall be deemed and accorded the status of permanent
employees and remunerated accordingly pursuant to Section 75 of Act 651.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration&nbsp; that the failure and or
refusal&nbsp; by the Defendant to treat and
remunerate&nbsp; the plaintiffs as permanent employees&nbsp; derogates from the Plaintiffs’ conditions
and&nbsp; quality of employment; discriminates
between the plaintiffs and the&nbsp; so-called
permanent employees at the workplace by denying&nbsp;
the Plaintiffs&nbsp; the right to join
a trade union and also constitutes an unfair&nbsp;
labour practice&nbsp; by the Defendant
under Section &nbsp;127 of the Labour
Act,2003,Act 651.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
for the Defendant’s discrimination against&nbsp;
the Plaintiffs at the workplace&nbsp;
and for&nbsp; its unfair labour
practice against them.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">v.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order for the payment to the Plaintiffs of any entitlements, rights and or privileges
they would have been entitled to but for the unlawful conduct of the Defendant.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">vi.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Further
or in the alternative having originally created the impression that was
employing the Plaintiffs as permanent employees, it was entirely wrong for the Defendant
to turn&nbsp; round years&nbsp; later&nbsp;
to attempt to bully&nbsp; Them into
signing&nbsp; a short –term contract of 2
years duration at a time”.<o:p></o:p>