NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION (APPLICANT/APPELLANT) vs. BARCLAYS BANK GHANA LTD (DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT) [2019]DLCA7728

NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION (APPLICANT/APPELLANT) vs. BARCLAYS BANK GHANA LTD (DE... [2019]DLCA7728

Date	2019-11-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: H1/12/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7728

ACKAH-YENSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

SOWAH J.A.

POKU-ACHEAMPONG J.A.

MAXWELL LOGAN FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.

SEAN OPOKU FOR APPLICANT/APPELLANT.

[2019]DLCA7728
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

BARCLAYS BANK GHANA LTD<o:p></o:p>

(DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT)&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>

[COURT OF
APPEAL&nbsp;(CIVIL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO: H1/12/2018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 21ST&nbsp;NOVEMBER,
2019<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>

MAXWELL
LOGAN FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM:<o:p></o:p>

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POKU-ACHEAMPONG J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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POKU- ACHEAMPONG, JA:<o:p></o:p>

This is an appeal from the Judgment of the
Industrial and Labour Division of the High Court Accra dated the 31st&nbsp;day
of July, 2014.<o:p></o:p>

Brief Facts<o:p></o:p>

The Petitioner, a former employee of the
Respondent was in negotiations with the Respondent for an exit package which
she claimed was given every Country Management Committee (CMC) member during
separation from the Respondent Company except for disciplinary reasons.&nbsp;
However, the negotiations had not been concluded when her employment was
unilaterally terminated by the Respondent.<o:p></o:p>

The Petitioner petitioned the Appellant on
the ground that whilst negotiations were ongoing between the parties regarding
the terms for mutual separation and bringing the Petitioner’s employment
relationship with the Respondent to an end, the Respondent abandoned the
negotiation process by terminating Petitioner’s employment.&nbsp; The
negotiation process, the Petitioner claims, was done in accordance with an
established practice pertaining in the Respondent Bank.&nbsp; The Petitioner
therefore considered the unilateral termination as unfair and discriminatory.<o:p></o:p>

The Appellant ruled in favour of the
Petitioner and made an award. The Respondent by a letter informed the Appellant
of its intention not to comply with the order.&nbsp; The Appellant therefore
brought an application to the High Court to enforce its order in accordance
with Section 172 of the Labour Act 2003, Act 651.<o:p></o:p>

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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Court below erred when it held that in
the absence of a Collective Bargaining Agreement, Appellant’s conclusion on the
termination of the Petitioner’s employment had no legal justification is
without basis.<o:p></o:p>

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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Court below erred when it held that
the Appellant’s submission of oral evidence to prove that the Respondent and
its employees had a mutual exit facility for its Senior staff is erroneous.<o:p></o:p>