[2021]DLNLC11172 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:4.55pt;margin-right:5.05pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050;mso-font-width:105%">IN<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>THE<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>MATTER<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>NUTEG<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span><i>(FOR:<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span></i>ALEX<span style="letter-spacing:.9pt"> </span>AMEGATSE,<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span>MOSES<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>NARTEY<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050; mso-font-width:105%">&</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:5.05pt;text-align:center; line-height:11.9pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B050;mso-font-width:105%">CHARLES<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span>DOGBE</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin-right:5.05pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.15pt;margin-right:5.05pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050;mso-font-width:105%">DE-MASTERS<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>ACADEMY</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B050"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin-right:5.05pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[NLC]</span></b><b style="font-size: 0.875rem;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 31pt 31pt 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 5.05pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow:yes"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Our Ref: NLC/C-766/2018/2021/32F </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">DAT</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">E</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">23<sup>RD</sup> JUNE, 2021</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-right:5.05pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR COMMISSON: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-right:5.05pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">HON. OFOSU ASAMOAH <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 5.05pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">DECISION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:5.05pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 13.1pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:105%"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:10.0pt;margin-right:5.05pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25pt; line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The National Labour Commission at its sitting of 23<sup>rd</sup> June, 2021 heard the complaint of "Unfair<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Termination"<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>lodged<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>NUTEG<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>(for<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Alex<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Amegatse,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Moses<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Nartey<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Charles<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Dogbe)<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Complainant<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>DE-MASTERS<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>ACADEMY,<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span>Respondent.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style="margin-top:9.95pt;margin-right:5.05pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>Complainants<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt"> </span>submitted<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>that:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:5.05pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt; line-height:102%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:46.15pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:110%">They<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Alex<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Amegatse,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Moses<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Tetteh<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Nartey<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Charles<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Cecil<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Dogbe and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>employed as teachers on 22<sup>nd</sup> September 2015, 1<sup>st</sup> October 2012 and 1<sup>st</sup> October, 2012<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>respectively.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:5.05pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt; line-height:102%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:46.15pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:110%">Respondent wrongfully<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>tenninated their employment and several attempts by National<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>Union<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Teachers<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>General<span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>Workers<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>(NUTEG)<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>settle<span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>matter<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>has proven<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt"> </span>futile.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:5.05pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt; line-height:102%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:46.15pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:110%">The actions of the employer violated Section 15 (a-e) of the Labour Act, 2003 Act 651 and<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>they<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>therefore<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>seek<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>intervention<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>Commission.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.4pt;margin-right:5.05pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><h1 style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.05pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">Reliefs:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.25pt;margin-right:5.0