[2021]DLNLC11175 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:14.4pt;margin-right:40.45pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:12.4pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:63.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050;mso-font-width:110%">RE:<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>IN<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>THE<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>MATTER<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>JAMES<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>TAWIAH<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>OSMAN<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>ADAMA</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="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:63.8pt"><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:2.4pt;margin-right:122.25pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:73.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:63.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050; mso-font-width:105%">ABOSO<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span>GOLDFIELDS<span style="letter-spacing:2.05pt"> </span>LIMITED</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="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:63.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[NLC]<o:p></o:p></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:63.8pt; 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-123/019/2021/62K </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">11<sup>TH</sup> AUGUST, 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="line-height:115%;tab-stops:63.8pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DIRECTOR ADMIN/HR FOR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DR. BERNICE A. WELBECK<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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:63.8pt; 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">RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.3pt;tab-stops:63.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-37.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.1pt;line-height:107%; tab-stops:63.8pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">On<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>2<span style="position:relative;top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt">nd<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span></span>February,<span style="letter-spacing: 3.0pt"> </span>2019,<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span>James<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>Tawiah<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>Osman<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>Adama,<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span>Complainants,<span style="letter-spacing: 2.8pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:.9pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-3.25pt"> </span>complaint<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>Aboso<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>Goldfields<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt"> </span>limited,<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Respondent.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:9.5pt;margin-right:-37.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:8.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.3pt;line-height:111%; tab-stops:63.8pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>dispute<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>over<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>claim<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>"Dismissal"<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>employment<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Respondent Company. <span style="letter-spacing:-3.25pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:111%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.95pt;margin-right:-37.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:8.15pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.05pt;line-height: 110%;tab-stops:63.8pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>National Labour<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>Commission<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>heard the dispute on 11<sup>th</sup> August, 2021 at which both<span style="letter-spacing: -3.25pt"> </span>parties<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>present<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>and/or<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>represented.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:-37.5pt;tab-stops:63.8pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-37.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:8.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:63.8pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">Complainants'<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>case</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.5pt;margin-right:-37.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:63.8pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-37.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:8.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:63.8pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Complainants'<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt"> </span>submitted<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>follows<span style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span>that:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.4pt;margin-right:-37.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:63.8pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:.05pt;margin-right:-37.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:45.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.8pt; line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:45.45pt 63.8pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:109%">1.<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:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:110%">They were employed by the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Respondent as follows: (i) Osman Adama -<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>21<sup>st</sup><span style="letter-spacing:-3.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">April,</span><span style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">2008</span><span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">as</span><span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">Forklift</span><span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>Operator<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>(ii)<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>James<span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span>Tawiah<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>–<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>21<sup>st</sup><span style="position:relative; top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt;letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>April,<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>2008<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Inventory<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>Assistant.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:.05pt;margin-right:-37.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:45.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.8pt; line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:45.45pt 63.8pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-f