[2021]DLNLC11180 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:5.05pt;text-align:center; line-height:103%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:103%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B050;mso-font-width:105%">RE:<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>IN<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>THE MATTER<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>BETWEEN<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>FBSEU<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>GFL<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>(FOR<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>CLEMENT<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span>YAW<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>MBRY<span style="letter-spacing:-3.2pt"> </span>MICAH<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>OTHERS)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:103%;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%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B050">And<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:.5pt;margin-right:73.6pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:23.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B050;mso-font-width:105%">MEDIA<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>GENERAL<span style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span>GHANA<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>LIMITED<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span>(TV3)</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%"><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;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-89/2019/2021/63K </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">14<sup>TH</sup> APRIL, 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%"><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;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="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:5.85pt;line-height:1.0pt;mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.3pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:7.15pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.1pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:105%">The National Labour Commission at its sitting of 14<span style="position:relative;top:-3.5pt; mso-text-raise:3.5pt">th </span>April, 2021 heard the complaint over<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>"unfair termination" lodged by FBSEU OF GFL (for Clement Yaw Mbry Micah and others),<span style="letter-spacing: -3.25pt"> </span>Complainants<span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Media<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>General<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>Ghana<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>Limited,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Respondent.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.15pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:7.55pt;text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:105%">Complainants'<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </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:.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:7.4pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:105%">The<span style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt"> </span>Complainant<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>Union<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>submitted<span style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>follows:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.2pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:44.6pt"><!--[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:106%">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:105%">That between 26<sup>th</sup> and 30<sup>th</sup> October, 2018, the Complainants Mr. Clement Yaw<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Mbry Micah, Kojo Ackaah Kwarteng, Archibald Agbo Sowah, Frederica Tetteki<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Sarki,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Dulcia<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Asiamah<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Priscilla<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Osei<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>served<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>letters<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>headed<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>"SEPARATION<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>OF EMPLOYMENT<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>RELATIONS"<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>signed by<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>the Acting Group<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Head.</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:5.7pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:44.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:103%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:44.95pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:103%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:106%">2.<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:103%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:105%">That the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Complainants<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>were informed<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>that their<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>services<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>would no longer<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>required by the respondent company by the close of business on 30<sup>th</sup> October,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>2018.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:103%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:5.7pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:44.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:103%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:44.95pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:103%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:106%">3.<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:103%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:105%">That the Complainants were only paid their October, 2018 salaries, one month<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt"> </span>salary in lieu of notice and their respective outstanding annual working leave days<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>commuted<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>to cash<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>paid<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>them<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>entitlements.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:103%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.45pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:8.6pt"><b><u><span style=