[2022]DLNLC15040 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B050">PHILEMON AIDOO ASARE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B050">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B050">GOLDEN SHINING STAR SCHOOL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">[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: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Our Ref: NLC/C-424/020/022/4 15<sup>TH</sup> DECEMBER 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">DIRECTOR, ADMIN/HR:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">DR. BERNICE A. WELBECK<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent:.1pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:110%">We<span style="letter-spacing:3.25pt"> </span>refer<span style="letter-spacing:3.8pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:3.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:3.85pt"> </span>above<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>named<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>dispute<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing:3.55pt"> i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:3.6pt"> </span>pending<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>before<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:3.55pt"> </span>National<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>Labour <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Commission.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-indent:-.4pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:110%">The<span style="letter-spacing:1.8pt"> </span>complainant<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>absent,<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Respondent<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>appeared<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>represented<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Proprietress<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>of the School.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-font-width:115%">Respondent's<span style="letter-spacing: 3.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Case</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-font-width:110%">It<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>Respondent<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">that:</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.3in;line-height:115%;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:52.85pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-font-width:114%">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: 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:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>complainant<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt"> </span>vacated<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">post.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:20.3pt;text-indent:-19.55pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:51.6pt 51.65pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-font-width:114%">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: 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:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The School<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>was closed down during the COVID-19 lockdown<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and after<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the school reopened, complainant reported only once.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:19.7pt;text-indent:-23.3pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:51.0pt 51.05pt 454.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-font-width:114%">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: 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:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The complainant<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>was an English Teacher whose services the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>school required so they would not terminate his appointment for no reason.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:15.4pt;text-indent:-19.85pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:46.9pt 46.95pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-font-width:114%">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: 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:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">When he refused to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>attend to work respondent tried severally to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>reach him including going to his house without success and when complainant was finally reach<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>d.<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>he said<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>his wife had<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>been transferred so<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>he has to join her.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:44.0pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:75.65pt 75.7pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-font-width:114%">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-var