[2023]DLNLC15021 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#00B050">EMMANUEL FRANK ANSONG<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#00B050">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#00B050">UNITED STATES EMBASSY, ACCRA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">[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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;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;line-height:115%">Our Ref: NLC/01/V.22/023/52 17<sup>TH</sup> JANUARY 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">DIRECTOR, ADMIN/HR:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; 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;line-height:115%">RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-left: 4.5pt; text-indent: -27.2pt; line-height: 115%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><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";letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:108%">A.<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-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">SUMMARY</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:.4pt;mso-font-width:110%"> </span></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:110%">OF<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">FACTS.</span></span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;line-height:115%;tab-stops:459.0pt 6.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;line-height:115%;tab-stops:459.0pt 6.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-indent:-25.6pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:.25in 22.5pt 54.3pt 459.0pt 6.5in"><!--[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"; letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:107%">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"> Emmanuel Frank Ansong (the Complainant) says that he was in the employ of the United States Embassy, Accra (Respondent) for the past ten (10) years as a Commercial Specialist. On 11 February 2019 he received a letter terminating his employment without any specific charges being levelled against him and also his phone<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>was seized<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>by his employer<span style="letter-spacing:1.75pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>has<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>been<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>returned<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>to him for<span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span>the past one year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;line-height:115%;tab-stops:459.0pt 6.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-indent:-24.1pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:13.5pt 50.6pt 459.0pt 6.5in"><!--[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"; letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:107%">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"> The Complainant<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>stated that<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>he was an exemplary worker and during his tenure with the employer, he received many international awards some of which he enumerated.<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>Complainant<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>claims that<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>was subjected<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>ill treatment<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>and in some<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>instances torture by<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>superior officers.<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>The Complainant<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>suspects that<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt"> </span>his treatment<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>due to<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>retaliatory<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>attacks by offices<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>at the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>Regional<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Security Office and the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Embassy Management for<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>acts done together with his former boss<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>at the Respondent Embassy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;line-height:115%;tab-stops:459.0pt 6.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-indent:-26.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:46.7pt 459.0pt 6.5in"><!--[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"; letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:107%">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:-.35pt"> </span>says that the Regional Security Office<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of the Respondent reported him to the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) for investigations into alleged crimes which<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>conjured<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>by the Respondent just to intimidate and harass the Complainant. The Respondent further tried<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>to get a former employee to<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>falsely testify against him during the EOCO investigation. As a result, the EOCO investigations reached a dead end.</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="margin-left:4.5pt;line-height:115%;tab-stops:459.0pt 6.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-indent:-26.85pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2;tab-stops:43.7pt 459.0pt 6.5in"><!--[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"; letter-spacing:-.05pt;mso-font-width:107%">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric