SAMPSON GBEDE vs. DIZENGOFF GHANA LIMITED [2023]DLNLC17013

Date	2023-11-03
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2023]DLNLC17013

JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU (RTD.) (CHAIRMAN)

[2023]DLNLC17013
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp;&nbsp;SAMPSON GBEDE <o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DIZENGOFF
GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>[NLC]<o:p></o: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: 12.4pt;">

Our Ref:
NLC/C-450/018/023/38O&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3RD&nbsp;NOVEMBER&nbsp;
2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>FOR THE COMMISSION: <o:p></o: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;">

JUSTICE KWABENA
ASUMAN-ADU (RTD.)&nbsp; (CHAIRMAN)<o:p></o:p>

</div><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: 12.4pt;">

RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;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-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SUMMARY OF FACTS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;CASE
OF THE COMPLAINANT:<o:p></o:p>It
is the case of the Complainant that:<o:p></o:p>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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He was employed as a Fork Lift Operator (driver)
at the Tema Shipping Harbor
with effect from 2nd
April, 2017. He was dismissed
by the Respondent on 11th April,&nbsp;
after he was taken through a disciplinary hearing<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He was sick and had gone through surgery later that year (2007). The
sickness took him away from work for
about three (3) months. When he resumed work, he was asked by his boss
to drive one of the Directors of the company for a period of two (2)
years.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-font-width:105%">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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
After serving for that
two-year period, he was transferred to Sunyani as Sales Coordinator of Agro
Chemicals. He was further asked by his boss to sell