[2023]DLNLC17181 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.15pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00AF50">ABDUL SALAM MONNIE <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.15pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00AF50;letter-spacing:-.25pt">vs.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.1pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00AF50">PAYFLEX MICROFINANCE COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.1pt;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00AF50"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.2pt">[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: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.1pt;text-align:justify;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Our<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Ref:<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> NLC/C-479/021/023/60H </span>18<sup>TH </sup>AUGUST, 2023<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">FOR THE COMMISSION: <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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU (RTD.)CHAIRMAN<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 1.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </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; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.05pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:474.9pt;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; letter-spacing:-.1pt">DECISION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The disputing<span style="letter-spacing: 1.6pt"> </span>parties appeared<span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span>before<span style="letter-spacing:1.75pt"> </span>the National Labour<span style="letter-spacing:1.75pt"> </span>Commission<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>on 19<sup>th</sup> July, 2023 for a hearing in the above-named dispute.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>Respondent<span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>represented<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Head<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Finance<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>led<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Counsel.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width: 110%">BRIEF<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>FACTS<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>THE<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">CASE</span></span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Complainant<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>as <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">follows:</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-font-width:105%">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: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:105%">He<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>employed<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>6<span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span></span>January, 2020<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:1.75pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>appointment<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:1.75pt"> </span>terminated<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>on the 1s<span style="position:relative; top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">t<span style="letter-spacing:1.75pt"> </span></span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>September, 2021 on the basis of<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>poor performance.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-font-width:105%">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: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">The reason<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>provided<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>by the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Respondent for the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>termination<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>employment<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>is <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">untrue.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";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: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">A<span style="letter-spacing: -.