[2023]DLNLC17185 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="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">ALFRED AGOE TETTEH<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">METHODIST BOOK DEPOT<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-130/019/023/14N </span>18TH OCTOBER, 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">RULING <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><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: l3 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><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%">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: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width: 105%">SUMMARY<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">FACTS</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"><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:105%">This<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>action<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>commenced<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>when<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 4.0pt"> </span>complaint<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>National<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>Labour Commission<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>on 13<span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise: 3.0pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span></span>February,<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>2019 by Mr. Alfred Agoe Tetteh.</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"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:110%">Complainant's</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing: 1.35pt;mso-font-width:110%"> </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing: -.2pt;mso-font-width:110%">case</span></u><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%">It<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>Complainant<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>that:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2"><!--[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"">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>15<sup><span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt">th</span></sup><span style="position:relative; top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt"> </span>April,<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>1997<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Envelop<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Factory<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Supervisor<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>and resigned on 8<sup><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">th</span></sup><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt"> </span>August, 2015 due to ill health.</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: l2 level1 lfo2"><!--[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"">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%">Since he resigned,<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>he has not been paid his End of Service Benefit and other benefits due him</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"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:115%">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Complainant<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>seeking<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>following<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>reliefs:</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="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"B