[2023]DLNLC17251 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.15pt;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:34.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:#00AF50">OSEI BOATENG<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.15pt;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:34.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00AF50; letter-spacing:-.25pt">vs.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.1pt;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:34.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#00AF50">BIRIM CENTRAL MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:2.1pt;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:34.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;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: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 12.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.1pt;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;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">OUR<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>REF:<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> NLC/C-538/020/023/22P DATE:</span> 3<sup>RD</sup> NOVEMBER <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">2023</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">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: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU (RTD.) (CHAIRMAN)<o:p></o:p></span></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: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 12.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.05pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:474.9pt;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:-.1pt">RULING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>is a<span style="letter-spacing:1.8pt"> </span>case of<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>unpaid<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt"> </span>salaries<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>filed<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>by the complainant, Osei<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Boateng<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>respondent, Brim Central Municipal<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Assembly on 21<sup>st</sup> October, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:105%"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-font-width:105%">The<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>Complainant's<span style="letter-spacing: 1.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">case</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt; mso-font-width:105%">:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:105%">The complainant contends that he was an employee at <u>Birim Central Municipal Assembly</u> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">with<span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>staff<span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>ID<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>No.<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">75979.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:105%">That<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>retired<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>24<sup>1</sup>h<span style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span>August,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">2018.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:105%">That from January, 2017 to August, 2018 he was still working for the Assembly<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>but his salary ceased coming.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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%">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-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:105%">That<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>due to<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>this he<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>sent<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>all relevant documents including<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>SSNIT<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>statement,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>Affidavit, Birth Certificate and Biometric Registration from the Controller and Accountant General's Department to his<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>employers for his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>records to be<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>amended<span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span>but nothing has come<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>out<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>it.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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%">5.<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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-font-width:105%">That he has been to the<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>Controller and Accountant General's Department for<s