EVANS KWAKUTSE AND GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION (GBC) [2012]DLCHRAJ5998

Date	2012-10-17
Suit No.	CHRAJ/2009/HQ/01339/1750
Citation No.	[2012]DLCHRAJ5998

JOSEPH WHITTAL

[2012]DLCHRAJ5998
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">EVANS KWAKUTSE<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION (GBC)<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>(CHRAJ)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">CHRAJ/2009/HQ/01339/1750&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; &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; 17-10-2012<o:p></o:p>

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</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>In a complaint filed by the complainant and received by the
Commission on 24th July 2009 the Complainant alleged that he was engaged by the
Respondent on contract from December 2005 to June 2006. According to the
Complainant, the Respondent terminated his contract unlawfully. Complainant
further alleged that the Respondent also failed to pay him all entitlements due
him. The Complainant sought the Commission's assistance to establish whether
the termination of his contract was lawful and also to claim all entitlements
due him from the Respondent.<o:p></o:p>COMPLAINANT'S
CASE<o:p></o:p>The Complainant alleged in his
complaint that he was employed on contract by the Respondent from December 2005
to March 2006 and from April 2006 to June 2006. He further alleged that while
in employment he detected some fraudulent dealings in his department (Finance
Department) which he reported to his Head of Department. According to the
Complainant, his Head of Department reported the matter to the police and the
Respondent asked him to assist with investigations.<o:p></o:p>Complainant stated that he assisted the police and the culprits
were arrested but while the case was pending in court the culprits were granted
bail and they are currently working with the Respondent. He further alleged
that he lost his job during the investigations because he failed to reveal
certain information required from him by some of his superiors. He was
therefore subsequently barred from entering the premises of the Respondent.<o:p></o:p>According to the Complainant
he was not paid his salary for July 2006 even though he worked from 1st July to
19th July 2006. He was subsequently given a letter on 19th July 2006 dated 14th
July 2006 barring him from entering the premises of GBC. According to the
Complainant he incurred some expenses on transportation, call credit, a mobile
phone among others amounting to GHC1,060.00 while assisting the police to
conduct investigations into the fraudulent dealings at GBC. All these expenses
he said were incurred from March to June 2006. According to the Complainant his
overtime allowances, transport expenses and other benefits were paid back into
GBC accounts.<o:p></o:p>The Complainant sought the following reliefs from the Commission:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.45pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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That the Commission should
establish whether his contract was lawfully terminated by the Respondent <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.45pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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Refund of an amount of
GHC1,060.00 being expenses incurred on travelling and transport, call credit
and mobile phone <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.45pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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Overtime allowance of 149 days
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