[2017]DLNLC8373 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: medium; text-align: center; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">ANSAH GRACE ACQUAH, ES</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">UMAN CHARITY, OKYERE MERCY, O</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">TIWAA DORIS</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">, AMEDOR SU</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">SSAN & JOYCE AKYEAMAH</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="font-size: medium; text-align: center; line-height: 1.15px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: medium; text-align: center; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">AR</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">DA GR</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);">OUP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="font-size: medium; text-align: center; line-height: 1.15px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[NLC]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="font-size: medium; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 31pt 31pt 1pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Our Ref: NLC/C-108/2016/2017/29S </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DAT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">E</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">28<sup>TH</sup> JULY, 2017</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.15px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">FOR THE COMMISSON:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.15px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">HON. OFOSU ASAMOAH (EXECUTIVE SECRETARY NLC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-size: medium; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.15px; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DECISION </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; color: rgb(43, 43, 0);"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DECI</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">SION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Br</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ief f</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">acts:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">On the 18th February, 2016, Ansah Grace Acquah, Esuman Charity, Okyere Mercy, Otiwaa Doris, Amedor Sussan & Joyce Akyeamah hereinafter referred to as the Complainants filed a complaint at the National Labour Commission against ARDA Groups hereinafter referred to as the Respondent for unfair dismissal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The Commission in letters dated 26th February, 201</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">6 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">and 20th September, 2016 forwarded the complaint and a final reminder notice respectively to the Respondent for its response in accordance w</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">i</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">th L.I. 1</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">822. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The Respondent however failed to respond to the letters served on the Administrative Manager by EMS TIN No. C0003970485 with registration no. 02106<i>7</i>3 on 23rd September, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">In accordance with Regulation 7 <i>(</i>2) of Labour Commission Regulation (L.I. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">1</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">822) which states inter alia "where a party to a disputes fails to respond to the request of the Commission within the stipulated period of fourteen working days, the Commission shall send a final notice to the party concerned to respond within a further seven working </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">da</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ys after which the Commission shall proceed to determine the case”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The case of complainant:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: 0cm; margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">hat Complainants were former employees of the Respondent Company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: 0cm; margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">That in a letter signed by Hon. 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