[2017]DLNLC8378 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: medium; margin-right: 0.2pt; 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);">FR</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);">ANCIS OK</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);">OH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="font-size: medium; margin-right: 0.2pt; 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; margin-right: 0.2pt; 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);">COMSYS GHANA LIMI</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);">TED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="font-size: medium; margin-right: 0.2pt; 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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0.2pt;"><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-218/2016/2017/57H </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;">27<sup>TH</sup> SEPTEMBER, 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;">DECIS</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ION<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;">Brief facts:<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 25th April, 2016, Francis Okoh hereinafter referred to as the Complainant filed a complaint at the National Labour Commission against Comsys Ghana Limited hereinafter referred to as the Respondent for unfair termination.<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 forwarded the complaint to the Respondent and requested for its response. Thereafter, the parties were invited to the Commission for facilitation meetings. However, the facilitation failed and the matter was referred for the Commission's hearing in a memo dated 8th August, 2016 upon which the Commission invited the parties on number of times and heard them.<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; text-indent: -0.45pt; border: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">At the Commission's hearing on 23 November 2016, the Commission decided on the issues to be addressed by the parties to determine the matter:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.45pt; 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="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" 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: "Book Antiqua", serif;">1.<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;">Whether or not the two documents; the offer and the performance contract are one<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" 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;">document and constitute the contract of employment.<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: "Book Antiqua", serif;">2.<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;">Whether or not the performance contract was an offer letter and supersedes the offer letter</span><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; 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: "Book Antiqua", serif;">3.<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;">Whether or not the claimants are entitled to their reliefs.<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="MsoListParagraph" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: 0cm; margin-left: 14.2pt; 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 on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">31 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua"