[2019]DLNLC8389 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><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);">ENERST ADU AND OTHERS</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"><o:p></o:p></span></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="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);">P.W. GHANA LIMITED</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 15pt; line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"><o:p></o:p></span></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-176/2018/2019/89G </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;">21<sup>ST </sup>NOVEMBER, 2019</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;">BERNICE A.WELBECK DR.(MRS) (DIRECTOR,ADMIN & HR 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;">RULING </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;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">We refer to the parti</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">es' app</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">earance before the National Labour Commission on 6th November, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">20</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">19 at which the a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">b</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ove-named dispute was heard.<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;">Th</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">e Respondent was led by Counsel.<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;">COMPLAINANTS' CASE<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;">T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">he </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Complainants submitted that;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 36pt; 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; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">1.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Th</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">e</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">y were former employees of Respondent Company who were employ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ed </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">at different dates and worked for almost two (2) years,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 36pt; 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; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">2.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </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;">h</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ey received letters notifying them that their Secti</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">on</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">, which is the security section ha</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">d </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">been contra</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">c</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ted out.</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: 36pt; 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; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">3</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> As part of their terms of employment they <i>w</i>ere entitled to transportation allowance but this was denied them while in employment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 36pt; 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; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; border: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">4.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Though th</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ey had </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">c</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12