IRENE TETTEY-ENYO vs. ELECTRICITY CO. OF GHANA LTD. [2020]DLCA9378

Date	2020-05-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/193/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA9378

WELBOURNE (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

AGBEVOR J.A

OPPONG J.A.

JEMIMA IRRE-ARYERE FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

PAA KWESI ABAIDOO FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2020]DLCA9378
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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major-latin;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">IRENE TETTEY-ENYO<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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EN-US">ELECTRICITY CO. OF GHANA LTD.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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major-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO. H1/193/2019&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;DATE: 21ST MAY, 2020<o:p></o: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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o: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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

WELBOURNE (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING),
AGBEVOR J.A, OPPONG J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>WELBOURNE (MRS), J.A.<o:p></o:p>Introduction<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal from
the judgment of the High Court (Industrial/Labour Divison) Accra dated 19th
day of November, 2013. <o:p></o:p>Brief Facts:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The brief facts of the matter are that, the
Plaintiff/Respondent was a former employee of the Defendant/Appellant Company
and was dismissed from the services of the Defendant/Appellant Company per a
letter dated the 18th April, 2012 on the grounds of bringing the
name of the Company into disrepute contrary to Appendix “C” A (ix) of the
Collective Bargaining Agreement. The dismissal was issued after a Committee of
Enquiry was established by management to investigate certain alleged
malfeasance involving some of its staff. A secret recording captured the
alleged malfeasance as part of a private investigation by Anas Aremeyaw Anas on
corruption within the Defendant/Appellant Company. After several interviews
with the Plaintiff/Respondent and other persons of interest to the matter, the
Committee found Plaintiff/Respondent culpable of the acts as captured on the
tape.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">According to the Plaintiff/Respondent, even though she
was the one captured in the video, she was not receiving money from a customer
as the creator of the video sought to depict but rather she was receiving
change from one of the about 20 persons she sent to run errands for her due to
the hectic nature of her job and the fact that her immediate supervisor
prevented her from going on lunch breaks. She claimed the video was edited and
illogical. She further alleged that the Committee of Enquiry was biased and did
not allow her to tell her side of the story thereby breaching her right to be
heard before judgment. She thus averred that her dismissal was unlawful.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The Defendant/Appellant denied that the
Plaintiff/Respondent’s dismissal was unlawful. The Appellant said that it
followed all the due disciplinary procedures under the Collective Bargaining
Agreement. It denied that the Committee of Enquiry was biased and failed to
observe the audi alteram partem rule.
The Defendant/Appellant stated that the Res</main>