ABBAN JA: On February 1985 the High Court, Accra delivered a ruling dismissing an originating summons brought by the appellant, the production supervisor of the respondent-company (hereinafter called the company). On 18 November 1983, the company served on the appellant a letter terminating his employment with the company.
The appellant was not given a month’s notice of termination of his services. He was rather given a month’s salary in lieu of such notice. The appellant contended that his employment could lawfully be terminated in that manner only where there had been a serious misconduct, fraud, dishonesty, or stealing on his part. Other than that his employment could also be terminated involuntarily for cause after a month’s notice and there was no option of payment of a month’s salary in lieu of notice, and since his termination was not in accordance with the conditions of service agreed between the employees on the one hand and the company on the other, it was unlawful.
The compan…