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ERASMUS NII AMOO AKUSHIE
V.
EPROCESS INTERNATIONAL SA

(2016) JELR 107551 (HC)

High Court 29 Feb 2016 Ghana
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- The court held that the employer’s redundancy exercise was lawful, having satisfied the notice requirements of section 65(1)(a) of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651), as notice to the Chief Labour Officer—not to the employee—was sufficient. -

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT No. INDL/25/15
Judges:JUSTICE GIFTY DEKYEM
Counsel:Kofi Somuah ESQ for Plaintiff Shadrack Arhin ESQ for Defendant

JUDGMENT 

DEKYEM, J.

Plaintiff was until 31st December 2014 an employee of Defendant the latter being  a company operating under the laws of Ghana. Plaintiff occupied positions in  Defendant’s company including Head of Card Issuance and Head of Card  Performance and Training. Plaintiff averred that he executed his duties diligently.  It is his case that in 2012 he was asked by the Group Head, Operations to defer his  annual leave because of a migration exercise at the work place but thereafter his repeated demands for his annual leave infuriated his superior officer and same was denied him. Plaintiff asserted that in January 2014, while he was on leave, he was deliberately and mischievously removed from his position as Head of Group Card Issuance. He stated the new position was comparable to a Personal Assistant  which did not match his professional skills and qualifications. He contended this was in an attempt to frustrate him. Plaintiff averred that on the 9th day of December 2014, h…

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