JACOB AKOSAH
V.
FEDERATED COMMODITIES LTD
JUDGEMENT
The Plaintiffs issued a writ at the registry of this court claiming the following reliefs: ∙
A Declaration that the redundancy exercise carried out by the Defendant by which the Plaintiffs were declared redundant is unlawful and wrongful;
An order of the court directed at the Defendant to review the redundancy package in accordance with the Labour Act 2003; ∙
Damages for unlawful termination of their contract of employment;
By an accompanying statement of claim it is the case of the Plaintiffs that they are former employees of the Defendant Company. According to them prior to termination of their employment they had worked for years ranging from four (4) to sixteen (16) years. They claim that on or around 19th August 2013 the Defendant wrote to Plaintiffs to proceed on leave for the Defendant to “undertake an assessment and evaluation of its activities in order to ensure greater productivity and proper functioning of the Company”. According to Plaintiffs per letters …