ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD V. GEORGE SIAW YEBOAH

AKAMBA, J.A:

The appellant, a mining company in Obuasi, Ghana has a subsidiary company at Sugri in the Republic of Guinea. On 10th November 1994 the respondent was employed by the erstwhile Cluff Mining Company which was later acquired by the appellant and described as its Ayanfuri mine near Obuasi Ghana. In 1996 the appellant transferred the respondent to its Sugri mine in Guinea. Respondent was recalled to Ghana in 2005 to continue his employment in Obuasi and remained as such employee till November 2006 when he together with other workers was declared redundant. His terminal benefits were calculated and paid to him. The respondent however disputed the basis for calculating his terminal benefit as the same failed to take into account the period he worked as an expatriate in the Republic of Guinea. The respondent drew the attention of the appellant to the apparent miscalculation of his entitlements but this view was not shared by the appellant. Following the stalemate the respondent i…