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EUNICE OPOKUA OTCHERE V. MONOLO PLANT LIMITED

(2017) JELR 107555 (HC)

High Court  •  SUIT No. IL/0046/2016  •  7 Jun 2017  •  Ghana

Coram
JUSTICE GIFTY DEKYEM

Judgement

JUDGMENT

DEKYEM, J.

Plaintiff was an employee of Defendant, the latter being a company registered  under the laws of Ghana. Plaintiff was engaged in September, 2010. In 2014,  Plaintiff claims she fell pregnant and upon resumption from maternity leave in  May, 2014, one Klaudia Raphael, her immediate boss told her that, she must give  the company some more time before conceiving again. It is Plaintiff’s case that,  she conceived again between October/November 2015 and her belly began to  protrude visibly in February, 2016. Plaintiff averred that, on 15th February, 2016,  Defendant handed her a letter headed “REDUNDANCY” terminating her  employment on that ground. Plaintiff contends that, her pregnancy was the reason for the termination of her appointment which amounts to unfair termination and further that, the redundancy award was determined unilaterally by Defendant without negotiation contrary to provisions under the Labour Act,  2003 (Act 651). Plaintiff therefore claims against th…

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