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KWADWO DANKWA AND 3 OTHERS V. ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD

(2018) JELR 68862 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  CIVIL MOTION NO.; J8/66/2018  •  7 Jun 2018  •  Ghana

Coram
ATUGUBA JSC (PRESIDING), ANSAH JSC, ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC, YEBOAH JSC ,PWAMANG JSC

Judgement

RULING

PWAMANG, JSC:-

By a motion on notice filed on 8th March, 2018, the Applicant herein prayed the court to make an order staying proceedings pending before the High Court, Kumasi in Suit No C3/4/2011 intituled Kwadwo Dankwa and 252 Ors v. Anglogold Ashanti Ltd. The background to the application is as follows; The respondents are persons who between 1994 and 2001 worked for the applicant at its mine at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The applicant treated them as casual or temporary workers and when their services ended they were disengaged as such without terminal benefits. Respondents subsequently became aggrieved by the terms on which they were disengaged by the applicant. They contend that in substance they worked as permanent workers during the period they were at applicant's mine but were treated as casual or temporary workers when they exited. In 2011 they decided to challenge their status as casual or temporary workers but were under the impression that an action in court for d…

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