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NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION V. GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD

(2010) JELR 68509 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/53/2010  •  13 Jan 2010  •  Ghana

Coram
WOOD (MRS,)C.J (PRESIDING), BROBBEY JSC, OWUSU (MS.) JSC, YEBOAH JSC, BONNIE JSC

Judgement

OWUSU (MS.) J.S.C.

This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the decision of the High Court refusing to enforce an order of the National Labour Commission under section 172 of the Labour Act of 2003, (Act 651).

The commission as Applicant had gone to the High Court to seek enforcement of its order against Ghana Telecommunications Ltd, the Respondent herein after hearing a petition settling a dispute between the Respondent one Williams Hayford Appiah an Ex-employee of the Respondent.

Appiah was employed by the Respondent in January 2002 as Senior General Manager with the audit department of the company and later promoted to the rank of a chief officer.

Whiles in the employment of the Respondent, Appiah was asked to furnish management with his curriculum vitae which was to include but not limited to an outline indicated in the request.

In the outline is schools attended set out as follows:

“Name of Secondary/Technical/Commercial/Training College etc attended…

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