Category: Labour

To Cash-Out On Leave Days or Not: A Review of Samuel M. K. Adrah vs. Electricity Company of Ghana

To Cash-Out On Leave Days or Not: A Review of Samuel M. K. Adrah vs. Electricity Company of Ghana

Samuel Nartey- July 13, 2020

Introduction  In Samuel M. K. Adrah vs. Electricity Company of Ghana, Ghana’s Court of Appeal laid down the position of the law regarding commuting accrued ... Read More

Overtime work, Its  Remuneration, and Its Tax Implication

Overtime work, Its Remuneration, and Its Tax Implication

Maame Birago Yeboah- October 14, 2019

1. Introduction  Overtime is defined as “time worked in addition to one’s normal working hours.” The International Labour Organisation (the “ILO”), whose mandate is to promote ... Read More

Ending Employment Relationships Under Ghanaian Law: Basic Terms (2)

Ending Employment Relationships Under Ghanaian Law: Basic Terms (2)

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- June 6, 2019

The first part of this piece discussed in general terms the differences between termination and dismissals under the Ghanaian law. The piece went on to ... Read More

Ending Employment Relationships Under Ghanaian Law: Basic Terms (1)

Ending Employment Relationships Under Ghanaian Law: Basic Terms (1)

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- May 20, 2019

In virtually every employment case law, you are likely to find the following words and phrases in use: dismissal, summary dismissal, wrongful dismissal, wrongful termination, ... Read More

Injunctions Over Disciplinary Proceedings – How Far and How Wide?

Injunctions Over Disciplinary Proceedings – How Far and How Wide?

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- August 27, 2018

The Supreme Court in the case of Republic v Bank of Ghana & 5 Ors; Ex Parte Benjamin Duffourhas held that an injunction order prohibiting ... Read More

Issuing Disclaimers about Ex-Employees –  Legit?

Issuing Disclaimers about Ex-Employees – Legit?

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- April 5, 2018

Take a newspaper. Flip through the pages randomly. You may well see an employer-sponsored notice in there together with a photograph informing the public that ... Read More

Casual Workers May Well Be Employees

Casual Workers May Well Be Employees

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- March 8, 2018

The Supreme Court in the case of Benjamin Aryee & 691 Others v The Cocoa Marketing Board held that a worker initially employed as a casual ... Read More

Social Media Can Cost You Your Job

Social Media Can Cost You Your Job

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- December 17, 2017

Social Media has come to stay. But will your job stay? Social media has changed the way we relate to the world around us. It ... Read More

Supreme Court Declares: Labour Act Cannot Oust High Court Jurisdiction

Supreme Court Declares: Labour Act Cannot Oust High Court Jurisdiction

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- August 9, 2017

On 26 July 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that the High Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Labour Commission in hearing cases of unfair termination ... Read More