Two legal practitioners, Lamtig Apanga and Charles Bawaduah have expressed their views on a case involving an employee, who has been asked by his boss to resign over approved leave requests.
Speaking on The Law on Sunday, the lawyers opined that the decision of the boss is in violation of the law. According to them, since the boss approved his leave requests, he cannot be asked to resign on the grounds of being an unserious employee.
The employee, who identified himself as ‘Rich’, forwarded the details of his account to host, Samson Lardi Anyenini. Subsequently, his story served as a reference point for a discussion on ‘The Contract of Employment’.
According to Rich, he was engaged by an accounting firm on a two-year contract. The contract came with a 15 day work leave. Based on his leave allocation, Rich intimated that he made three separate requests which were all approved by his boss.
In the first instance, Rich said he asked for a day to attend a funeral. This was followed by a request to attend his sister’s wedding for four days, and a final request to handle a flooding incident at home. In all, he utilised six days out of his leave allocation. However, before the Christmas break, his boss asked him to resign for being an unserious employee due to the number of days’ leave he had applied for within a short span of time.
Reacting to this directive, Rich said he pleaded with his boss to rescind his decision. Unfortunately, his plea was not heard, and his boss insisted...
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