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Courts
NLC, UTAG: Court tells parties to reach an out of court settlement
Both parties have been given up to February 10, 2022, to report back to the court on the progress of the judge’s order.
DL News3 February 2022
General
Leave schedule: Publish 30 days before employees assume – Legal practitioner
Managing Partner of the Law Alert Group, Charles Bawaduah, has asked employers to notify their employees 30 days before their leave period, in accordance with Article 27 of the Labour Act.
MYJOYONLINE24 January 2022
Europe
A Conservative MP is facing bankruptcy proceedings over unpaid taxes that could result in him having to step down.
In the more distant past, members of the Tory party were in the 1990s accused of clubbing together to bail out an MP threatened with bankruptcy to avoid the prospect of losing a seat.
DL News9 November 2021
Courts
NLC case against UTAG struck out
UTAG signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the government on August 18, 2021
DL News19 August 2021
Crime
A 21-year-old construction worker who armed himself with an axe to rob his victim of a plate of fried rice and a bag containing mobile phone, necklace and cash has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour.
A search in his room led to the retrieval of a small axe, one Black Berry Mobile phone, a Techno mobile phone and six different SIM cards.
DL News19 August 2021
General
Anglican priest’s ‘holy’ kiss video: It’s time for women, girls sexually harassed in churches to come out-FIDA Ghana
“Needless to say, sexual harassment is gender-based violence and a violation of the human rights of girls and women and is prohibited in the 1992 Constitution, the Domestic Violence Act and the Labour Act.
DL News18 August 2021
Courts
Court slaps UTAG with GHS3k over time wasting in injunction suit
The National Labour Commission had brought an injunction against UTAG over the latter’s refusal to comply with the orders of an interlocutory injunction secured by the NLC
DL News16 August 2021
General
Striking UTAG members not perturbed by court injunction – NEC
According to the suit, the university teachers were to comply with the directive of the Labour Commission and resume work as soon as possible.
DL News10 August 2021
General
Striking Universities’ Senior Staff breached rules of engagement – Fair Wages Commission
UTAG members are on strike because they want the government to restore their conditions of service agreed upon with the government in 2012.
DL News3 August 2021
General
Barcelona and Neymar end legal dispute in ‘amicable’ out-of-court settlement
FC Barcelona announce that it has ended out of court in amicable fashion the various labour and civil litigation cases that were open with the Brazilian player Neymar
DL News27 July 2021
Business
FGR Bogoso Prestea to settle severance package of disgruntled workers
Mining operations can now continue in the interest of all parties and the local communities,” the communique noted.
DL News16 July 2021
General
Striking SSA of public universities to resume work on June 14
The Senior Staff Association of public universities in Ghana has called off its strike action
DL News11 June 2021
Courts
Two robbers to serve 40 years imprisonment, 3 on remand
Two persons in the Upper East Region have been jailed for a total of 40 years with hard labour.
DL News8 June 2021
Courts
Tarkwa: Father jailed 20 years for defiling daughter
The court, presided over by Her Honour Bernice Mensima Ackon, said the punishment was necessary to deter others from committing similar offences.
DL News30 September 2026
Courts
Farmer jailed 10 years for defiling 13-year-old stepdaughter
According to the prosecution, the offence occurred in December 2024 at Afoako, near Bekwai.
DL News4 August 2026
General
Prof. Appiagyei-Atua says AfCFTA framework is silent on human rights
He spoke at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences public forum on the topic; The Human Rights Implications of AfCFTA.
DL News8 June 2022
Africa
Portugal bans bosses texting staff after-hours
Portugal already has a temporary resident visa scheme designed to attract entrepreneurs and freelancers.
DL News14 November 2021
General
Report social media sexual harassments to Police
The Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651) defines sexual harassment “as any unwelcome, offensive or importunate sexual advances or request made by an employer or superior officer or a co-worker, whether the worker is a man or woman.
DL News13 October 2021
Courts
Koforidua woman jailed 12 years over acid attack that killed partner
The sentence was handed down on Thursday, 26 March 2026, after the court rejected an earlier plea-bargain recommendation that proposed a 10-year term.
DL News30 March 2026
Courts
Court halts testimony as sister of late highlife star breaks down
The presiding judge, Justice Dorinda Smith-Arthur, asked the witness, Ernestina Fosuh, to take a moment and drink some water before the session continued.
DL News20 November 2025