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BCL – L1 – Q106 – Employment Law

Identify facilities for workplace health and safety, describe employer/worker responsibilities, and outline sanctions per Labour Act 2003.

Question

Article 24 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992 provides as follows: “Every person has the right to work under satisfactory, safe and healthy conditions…” With reference to the Labour Act 2003, (Act 651)

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Identify five (5) facilities that can ensure health and safety conditions and describe the responsibilities of both the employer and the worker and applicable sanctions for any breaches.

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BCL – L1 – Q45 – Employment Law

Advise on compensation for Fred's injury and legality of his termination due to disability.

Question

Fred requested a ride in an official car to run an errand on a route that the official car was going. While in the car, Fred ignored caution by the driver not to rest his arm through the window of the car with the glass rolled down.

The driver of the official car decided to race another vehicle with the support of Fred and in the process an approaching car ran into the official car and injured Fred whose arm was severely mutilated.

Fred is contemplating asking the company to compensate him for his injury indicating that the accident occurred while in the official vehicle. The company on the other hand intends to terminate Fred’s appointment on the grounds that he has become disabled.

(a) Please advise management on whether compensation should be given to Fred and whether there is justification in law for Fred’s termination.

(b) Explain steps a staff should take when there is imminent hazard at the workplace and indicate the protection available to the staff.

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