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The appellee, the Management of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (hereinafter “LEC” or “the appellee”), employed the appellant, Mr. Reuben Horton, on July 3, 2017, initially as a technician, and thereafter promoted him to the position of Metering and Anti-Theft Supervisor in its Transmission and Distribution Department, a position he held until the termination of his services in May 2023. The appellant was assigned at the Capitol Hill /Congo Town business unit and offered a monthly salary of Seven Hundred United States Dollars (US$700.00), together with other emoluments.

The controversy that culminated in this appeal has its genesis in a complaint

This case before us on appeal is from a January 13, 2016 ruling of the National Labor Court, presided over by Her Honor Comfort S. Natt, wherein she reversed and set aside the Hearing Officer’s ruling in an action of wrongful dismissal against Lonestar Cell/MTN, co-appellee, where the Hearing Officer awarded the appellant, Yousef J. Kais, reinstatement or payment in the sum of United States Eighty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents (US$ 88,999.50).

The facts culled from the certified records before this Court reveal that the appellant was employed by the co-appellee Lonestar in July 2001, as

Section 14.4 (a) of the Decent work Act (2015) states:

(a) An employer may only terminate the employment of an employee for just cause, based on:

i) The (in)ability of the employee to perform the work required of them in accordance with the terms of:

(1) Their Contract;

(2) Any Collective agreement that applies to their work; or

(3) This Act and any regulations made under it; or

ii) The conduct of the employee:

(1) At work; or

(2) In circumstances which have a real and substantial connection to the working relationship; or

iii) The operational requirements of the undertaking