{"id":334202,"date":"2017-07-05T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=334202"},"modified":"2017-07-05T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:50:13","slug":"court-stops-yea-from-mass-transfer-of-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/court-stops-yea-from-mass-transfer-of-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Court stops YEA from mass transfer of staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Labour Division of the High Court has issued an order of interim injunction against the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), stopping it from embarking on a mass transfer<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of some staff.<\/p>\n The court, presided over by Justice Laurenda Owusu, said the order remains in “force for a period of only 10 days after which the application may be repeated on notice to the other side.”<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”XB4DkwUxKj9zb1WE8BjDQ8GkBcALeLTR”]A private citizen, Joseph Nelson, filed a suit to challenge the decision of the Agency to transfer, demote and reassign some staff of the Agency.<\/p>\n Counsel for the plaintiff, Samson Lardy Anyenini Esq. in the suit prayed the court for the order to restrain the defendants; the Youth Employment Agency and the Attorney General from carrying out the decision against the staff.<\/p>\n According to him, the Agency did not follow due procedure in undertaking the exercise.<\/p>\n He said the Agency did not make arrangements for the transportation\u00a0or accommodation for the affected staff despite issuing them a 7-day ultimatum to vacate their respective positions.<\/p>\n