NLC handles over 13,000 complaints in 20 years - Unfair termination dominates cases

Unfair termination and dismissal have emerged as the leading cause of labour disputes in Ghana, with the National Labour Commission (NLC) handling 13,113 complaints over the past 20 years, the Executive Secretary of the NLC, Dr Bernice A.

She attributed the trend to poor employment contracts, failure by employers to observe due process, weak human resource management practices and inadequate understanding of the country's labour laws.

She said disputes arising from the severance of employment relationships, including dismissals, terminations and redundancy, accounted for 58 per cent of all complaints handled by the commission between April 2005 and December 2025.