Accra, May 27, GNA – The National Labour Commission has directed the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Chapter of the Ghana Association Medical Laboratory Scientists to call off its ongoing strike and appear before the Commission on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 for hearing.
A statement signed by Mr Ofosu Asamoah, and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said the directive was in accordance with section 139 of the Labour Act 2003, Act 651.
It said in view of the COVID-19 protocols, the representation by each side was restricted to maximum of two persons to hear the issues in dispute.
The Association embarked on Wednesday May 19, 2021 embarked on a one-week sit-down strike to protest the appointment of two medical officers to the Laboratory Services Directorate of the hospital.
The members are of the view that the appointment of the two medical officers to the department was an intrusion into the profession of the medical laboratory technician fields, which according to them, was regulated by an act.
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