WORKERS’ STRIKE: OGUN INVOKES ‘NO WORK, NO PAY’ RULE

WORKERS' STRIKE: OGUN INVOKES 'NO

WORK, NO PAY' RULE

The Ogun State Government has invoked the

'no work no pay' rule of the Trade Dispute Act

in relation to the ongoing industrial action by

its workforce.

Consequently, the State Government has

directed all workers to be at their duty posts

from Monday, March 14, 2016.

According to a release signed by the Head of

Service, Elder Sola Adeyemi, "the application

of the 'no work, no pay' rule followed the

refusal of the striking workers to heed appeals

from government and well-meaning indigenes

of the state and the refusal of the labour

unions to consider all entreaties to end the

industrial action so that the state might be in

a position to generate resources for the

benefit of the workers and generality of the

citizens.

"Section 43 (1) (a) of the Trade Dispute Act,

the government pointed out, provides that

'Where any worker takes part in a strike

action, he shall not be entitled to any wages

or other remuneration for the period of the

strike, and such period shall not count for the

purpose of reckoning the period of continuous

employment and all rights dependent on

continuity of employment shall be prejudicially

affected accordingly'.

"Despite the fact that the State Government

has been consistent with payment of workers'

salaries as and when due and has paid

workers up to February 2016, with a promise

to meet other demands once the finances of

the state improved, union leaders went ahead

to call out workers on a strike on March 7,

2016 and physically prevented majority of the

employees, who reported for duties, from

gaining access to their offices.

"Government will not yield to pressure to

downsize or reduce salaries of its workforce

as being suggested in some quarters. This is

the reason why government employees should

be in their offices. Government reaffirms it's

commitment to the welfare of its workers and

calls for their understanding during the

current economic downtown in Nigeria," the

statement concluded.

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Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner