The Lagos State Government has threatened to enforce no-work-no-pay policy on members of the Medical Guild who have embarked on an indefinite strike in the state to press home demands for their payment of outstanding four months salaries.
The state government in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Aderemi Ibirogba, said the current action was illegal.
“On previous occasion, the doctors went on what they called a “sympathy strike” at the request of their professional association, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) which then had a dispute with the Federal Government.

“They had no trade dispute with the State Government (their employer),” he said, adding that doctors in private employment, who are also members of the NMA, did not join the so-called ‘sympathy strike.’

According to him, it is a fact that those health workers who did not work during the stated period were not paid.

“This “no work no pay rule” is not just a policy of the State Government as alleged. It is in line with international employment practices and the Trade Disputes Act, a federal legislation, which is binding on all authorities and persons in Nigeria. For the avoidance of doubt, section 43(1)(a) of the Trade Disputes Act provides that:

“Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law, where any worker takes part in a strike, he shall not be entitled to any wages or other remuneration for the period of the strike, and any 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,” he said.

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