NLC
TO APPLY`NO PAY, NO WORK’ RULE
Monday August 22, 2016
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says all state councils where salary
liabilities of up to three months exist will apply ‘no pay, no work’ rule.
NLC President Ayuba Wabba made this known when he featured on the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum yesterday in Abuja.
“We have given instructions to all state councils that where there is
liability of salary up to three months, they should also apply the rule of `no
pay, no work;’ it is not only `no work, no pay’.
“You can also apply the rule in reverse of `no pay, no work’ and that is
legitimate because the law provides that after 30 days of working, the worker
is entitled to be paid.
“How can we encourage people that have put in their best or even those that
are still in the system trying to put in their best without addressing this
fundamental issue?
“Those are the situations we have found ourselves across states and across
different employments; I feel sad with that situation but I think we will do
all we can to try to continue to protect those workers.’’
He said workers must be seen as an asset to our
county instead of shifting all challenges to the workers.
“The challenges have been there; instead of looking
inward to try to address these challenges, the bulk of the issues have been
shifted to the workers and that is why I think you can effectively say that yes
these workers are under attack.’’
Wabba said NLC held a meeting with the state
councils, where they took inventory of the liability of pension, gratuity and
salaries, adding that the data was alarming. Read more
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