Lagos State Government on Tuesday warned doctors in the state against the planned three-day warning strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday (today).
It said those who participate in the strike would forfeit their salaries within the period of the strike in accordance with the Trade Dispute Act.
This was contained in a circular issued by the State Head of Service, Mr. Adesegun Ogunlewe with Ref No. CIR/HOS/12/037.
According to Ogunlewe, Section 43(1) of the Trade Dispute Act says there will be no pay for period that a worker shun its work.
He said, “Section 43(1) of the act says ‘notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law where any worker takes part in the 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 of continuity of employment shall be prejudicial affected accordingly.
“While government is committed to commitment to the welfare of its workers, particularly those providing essential services, there is also a need for them to respect their contract of employment, trade dispute act as well as ethics, oaths and code of their profession while in the employment of the state government.”
Ogunlewe added that the strike would not stop activities in general hospitals in the state as other health workers would be on duty.
The doctors in public hospitals decided to begin the three-day warning strike to demand the implementation of the agreement it reached with the state government in 2011.
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