The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) said on Saturday in Lagos that the “no work, no pay’’ law should be applicable to striking workers in the country’s private sector.
The Director-General of NECA, Mr Segun Oshinowo, made the call while addressing a two-day retreat on human resource management.
The theme of the retreat is “Repositioning human resource for strategic relevance to business”.
“A company is run with the money generated by its workers. Any worker who embarks on strike is not supposed to earn salary.
“The `no-work-no-pay’ rule must be enforced,’’Oshinowo said.
He noted that the rule which was provided for in the country’s statute book had already been applied in the public sector.
The NECA boss advised human resource managers to ensure that check-offs were collected from union members and not through deductions from salaries.
“It is the duty of the unions to collect dues directly from their members,” Oshinowo said.
Oshinowo called for responsible unionism in the country’s labour movement.
“Human resource managers should also help their workers to benefit from the newly reviewed Employees Compensation Act,” he added.