Private sector employees express fears over ‘no work no pay’ policy

Our Reporter

AS the coronavirus rages across the country, some employees in the private sector are lamenting the hardship brought about by the current restrictions as many employers have adopted a ” no work no pay policy.”

Some respondents, in Ibadan on Wednesday, however, expressed dissatisfaction with the policy considering the hardship the current restrictions had imposed on Nigerians.

Many small and medium enterprises in Ibadan have shut down operations while only those engaged in essential services are rendering services to customers.

Some businesses had been forced to reduce their workforce in compliance with the social distancing directive, resulting in compulsory leave without pay for staff.

The respondents also told NAN that the policy of ” no work no pay” during the current restrictions had brought untold hardship on their families.

Mr Adeolu Adepegba, who works in a small scale enterprise, said he was not sure he would still have a job after the lockdown.

“My employer has not even paid my salary for March and now that the restrictions are still on, I don’t think I still have a job again,” he said.

Tolu Fatunga, who works with an insurance company, said she had not been paid salary since the restrictions first began.

“I didn’t foresee this incident so I was not prepared financially. I have been managing to survive,” Fatunga said.

Only a few hotels in Ibadan metropolis were open to render partial services.