The salaries of striking doctors are likely to be frozen by government.
A statement from the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations reminded the doctors and all other striking public sectors workers that under the provisions of the Labour Act 2003 (Act 651), a worker on strike, “may forfeit his/her remuneration in respect of the period during which he/she is engaged in the illegal strike.”
The doctors are on strike after government failed to satisfy their demands on conditions of service. The statement further directed “all heads of government establishments where workers have embarked on illegal (partial or full) strike actions to compile and submit to their respective Ministers of State the list of workers who have been absenting themselves from work as a result of a strike or protest.”
The compiled lists are to be submitted to the Ministry of Finance on or before Friday August 14, 2015 for necessary action.
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