Employment and social security law
Employment is not harmonized by OHADA. There is no Uniform Act on labor law, so Cameroonian employment law is national law, applied through courts that follow two different traditions. The governing statute remains the Labor Code, Law No. 92/007 of 14 August 1992.
Our work includes
- Employment contracts, fixed-term and open-ended, and contracts for expatriate staff
- Employee handbooks and internal regulations, and their filing with the labor inspectorate
- Disciplinary procedure, warnings and termination for misconduct
- Layoffs and collective termination for economic reasons, including the consultation that must precede them
- Calculation of severance, notice pay and damages for wrongful termination
- Work permits and visas for expatriate employees
- Registration and contributions with the CNPS, and disputes over affiliation and benefits
- Workplace injury and occupational disease claims
- Collective bargaining agreements, employee representation and labor disputes
- Proceedings before the labor courts and on appeal
Termination
Most employment claims that reach a Cameroonian court concern the procedure followed before termination rather than the reason for it. An employer with a good reason and a defective procedure usually pays damages. The procedural steps are short and are set out in the Code.
Contact
Speak with an attorney
Enonchong Chambers meets with clients at its offices at 305 rue Alfred Saker in Akwa, Douala. Correspondence in English or French is answered in the language it was written in.