Employment
The 1992 Labour Code, with collective agreements by sector
The Labour Code of 1992 governs contracts, dismissal and industrial action. The statutory working week is 40 hours, and dismissal for economic reasons requires prior consultation with staff representatives and notification to the labour inspector.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — The Tribunal de Première Instance sitting in social matters hears disputes after mandatory conciliation before the labour inspectorate.
- Deadline — Probation: maximum six months, renewable once
- Deadline — Notice: one to three months depending on category and seniority
- Deadline — Conciliation before the labour inspector: mandatory before a court claim
Governing law
- Loi n° 92/007 portant Code du travail
- Loi n° 92/020 fixant les conditions d'emploi des travailleurs — engagement and probation
- Décret n° 2016/072 fixant le salaire minimum interprofessionnel garanti
In practice
Cameroonian dismissal law distinguishes faute lourde, which removes the notice and severance entitlement, from ordinary insufficiency, which does not. Because conciliation before the labour inspector is a precondition to suit, the inspectorate — not the court — is where most terminations are actually resolved.