Employment
Code du travail 2015 with a 40-hour week and CDD limits
Loi n° 2015-532 sets a 40-hour week, regulates fixed-term contracts, and requires labour inspectorate involvement in collective redundancies. It introduced protections against harassment and clarified subcontractor liability.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — Inspection du Travail conciliates; the Tribunal du travail decides.
- Deadline — CDD: maximum two years, renewable once
- Deadline — Notice: one to three months by category
- Deadline — Labour claim: two years from the disputed act
Governing law
- Loi n° 2015-532 du 20 juillet 2015 portant Code du travail
- Décret n° 2017-16 relatif au CDD
- Convention collective interprofessionnelle 1977
In practice
The 2015 Code was drafted with the cocoa and port economies in mind, and its subcontracting provisions respond to long chains of intermediaries in agriculture and logistics. Child labour in cocoa production is regulated through a separate list of hazardous work prohibited to minors, enforcement of which is a condition of several export supply-chain schemes.