Employment
Code du travail 2012 with a 40-hour week and inspectorate conciliation
Loi n° 2012-45 sets a 40-hour week, regulates fixed-term contracts and requires conciliation before the labour inspectorate prior to any claim. Economic dismissal requires inspectorate authorisation.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — Inspection du Travail conciliates; the Tribunal du travail decides.
- Deadline — CDD: maximum two years including renewals
- Deadline — Notice: by category
- Deadline — Labour claim: two years
Governing law
- Loi n° 2012-45 du 25 septembre 2012 portant Code du travail
- Décret n° 2017-682 portant partie réglementaire du Code du travail
In practice
Uranium mining at Arlit has shaped Nigerien employment law disputes for decades, including litigation over occupational disease among mineworkers. The 2012 Code modernised the framework, but the formal sector is small and most work is agricultural or informal, outside the Code's practical reach.