Employment
Code du travail 1997 with a 40-hour week and strong collective agreement coverage
Loi n° 97-17 sets a 40-hour week and requires inspectorate authorisation for economic dismissal. The Convention collective nationale interprofessionnelle supplements the Code across most sectors, and union density in the formal sector is comparatively high.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — Inspection du Travail conciliates; the Tribunal du travail decides.
- Deadline — CDD: maximum two years including renewals
- Deadline — Notice: one to three months by category
- Deadline — Labour claim: two years from the disputed act
Governing law
- Loi n° 97-17 du 1er décembre 1997 portant Code du travail
- Convention collective nationale interprofessionnelle 1982
- Loi n° 2019-03 portant Code pétrolierlocal content
In practice
Senegal's local content law for petroleum, adopted alongside the 2019 Petroleum Code, requires operators to prioritise Senegalese employment and supplies and to submit training plans — a framework drafted in anticipation of first production rather than retrospectively, which is unusual in the region and has been studied by other new producers.