(1) A lock-out or strike undertaken in
contravention of the above provisions may have the following
consequences :
• (a) In case of a lock-out, the employer may :
o (i) be required to pay workers' wages for the days so
lost;
o (ii) Be declared, for a period of not less than two years,
ineligible for membership of a chamber of commerce
and prohibited from participating in any way
whatsoever in any works enterprise or in any supplies
contract involving the state or a local council. Such
ineligibility shall be pronounced by an ordinary law
court on the application of the minister in charge of
labour and social insurance.
• (b) In case of a strike, the workers may :
o (i) see their contracts terminated on grounds of serious
misconduct;
o (ii) be punished with fine of from 20,000 to 100,000
CFA francs.
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In force from 14 August 1992
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