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Labour Code

As amended to 14 August 1992

loi 92/007 In force from 1992-08-14 176 provisions

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TITLE 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
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TITLE 2 — TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS
CHAPTER 1 — PURPOSES OF TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND THEIR ESTABLISHMENT
SECTION 3The law recognizes the right of workers and employers, without distinction whatsoever, to set up freely and without prior authorization (trade unions or employers' associations), associations for the study, defence, promotion and protection of their interests, particularly those of an economic, industrial, commercial or agricultural nature, and for the social, economic, cultural and moral advancement of their members.
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SECTION 8Every application for registration of a trade union or employers' association shall be signed by at least 20 members if it is a workers' union or at least 5 members if it is an employers' association.
SECTION 9The form under which trade unions or employers' associations shall be set up in order for them to be registered shall be fixed by decree after the recommendation of the National
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SECTION 14Any trade union, member of a trade union or person feeling aggrieved by a decision of the registrar to refuse or to cancel registration of a trade union or employers' association may, within thirty (30) days of notification of such decision, refer the matter to the competent court, the judgement of which shall be open to appeal.
CHAPTER 2 — RULES OF TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION
SECTION 15The rules of every trade union and employers' association shall comprise the following provisions :
CHAPTER 3 — SUNDRY PROVISIONS RESPECTING TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS
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SECTION 17Trade unions and employers' associations shall enjoy legal status.
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SECTION 19An act done by a person duly authorized by a union in furtherance of a trade dispute may be actionable only if it induces some other person to break a contract of employment or interferes with the right of some other person to dispose of his
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CHAPTER 4 — FEDERATIONS OF TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS
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TITLE 3 — CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT
CHAPTER 1 — INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT I - General Provisions
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SECTION 32A contract of employment shall be suspended
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SECTION 38A contract of employment of specified duration may not be terminated prior to its expiry save in the case of gross misconduct, force majeure, or by the written consent of both
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SECTION 41In the event of termination of the contract subject to the provisions of Section 27 (2) the employer shall be required to so notify the authority which endorsed the contract within 15
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SECTION 43Unless otherwise agreed, the provisions of Sections
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CHAPTER 2 — APPRENTICESHIP
SECTION 45A contract of apprenticeship is a contract whereby the head of an industrial, commercial or agricultural establishment of a craftsman undertakes to give or cause to be given to another person complete and systematic training and whereby the later under takes in return to obey the instructions which he receives and to perform the tasks assigned to him for
SECTION 46Any such contract which is not made in writing shall be null and void.
SECTION 47The conditions as to form and substance, the effect of the contract, the circumstances and consequences of termination and the measures of ensuring performance shall be specified by a decree issued after consultation with the National
CHAPTER 3 — SUBCONTRACTORS
SECTION 48A subcontractor shall be a person who enters into a written contract with a contractor to carry out a specified piece of work or supply specified services for an agreement price.
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SECTION 51A contractor shall keep an up-to-date list of the
CHAPTER 4 — COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS AND COMPANY AGREEMENTS
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SECTION 55In case of the absence or inadequate organisation of trade-unions or employers' associations resulting in the continuing impossibility to conclude a collective agreement in a given branch of activity or for a given occupation a decree issued after consultation with the National Labour Advisory Board may either regulate working conditions and determine the classification of occupations and the minimum wage for that branch or occupation or render wholly or partly applicable to it, the provisions of a collective agreement in force in a branch of
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SECTION 58Where the workers in any public or semipublic enterprise or establishment are not subject to any special laws or regulations, collective agreements may be concluded in their
SECTION 59Wherever a collective agreement is extended by decree, the said agreement shall apply to the public and semipublic enterprises or establishments referred to in Section 58 above which, by reason of their nature and activity, fall within the
SECTION 60Rules as to form and substance regarding the conclusion and performance of the collective agreements and company agreements shall be laid down by decree issued after
TITLE 4 — WAGES
CHAPTER 1 — DETERMINATION OF WAGES
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SECTION 63The rates of remuneration for piecework shall be so calculated that it provided a worker of average capacity, working normally, with a wage at least equal to that of the worker
SECTION 64The minimum wage rates and the conditions of remuneration for piecework shall be posted up in the places
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CHAPTER 2 — PAYMENT OF WAGES I - Mode of payment
SECTION 67Apart from the facilities provided for in Section 66 above, wages shall be payable in legal tender and any other method of payment shall be unlawful.
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SECTION 71Special laws affording direct action or special preferential claims to certain categories of workers shall apply to
SECTION 72In the event of liquidation or bankruptcy, the sums withheld by the Treasury, after cessation of payments, from payment warrants due to the employer shall be paid into the
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CHAPTER 3 — DEDUCTIONS FROM WAGES
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SECTION 77It shall be unlawfull for employers to restrict in any
CHAPTER 4 — COMPANY STORES
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TITLE 5 — CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
CHAPTER 1 — HOURS OF WORK
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CHAPTER 2 — NIGHT WORK
SECTION 81Any work done between ten p.m. and six a.m. shall
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CHAPTER 3 — EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN, YOUNG PERSONS AND CHILDREN
SECTION 83An order by the Minister in charge of labour, issued after consultation with the National Commission on Industrial
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CHAPTER 4 — WEEKLY REST
SECTION 88Weekly rest shall be compulsory. It shall consist of at least 24 (twenty-four) consecutive hours each week.
CHAPTER 5 — LEAVE AND TRANSPORT I- Leave
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SECTION 93The employer shall pay the worker, not later than the last day preceding the date of departure on leave, an allowance which shall be determined in a manner laid down by decree, issued after consultation with the National Labour
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TITLE 6 — SAFETY AND HYGIENE AT THE WORKPLACE
CHAPTER 1 — SAFETY
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CHAPTER 2 — HEALTH SERVICES
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SECTION 103An order of the minister in charge of labour, issued after consultation with the National Commission for
TITLE 7 — ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES AND MEASURES OF IMPLEMENTATION
CHAPTER 1 — LABOUR AND SOCIAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
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SECTION 111For execution of the duties entrusted to the
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SECTION 113In order to ensure full employment of national labour force, decrees issued after consultation with the National
CHAPTER 2 — MEASURES OF CONTROL
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SECTION 115Every employer, whether public or private and irrespective of the nature of this activity, shall furnish the local labour inspectorate and the services in charge of employment with detailed information concerning the situation of the manpower employed by him.
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TITLE 8 — PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 1 — THE NATIONAL LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD
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CHAPTER 2 — THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
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CHAPTER 3 — STAFF REPRESENTATIVES
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SECTION 125An order of the minister in charge of labour issued after consultation with the National Advisory Board shall determine :
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SECTION 127Each staff representative shall have a substitute elected in like manner who shall replace him when he is absent for any valid reason, or in the event of his death, resignation, removal, change of occupational category resulting in a change of electoral college, termination of contract of employment or loss of
SECTION 128The functions of the staff representatives shall be
SECTION 129Notwithstanding the above provisions, the workers shall be entitled to submit their grievances and suggestions
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TITLE 9 — LABOUR DISPUTES
CHAPTER 1 — INDIVIDUAL DISPUTES
SECTION 131Any individual dispute arising from a contract of employment between workers and their employers or from a contract of apprenticeship shall fall within the jurisdiction of the court dealing with the labour disputes in accordance with the
SECTION 132The competent court shall, in pinciple, be that of the place of employment ; provided that a worker who no longer resides at the place where he was performing a contract of employment or before that of this place of residence, on condition that both courts are situated in Cameroon.
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SECTION 136Assessors shall take the following oath before the court in which they are to serve.
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SECTION 146The judgment may provisionally order immediate execution, notwithstanding any motion for a stay of execution of any appeal, with exemption from surety up to a sum to be fixed by a statutory instrument.
SECTION 147All orders and judgments and all official copies of contracts and any other documents in respect of which execution may be ordered shall be marked with the executory formula and healed as follows :
SECTION 148Orders and judgments shall be executed, if the
SECTION 149A worker shall be entitled as of right to the assistance of the court in the execution of judgment or order in his favour.
SECTION 150A third party claiming to be owner of all or part of the property distrained may, before the sale, submit his claim to the president of the court either orally or in writing.
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SECTION 152Except with regard to the labour jurisdiction of the court, the judgments of courts in matters shall be final and without appeal if they relate to applications for delivery of
SECTION 153The courts passing judgments on labour matters shall deal with all counter-claims or applications for set-off which
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CHAPTER 2 — COLLECTIVE DISPUTES
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SECTION 160If the attempt at conciliation fails, the Inspector of
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SECTION 164hereunder. The same shall apply if an application for stay, having been made, is withdrawn before the expiration of the said period.
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TITLE 10 — PENALTIES
SECTION 166Any person responsible for the administration or management of a trade union, and any person committing and infringement of the provisions of Section 3, 6, 10, 16 and 19 shall
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SECTION 171The provisions of the Penal Code shall apply to
SECTION 172The fines provided for in Sections 167, 168, 169 and 170 in respect of infringements of the provisions of Sections
SECTION 173The head of an enterprise shall bear civil liability
TITLE 11 — SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 174In matters where no special provisions have been stipulated, enterprises benefiting from the Industrial Free Zone regime shall be bound to apply the provisions of this law and its
SECTION 175Vocational training, vocational rehabilitation and
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SECTION 177This law shall be registered, published according to the procedure of urgency and inserted in the Official Gazette in

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