SUSPENSION BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT
This is usually arrived at very often between a worker and an employer in view to suspend the ongoing contract of employment in the situations
Employment and Labour Matters Blogs
With the plethora of labour disputes in Cameroon, it has become imperative for concerned parties especially any intending or existing employer and employee. The human capital sector of a company or enterprise is one of the principal sectors, which guarantee the existence, and survival of a business venture. Hence a more efficient human capital team, a more successful organization and company. However, can this be achieved without full knowledge in the labour and employment related regulation currently in force in Cameroon? The answer is in the negative.
Employers have sometimes neglected the importance of managing employees and only get to know the importance of mastery in labour related matters when consulting a legal practitioner for court representation. Needless to emphasize how much money employers loose in labour matters in Cameroon.
As regards employees, they engage certain actions in the course of their employment without knowing the implications of dismissal and its consequences on the financial life of the worker.
We have therefore decided to provide this blog in a bid to contribute in a better and conscious working environment in which both the employer and employee will limit their excesses, which are contrary to the expected result in an enhanced working environment.
SICKNESS AND ACCIDENT (SUSPENSION OF A CONTRACT CAUSED BY EMPLOYEE)
This is one of the most common causes of suspension of the worker’s contract of employment. Sickness in this sense is given a wide interpretation
SETTLEMENT OF LABOUR DISPUTES IN CAMEROON
Settlement of labour disputes is centered on the rights of individuals as opposed to their respective interests. These rights are usually provided by statute, established
SETTLEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL DISPUTES
In the event of the occurrence of individual disputes between a worker and his employer, the aggrieved party has to first of all follow the
SETTLEMENT OF COLLECTIVE DISPUTES
According to section 157 of the Cameroon labour code of 1992, a collective dispute is characterized by; If a dispute has the above characteristics, the
SCOPE OF TERMINATION OF CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT IN CAMEROON
Termination of a contract of employment in Cameroon has been defined to include any termination of the labour relation by either the employer or worker
SCOPE OF A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT IN CAMEROON
The labour relation in Cameroon has been styled as a contract of employment. This contract of employment has its own specific traits, but is fundamentally
SANCTIONS FOR NON OBSERVANCE OF NOTICE
The employer and employee are generally bound to respect their reciprocal obligations during the period of notice. It may happen that one of the parties
RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYEE IN CAMEROON
The employee in Cameroon is bound by a contract of employment with his employer. From this contract of employment emanate several rights which the employee
REST AND LEAVE PERIOD
An employer should not occupy his worker throughout the week and year. Each worker is entitled to a rest period in addition to the daily