Télétravail, CDD, contrat occasionnel, sanctions, … : ce que change le nouveau Code du Travail
The National Assembly examined, in plenary session on Monday, June 22, draft law no. 15/2026 concerning the Labor Code. According to the Minister of Public Service, Labor, and Public Service Reform, Mamadou Lamine Dianté, this bill aims to modernize the legislative framework governing labor in Senegal by adapting it to contemporary economic and technological changes.
According to the statement of reasons presented by the minister, the diagnosis of Law No. 97-17 of December 1, 1997, highlighted several shortcomings, namely non-compliance with certain international labor conventions, obsolescence of provisions, insufficiency of the legal means conferred on the Labor Administration, inadequacy in adapting to changes in the world of work, weakness of contribution to the promotion of employment and weak consideration of labor migration.
Listing the major innovations, Mamadou Lamine Dianté enumerated the definition of technical terms, compliance with certain international labor conventions, particularly those promoting the fundamental principles and rights of work, the institution of teleworking, the consecration of the dematerialization of certain human resources management tools and procedures of the Labor Administration, the strengthening of the legal means of intervention of the Labor Administration and of sanctions in the event of violation of labor regulations, the promotion of vocational training and the strengthening of the framework for work-study programs, the replacement of the daily work contract by the occasional work contract, the easing of the regime for the renewal of fixed-term work contracts, the framework for the placement of Senegalese workers abroad and the hiring of foreign workers in Senegal, the protection against violence and harassment at work and the updating and strengthening of the legal framework for occupational safety and health.
This, in addition to strengthening the protection of maternity, children and disabled workers, revising the procedure for establishing professional unions, strengthening the fight against illegal work, particularly in the area of temporary work, strengthening the protection of workers on technical unemployment, establishing the social plan as an alternative to dismissal for economic reasons, strengthening social dialogue and collective bargaining, abolishing the obligation of prior conciliation before labor courts, and reinstating arbitration and enshrining mediation as methods of settling collective labor disputes.
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