Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2017, publiée 107ème session CIT (2018)

Convention (n° 158) sur le licenciement, 1982 - Gabon (Ratification: 1988)

Application of the Convention in practice. The Government indicates that no new laws or regulations affecting the application of the Convention have been adopted during the reporting period. The Committee notes the statistics provided by the Government indicating that in 2015 there were 1,443 terminations of employment for reasons of a personal nature and 1,463 for economic reasons in the cities of Libreville and Port-Gentil, where most of the economic activity of the country is concentrated. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the application of the Convention in practice, including the available statistics on the activities of appeal bodies and examples of court decisions relating to the application of the provisions of the Convention, and particularly court decisions concerning workers whose employment was terminated on economic grounds.