In Benin, the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) indicated on March 23, 2023 to all employers of domestic workers that the latter must be declared before the end of the year at the latest. A press release which follows the call to order launched by the president of the country in April 2022.
With our correspondent in Cotonou, Jean-Luc Aplogan
All domestic staff must be declared to the general social security system before December 31, 2023 in Benin. This is an announcement from the head of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) on March 23, 2023 in Cotonou, via a statement. But the Beninese head of state announced the color in April 2022 during a meeting with the unions: any failure is punishable at civil and criminal level.
” We will soon start cracking down on undeclared employment “, had declared Patrice Talon a few months ago in front of the unions. ” Declaring a driver, for example, means guaranteeing him a retirement pension one day “, had concluded the president. After this declaration, nothing more, until the publication of this press release which imposes it on any employer from now on.
Many families rely on this category of personnel
Gardener, cook, nanny, caretaker, companion for the sick or infirm: all must be declared on their actual date of hiring before the end of the year. The majority of families rely heavily on this category of personnel. The majority work on the black market, paid in cash, hand to hand without pay slips. It’s an old struggle that is succeeding, rejoices the head of the house staff union.
Some employers are surprised, almost taken by surprise. They believe that their obligations are piling up: paying employees at the minimum wage, declaring them and taking out health insurance for them. ” That’s a lot for our modest salaries », Regrets a framework of the public administration.
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