November 1996: Social protection measures for dismissed workers [Law No. 96-101 of 18 November 1996]

This Law set the conditions for redundancy compensation in the private sector. Layoff indemnities are foreseen for private sector workers who are dismissed for economic or technological reasons only. The redundancy compensation is provided by the Social Security Fund (CNSS) pending the approval of the Labour Inspection Unit. The law also allows dismissed workers to maintain previous social security benefits such as family allowances and healthcare coverage for a time-bound period of one year. This law cannot be considered an insurance scheme covering job loss/unemployment. According to the ILO, “the nature of the benefits and the conditions of their payment are reduced to an aid without setting up a real social insurance” (ILO 2019, 7).