Suites données aux recommandations du comité et du Conseil d’administration - Rapport No. 374, Mars 2015

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 21. The Committee last examined this case, concerning allegations of interference by the management of the National Social Insurance Fund (CNPS) in the business of the National Union of Employees, Supervisors and Managers of Banks and Financial Establishments of Cameroon (SNEGCBEFCAM), at its meeting in October 2013 [see 370th Report, paras 19–21]. In this respect, the Committee regretted the absence of any inquiry by the authorities into the allegations of interference and reiterated its recommendation that Mr Amogo Foe’s rights be restored without delay in accordance with the order issued by the Regional Labour and Social Security Office for the Centre Province on 1 February 2010, and that Mr Foe receive full compensation for any harm suffered in this case. The Committee had, moreover, requested the Government to keep it informed of Mr Oumarou Woudang’s employment situation and the outcome of the proceedings pertaining to the dispute currently before the Regional Labour and Social Security Office for the Centre Province [see 370th Report, para. 21].
2. 22. In a communication of 31 October 2013, the complainant organization states that, because no penalty that was sufficiently dissuasive was imposed on the CNPS, the CNPS continues to interfere in the affairs of the SNEGCBEFCAM. For example, the complainant organization alleges that the CNPS suspended workers’ union dues for six months, resulting in loss of profits for the union amounting to almost 15 million Central African CFA Francs (US$25,800). Moreover, the CNPS has forbidden the trade union from organizing any internal activity and the staff delegates are being prosecuted or brought before the disciplinary board for defamation by the general management of the CNPS. The complainant organization states that no action has been taken with regard to the Committee’s recommendations concerning Mr Amogo Foe’s situation. Lastly, concerning the Committee’s recommendation that the labour inspectorate should examine Mr Oumarou Woudang’s case, the labour inspectorate did examine the case but, since the CNPS refused to resolve the matter, the inspectorate simply drew up a memorandum of non-conciliation.
3. 23. The Committee notes with concern that, in a communication of 30 January 2014, which provides an update of the cases still pending before the Committee, the Government does not provide any information regarding the outstanding issues which were the subject of recommendations or in response to the new allegations made by the complainant organization. The Committee emphasizes the seriousness of the allegations made by the complainant organization in its communication of October 2013, reporting the continued interference of management in the activities of the SNEGCBEFCAM by means of financial penalties, banning the trade union from carrying out any activities within the institution and the disciplinary and legal measures brought against the trade union delegates. The Committee expects the relevant administrative authorities, especially the labour inspectorate, to launch an immediate inquiry into the allegations and the Government to keep it informed of the relevant outcome or follow-up.
4. 24. In addition, the Committee is obliged to reiterate, once again, its previous recommendations and urges the Government to be more cooperative by reporting: (i) if Mr Amogo Foe has had his rights restored in accordance with the order issued by the Regional Labour and Social Security Office for the Centre Province on 1 February 2010, specifying whether he has received compensation for the harm suffered in this case; and (ii) Mr Oumarou Woudang’s employment situation and, following the failure of the conciliation procedure by the labour inspectorate, the outcome of the proceedings pertaining to the dispute.