Majority of private temporary job companies in the country are operating against the law.

Getting a job is the dream of many young Cameroonians. Due the unemployment situation in the country, many private temporary jobs companies have come in to help give jobs to youths.

What has been the cause for worry is that even though these private temporary jobs companies may have authorisation from the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training most of them are operating against the law. In most cases these companies only exist on paper or in suit cases. Most of them have no fixed location or offices as demanded by law and some don’t exist at all.

In order to restore order within the sector, the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, Zacharie Perevet signed a press release publishing the list of private temporary Companies that are authorised to operate in the country. According to the release some owners of private temporary job companies and private offices for job attributions are operating in violation of the law. The release states that such attitude hampers efforts by government in revamping the sector. The release further informs stakeholders of the sector that only companies with valid authorisation are expected to operate.

Honoré Essono, Bureau Chief of Job Contracts of Expatriates in the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training said the problem with the companies is that most of them do not send their monthly report of their activities to the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training.

He explained that the companies are expected to give their reports to the different regional delegations and the regional delegations later send them to the ministry. “The reports will enable the ministry know the number of youths that have been given jobs so that we can also give our own report on the number of Cameroonians who have been given jobs,” he said.  He further said that the authorisation has duration of two years and there are companies that are still operating even though their authorisations have since expired. 

Honore Essono said all companies that do not respect the law are liable to sanctions. The sanctions, he said, begin with a warning from the minster to the suspension of authorisation. Some companies have already been suspended and they will only have the ban lifted when they come to the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training with reports of their activities.