In Benin, the National Social Security Fund 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 that follows the call to order launched by the president of the country in April 2022.
All domestic staff must be declared to the general social security system before December 31, 2023, in Benin. This is an announcement from the boss of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) on March 23, 2023, in Cotonou, via a press release. But the Beninese head of state announced the color in April 2022 during a meeting with the unions: any failure is punishable at the civil and criminal levels.
“We will soon begin to crack down on undeclared employment,” Patrice Talon declared to the unions a few months ago. “To declare a driver, for example, is to guarantee him one day, a retirement pension”, concluded the president. After this declaration, nothing more, until the publication of this press release which now imposes it on any employer.
Gardener, cook nanny, caretaker, and 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.