The feminist and women’s rights activist, Gabrielle Kane, won her case against her former employer, Marc Alain Aldasoro, general director of the company Africapital. After several months of proceedings, the labor court rendered its judgment last Wednesday, in favor of Gabrielle Kane.
The court rejected the inadmissibility objection raised by Africapital’s lawyers and affirmed that the parties were effectively bound by a permanent contract (CDI) from July 1, 2020 to June 23, 2022. The president of the court thus declared the dismissal of Gabrielle Kane unfair according to seneweb and ordered the company to pay her 1,500,000 CFA francs, corresponding to the October salary 2021.
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In addition to this sum, the company Africapital was ordered to pay 3,000,000 CFA francs in damages for unfair dismissal. The court also ordered the payment of 4,500,000 CFA francs in compensation for notice, 750,000 CFA francs for dismissal compensation, as well as 100,000 CFA francs in damages for non-issuance of a work certificate. The provisional execution was set at 1,000,000 CFA francs.
Gabrielle Kane was fired in 2022, while she held the position of director of communications and marketing at Africapital. According to her, her commitment to women’s rights, in particular her support for Adji Sarr, was the cause of her unfair dismissal. She had been recruited from France to come and settle in Senegal with her child, a trip which had been facilitated by the company.
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She claimed that the company owed her six months of unpaid salary and that she was denied access to the company’s premises after her work equipment was taken away and a new communications director was appointed. been designated. On June 26, 2022, a bailiff intervened to note the facts.
In addition, Gabrielle Kane revealed that she had alerted the Senegal Retirement Insurance Institution (IPRES), after discovering that Africapital had been issuing false pay slips for more than ten years, even though she had never been declared to IPRES.
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This judgment marks an important victory for Gabrielle Kane, who saw her complaint for unfair dismissal and non-payment of wages take a favorable turn. This decision could have repercussions on the management of workers’ rights in Senegalese companies and on the fight against abusive practices in the professional environment.
