Guinea: Yellow Tecno ordered to pay over 2.3 billion GNF in unfair dismissal case

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The Labour Court in Conakry has ruled in favour of former Yellow Tecno Guinée SA employee Abdoul Karim Sow, ordering the company to pay more than 2.3 billion Guinean francs (GNF) in compensation for what was deemed an unfair and irregular dismissal.

Delivering its verdict on Thursday, July 24, 2025, the court found Sow’s termination to have violated both procedural and substantive labour laws. The ruling, delivered publicly and at first instance, declared Sow’s action admissible and partially founded.

Yellow Tecno Guinée SA was ordered to pay Sow the following amounts:

1,393,320,000 GNF as compensation for unfair dismissal;
348,330,000 GNF for breach of dismissal procedures;
100,000,000 GNF as compensatory leave allowance for untaken 2025 leave;
47,887,875 GNF in severance pay;
500,000,000 GNF in damages for moral and economic harm.

The total award amounts to 2,389,537,875 GNF (two billion three hundred eighty-nine million five hundred thirty-seven thousand eight hundred seventy-five Guinean francs).

While upholding several of Sow’s claims, the court dismissed others it deemed unfounded.

The ruling also mandates the provisional execution of the judgment despite any appeal.

Additionally, the court imposed a penalty of 10,000,000 GNF (ten million Guinean francs) per day of delay in payment, in accordance with Article 563 of the Code of Civil, Economic and Administrative Procedure (CPCEA).

Court costs were assigned to the Public Treasury, in compliance with provisions of the Labour Code and relevant articles of the CPCEA and Civil Code cited in the decision.

The verdict underscores the growing scrutiny of corporate labour practices in Guinea, where disputes over termination procedures and workers’ rights have increasingly been brought before the courts.