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Comoros

An ILO EPLex composite of 0.473 places Comoros among moderate-protection jurisdictions on the 0-1 scale.

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0.473 ILO EPLex composite (0–1) Moderate protection
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Comoros's statutory protection against unfair dismissal is moderate - an ILO EPLex composite of 0.473 on the 0–1 scale, stronger than 73% of the 95 rated countries.

EPLex 0.473 · #27/95. ILO EPLex.

Employment Protection Composite

B- 68/100

One composite verdict from 1 of 3 independent sources, each percentile-benchmarked against every rated country. A missing source never lowers the score -- its weight redistributes to the sources this country actually has.

ILO EPLex B-
0.47
Statutory dismissal-protection composite (0-1 scale)
World Bank B-READY N/A
N/A
Labor-market regulatory quality
OECD EPL N/A
N/A
Employment protection legislation strictness

Benchmarked against p10-p90 of every country rated by that source. See our methodology for the exact benchmark table and weights.

Where Comoros sits on ILO EPLex protection

Every rated country's dismissal-protection composite, 95 countries

0.47 Top 27% higher than 73% of 95 rated countries

0.00–0.10: 0 rated countries (0%). Below this entry. 0.10–0.20: 1 rated countries (1%). Below this entry. 0.20–0.30: 8 rated countries (8%). Below this entry. 0.30–0.40: 26 rated countries (27%). Below this entry. 0.40–0.50: 39 rated countries (41%). This entry sits in this band. 0.50–0.60: 15 rated countries (16%). Above this entry. 0.60–0.70: 6 rated countries (6%). Above this entry. 0.70–0.80: 0 rated countries (0%). Above this entry. 0.80–0.90: 0 rated countries (0%). Above this entry. 0.90–1.00: 0 rated countries (0%). Above this entry. Comoros 0.00 1.00 every rated country, bucketed by value

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Source ILO EPLex · 2019

What the Data Shows for Comoros

Middle East & Africa. Covered by 1/3 tracked datasets. The most recent ILO EPLex composite score is 0.473 out of 1.0 (2019), summarizing statutory termination rules into a single index.

Statutory notice periods in Comoros scale with tenure across 7 tiers, reaching 0 months at 20 years of service. Severance pay can reach 0 months of salary at 20 years, while redundancy-specific pay is 0 months. The maximum probation period allowed by law is 6 months, defining how long employers can assess workers under reduced protection.

The EPLex redress/reinstatement sub-indicator is 0.875/1.0, reflecting how strong remedies are when a dismissal is ruled unlawful. 6 peer comparisons below.

ILO EPLex (2019)
0.473
out of 1.0 · Rank #27
B-READY 2025
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No data available
OECD EPL
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No data available

ILO EPLex

Termination Protection Breakdown (2019)

Prohibited Grounds for Dismissal
1.000
Probation Period
0.760
Procedural Requirements
0.250
Notice Periods
0.000
Severance Pay
0.000
Redundancy Pay
0.000
Redress / Reinstatement
0.875

Scale: 0 = no protection · 1 = maximum protection. Source: ILO EPLex 2019.

Max probation period: 6 months

Notice Periods by Tenure

Tenure Notice Period
6 months 0 months
9 months 0 months
2 years 0 months
4 years 0 months
5 years 0 months
10 years 0 months
20 years 0 months

Source: ILO EPLex Notice period is the legally mandated advance notice before termination

Severance and Redundancy Pay by Tenure

Tenure Severance Redundancy
6 months 0 mo 0 mo
9 months 0 mo 0 mo
2 years 0 mo 0 mo
4 years 0 mo 0 mo
5 years 0 mo 0 mo
10 years 0 mo 0 mo
20 years 0 mo 0 mo

Values in salary-months. Source: ILO EPLex. Severance = individual dismissal. Redundancy = collective/economic dismissal.



Countries with similar labor-regulation profiles

Two peer sets for Comoros on metrics that vary across the full country corpus, not regional containment. The nearest EPLex block below stays on the ILO composite; these neighborhoods use B-READY, OECD, or statutory-duration axes.

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Data sourced from official OECD, ILO, and World Bank employment-protection datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainEmploy

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Primary sources: ILO EPLex, World Bank B-READY, OECD EPL.

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