Benin: Business Environment
Business Practices in Benin
Opening hours and bank holidays
- General Information
- Opening Hours and Days
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Banks: Monday to Friday 8am to 12.30pm and 3pm to 6.30pm; Saturday 9am to 1pm.
Shops and Businesses: Monday to Saturday 8am to noon and 3pm to 7pm.
Public Holidays
| New Year's Day | 1 Jan |
| Vaudoun Day | 10 Jan |
| Easter Monday | 22 Apr |
| Labour Day | 1 May |
| Ascension Day | 30 May |
| Korité | 4 Jun |
| Whit Monday | 10 Jun |
| Independence Day | 1 Aug |
| Tabaski | 11 Aug |
| Assumption Day | 15 Aug |
| All Saints' Day | 01 Nov |
| Maouloud | 09 Nov |
| Christmas Day | 25 Dec |
- Holiday Compensation
- The law does not provide for a compensation day in case a holiday falls on a non-working day. However, if a person has to work overtime during a holiday or a Sunday, he/she is entitled to a 50% increase of the normal pay (art. 147 of the Labour Code).
Periods When Companies Usually Close
| Closure for Easter | End of March/Early April |
| Closure for Christmas | End of December |
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