Section 55, The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Act, 2016

(1) The Agency shall ensure that the operator orcontractor hire and maintains a reasonable number of personnel who are citizens with the required skills from areas it has operations. (2) An operator or contractor with operations in any of the sectors covered by this Act shall not import unskilled labour for carrying out any of its operations undertaken under any right, licence, permit or concession. (3) For each of its operations, an operator or contractor shall submit to the Agency, a succession plan for any position not held by citizens and the plan shall provide for citizens to understudy incumbent expatriates. (4) All staff employed by Sierra Leonean or foreign companies that hold the same professional category and exercise similar functions, shall enjoy the same benefits such as salary and emoluments as well as working conditions under the principle of equal rights. (5) A company shall submit to the Agency conditions of service and staff demography of its operators