It is believed that most micro-entrepreneurial businesses lack decency, and unable to provide for the entrepreneurs and their relations/dependants satisfactorily with the income earned. This study was therefore designed to investigate whether or not recharge-card retailing provides enough income to permit the vendors live above United Nations (UN) poverty benchmark of 1.25;andwhetherrecharge−cardretailingqualifiesasdecentworkasconceivedbytheInternationalLabourOrganization(ILO).Thepopulationofthestudycomprisedvendorsofmobile−phonerecharge−cardsinBeninCity.Cochran’sformulawasusedtodeterminethesamplesize.Asampleofonehundredandfive(105)vendorswastakeninspecificlocationssuchasthemaincampusoftheUniversityofBenin,UgbowoCampus;anditsenvirons.Thissamplewasdrawnwiththeaidofconveniencesamplingtechnique.Beingadescriptiveresearch,thestatisticalanalysisundertakenwasalsodescriptivethroughtheuseoffrequencydistributionandsimplepercentages.Thestudyfoundthatthevendors’dailyinvestmentincardprocurementandaveragesalesperdaysuggeststhatthefinancialcommitmentbymostofthevendorsguaranteesadailyprofitthatwillbegreaterthan1.25 UN benchmark and that recharge-card retailing can be considered as a decent work as examined on the basis of the four decent work indicators selected and used in the study. It is recommended that government should support vendors by formulating and implementing social and economic policies that will create a friendly and enabling working environment for them; recharge-card vendors should form associations/unions so as to protect their interests and enhance their wellbeing; and more women should be empowered to venture into the business because it does not require strenuous efforts