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<h1>Cameroon</h1>
<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 503.30&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs.</div>
<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First and current law:</span> 1969 (pensions), implemented in 1974.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons.</p>
<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
<p>Special system for civil servants.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 2.8% of covered earnings.</p>
<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 300,000&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 4.2% of covered payroll.</p>
<p>The maximum monthly earnings&nbsp;used to calculate contributions are 300,000&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age&nbsp;60 with at least 20&nbsp;years of coverage and at least 180&nbsp;months of contributions, including 60&nbsp;months in the last 10&nbsp;years. Employment must cease.</p>
<p>Constant-attendance supplement: Paid if the insured requires the constant attendance of others to perform daily functions.</p>
<p>Early pension: Age&nbsp;50 with at least 20&nbsp;years of coverage and at least 180&nbsp;months of contributions, including 60&nbsp;months in the last 10&nbsp;years.</p>
<p>The pension is payable abroad only under reciprocal agreement.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age grant:</span> Age&nbsp;60 (age&nbsp;50 for early retirement) and ineligible for the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension, with at least 12&nbsp;months of contributions.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The insured must be younger than age&nbsp;60, have at least a 66.7% assessed loss of earning capacity and at least five years of coverage, including six months of contributions in the last year. No contributions are required if the disability is the result of a nonwork-related accident.</p>
<p>Constant-attendance supplement: Paid if the insured requires the constant attendance of others to perform daily functions.</p>
<p>The disability pension ceases at the normal retirement age and is replaced by an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension of the same value, including the value of any constant-attendance supplement.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The deceased was a pensioner, met the qualifying conditions for an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension at the time of death, or had at least 180&nbsp;months of coverage.</p>
<p>Eligible survivors are a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> of any age, children younger than age&nbsp;14 (age&nbsp;18 if an apprentice, age&nbsp;21 if a student or disabled), and dependent parents.</p>
<p>The <span class="nobr">widow(er)'s</span> pension ceases on remarriage.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor grant:</span> The deceased met the requirements for the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> grant.</p>
<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> The pension is 30% of average monthly earnings in the last three or five years (whichever is greater) plus 1% of average monthly earnings for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of contributions exceeding 180&nbsp;months.</p>
<p>The minimum pension is 50% of the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal minimum wage is 28,216&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs.</p>
<p>The maximum pension is 80% of the insured's average monthly earnings.</p>
<p>Constant-attendance supplement: 40% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is paid.</p>
<p>Early pension: Calculated in the same way as the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age grant:</span> A lump sum of the insured's average monthly earnings multiplied by the number of <span class="nobr">12-month</span> periods of coverage is paid.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The pension is 30% of average monthly earnings in the last three or five years (whichever is greater) plus 1% of average monthly earnings for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of contributions exceeding 180&nbsp;months. For each year a claim is made before the insured reaches age&nbsp;60, the insured is credited with a six-month insurance period.</p>
<p>Constant-attendance supplement: 40% of the disability pension is paid.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 50% of the deceased's <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is paid to the <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span>. If there is more than one widow, the pension is split equally.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 15% of the deceased's <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is paid to each eligible orphan; 25% to each full orphan.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Dependent parent's pension:</span> 10% of the deceased's <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension is paid to each eligible parent.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Other eligible survivors:</span> If there is no surviving <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span>, child, or dependent parent, the pension is split equally among other relatives.</p>
<p>All survivor benefits combined must not exceed 100% of the deceased's <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor grant:</span> A lump sum of 30% of average monthly earnings multiplied by the number of six-month periods of contributions is paid. If there is more than one survivor, the grant is split equally.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> If there are no eligible survivors, the cost of the funeral is paid.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Social Insurance Fund (<a href="https://www.cnps.cm">http://www.cnps.cm</a>), managed by a tripartite council and a director general, administers the scheme.</p>
<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1956.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1967.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system. Maternity benefits only.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed women.</p>
<p>Exclusions: Self-employed women.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See source of funds under Family Allowances.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided. (The labor code requires employers to provide some paid sick leave.)</p>
<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> The insured must have been in covered employment for at least six consecutive months when the child is born.</p>
<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> No statutory benefits are provided. (The labor code requires employers to provide some paid sick leave.)</p>
<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 100% of the last monthly earnings is paid for four weeks before and 10&nbsp;weeks after the expected date of childbirth; may be extended to 13&nbsp;weeks after childbirth if there are complications resulting from pregnancy or childbirth.</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Insured women and the spouses of insured men receive 1,400&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs toward childbirth expenses and 200&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs for each prenatal examination and for pediatric care examinations for up to six months.</p>
<p>Government health facilities provide some free medical care.</p>
<p>The labor code requires employers to provide certain medical services.</p>
<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
<p>Some health care and welfare services are provided to mothers and children under Family Allowances.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Social Insurance Fund (<a href="https://www.cnps.cm">http://www.cnps.cm</a>), managed by a tripartite council and a director general, administers the scheme.</p>
<h2>Work Injury</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1944.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1977 (work injury).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons, apprentices, seamen, technical students, and persons in training.</p>
<p>Exclusions: Civil servants and self-employed persons.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 1.75%, 2.5%, or 5% of gross payroll, according to the assessed degree of risk.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
<p>The benefit is 66.7% of average monthly earnings in the three months before the disability began. The benefit is paid from the day after the disability began until full recovery or certification of permanent disability.</p>
<p>The daily earnings used to calculate benefits are subject to a maximum.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> If the insured is assessed with a total disability, the pension is 85% of the insured's average monthly earnings in the three months before the disability began.</p>
<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate benefits are the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal minimum wage is 28,216&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs.</p>
<p>The monthly earnings used to calculate benefits are subject to a maximum.</p>
<p>Constant-attendance supplement: If the insured requires the constant attendance of others to perform daily functions, the legal minimum wage of the insured's sector of activity is paid.</p>
<p>Partial disability: If the assessed degree of disability is at least 20%, a percentage of the full pension is paid according to the assessed degree of disability; if the assessed degree of disability is less than 20%, a lump sum of 10&nbsp;years of partial disability pension is paid.</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Benefits include medical and surgical care, hospitalization, medicine, appliances, <span class="nobr">X-rays</span>, laboratory services, and rehabilitation.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The pension is 85% of the deceased's average monthly earnings in the last three months.</p>
<p>The pension is split among the eligible survivors according to a schedule in law. Eligible survivors are a surviving spouse, children younger than age&nbsp;14 (age&nbsp;18 if an apprentice, age&nbsp;21 if a <span class="nobr">full-time</span> student or if disabled), and dependent parents.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> The cost of the burial is paid.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Social Insurance Fund (<a href="https://www.cnps.cm">http://www.cnps.cm</a>), managed by a tripartite council and a director general, administers the scheme.</p>
<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1956.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1967.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Employment-related system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons.</p>
<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
<p>Special system for apprentices with families.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 7% of covered payroll; 5.65% (agriculture); 3.7% (private schools).</p>
<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 300,000&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs.</p>
<p>The employer's contributions also finance maternity benefits under Sickness and Maternity.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> The child must be younger than age&nbsp;14 (age&nbsp;18 if an apprentice, age&nbsp;21 if a <span class="nobr">full-time</span> student or disabled). The parent must be working at least 18&nbsp;days or 120&nbsp;hours a month.</p>
<p>Benefits continue to be paid during periods of work-related disability, for a <span class="nobr">six-month</span> period of sick leave, a <span class="nobr">14-week</span> period of maternity leave, a <span class="nobr">three-month</span> period of involuntarily unemployment, and statutory vacation periods.</p>
<p>Allowances are also paid to <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pensioners who retire with dependent children and eligible survivors with dependent children.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> The pregnant woman must undergo two prescribed medical examinations.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> The mother and child must undergo a prescribed medical examination.</p>
<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> 1,800&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs a month is paid for each child. The allowance is paid quarterly.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> 1,800&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs a month is paid for nine months. The allowance is paid in two equal parts: during the third or fourth month of pregnancy and during the seventh or eighth month of pregnancy.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> 21,600&nbsp;<abbr class="spell">CFA</abbr>&nbsp;francs is paid for each birth.</p>
<p>Some health care and welfare services are also provided to mothers and children.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Security provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Social Insurance Fund (<a href="https://www.cnps.cm">http://www.cnps.cm</a>), managed by a tripartite council and a director general, administers the scheme.</p>
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