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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2013</h1>
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<h1>Congo (Brazzaville)</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 496 CFA francs.</div>
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<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1962.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1986 (social security) and 2012 (pensions).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>All private-sector employees.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage is available.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 4% of covered earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 50,400 CFA francs</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 1,200,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 8% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 50,400 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 1,200,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> Provides an annual subsidy if needed.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age 57 with at least 264 months of contributions for blue-collar workers; age 60 with at least 300 months of contributions for white-collar workers; and age 65 with at least 360 months of contributions for senior executives.</p>
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<p>Employment must cease.</p>
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<p>Early pension: Age 55 with at least 264 months of contributions for blue-collar workers; age 57 with at least 300 months of contributions for white-collar workers; age 60 with at least 360 months of contributions for senior executives. The insured must be unable to work as the result of a physical or mental disability.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: Paid if the insured does not qualify for the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension but is of pensionable age, is retired from paid employment, and has at least 60 months of contributions.</p>
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<p>The pension is payable abroad only under reciprocal agreement.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement:</span> Paid at pensionable age if the insured has less than 60 months of contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> Must be younger than the pensionable age, be assessed with at least a 66.7% loss of capacity for any work, be registered with the National Social Security Fund for at least five years, and have at least six months of contributions in the year before the disability began.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The deceased received or was entitled to receive an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension at the time of death.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> who was married to the deceased for at least one year, and all dependent children younger than age 16 (age 17 if an apprentice, age 20 if a student or disabled).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> The deceased was not entitled to receive an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension at the time of death.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> who was married to the deceased for at least one year, and all dependent children younger than age 16 (age 17 if an apprentice, age 20 if a student or disabled).</p>
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<p>The <span class="nobr">widow(er)'s</span> pension ceases on remarriage.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> 44% of the insured's average monthly earnings in the best 36 months of the last 10 years is paid for blue-collar workers; 50% for white-collar workers; and 60% for senior executives.</p>
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<p>An additional 2% of the insured's average monthly earnings is paid for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of contributions exceeding the minimum contribution period for a pension; 1% if the insured has at least six months but less than 12 months of extra contributions.</p>
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<p>The maximum pension is 80% of the insured's average monthly earnings.</p>
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<p>Partial pension: 2% of the insured's average monthly earnings in the best 36 months of the last 10 years is paid for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of contributions.</p>
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<p>Benefits are paid quarterly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement:</span> A lump sum of one month of the insured's average monthly earnings in the best three or five years of the last 10 years for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of contributions is paid.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The disability pension is calculated in the same way as the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension. The insured is credited with a six-month contribution period for each year from the date the disability began up to the normal pensionable age.</p>
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<p>When the insured reaches the normal retirement age, the disability pension is replaced by an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
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<p>The maximum disability pension is 80% of the insured's average monthly earnings.</p>
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<p>Constant-attendance allowance: None</p>
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<p>Benefits are paid quarterly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension:</span> 15% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to the <span class="nobr">widow(er).</span> If there is more than one widow, the benefit is split equally.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 35% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to an orphan. If there is more than one orphan, the benefit is split equally.</p>
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<p>All survivor benefits combined must not exceed 50% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive.</p>
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<p>Benefits are paid quarterly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to changes in the cost of living</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> A lump sum is paid.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security provides supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund, managed by a tripartite board and a Director General, administers the program.</p>
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<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1956.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1975 (labor code) and 1986 (social security code).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>All private-sector employees and civil service contractors.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage is not available.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See source of funds under Family Allowances.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> Must have been employed for at least six consecutive months with at least 20 days or 133 hours of work a month. The insured must reside and work in Congo.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> No statutory benefits are provided. (The 1975 labor code requires employers to provide paid sick leave.)</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 100% of daily covered earnings (50% paid by the employer and 50% by the National Social Security Fund) is paid for 15 consecutive weeks, including at least nine weeks after the date of childbirth; the payment may be extended for three weeks if there are complications arising from pregnancy or childbirth. Daily covered earnings are based on earnings in the month before the maternity leave begins.</p>
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<p>Benefits are paid monthly.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>The 1975 labor code requires employers to provide certain medical services.</p>
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<p>Medical benefits for dependents are the same as those for the insured.</p>
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<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Medical benefits for dependents are the same as those for the insured.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security provides supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund, managed by a tripartite board and a Director General, administers the program.</p>
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<h2>Work Injury</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1959.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1986 (social security) and 2012 (pensions).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>All private-sector employees and civil service contractors.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage is not available.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 2.25% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 50,400 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 600,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period. Accidents that occur while commuting to and from work are covered.</p>
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<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>100% of the insured's daily covered earnings in the month before the disability began is paid for up to the first 29 days; 66.7% from 30 to 89 days; and 33.3% from 90 days onwards.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>Disability pension: The benefit is the insured's average earnings in the 30 days before the disability began multiplied by 0.5 for each degree of assessed disability from 10% to 50% plus the insured's average earnings multiplied by 1.5% for each degree of assessed disability greater than 50%.</p>
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<p>For an assessed disability less than 50% a lump sum is paid, for 50% to 75% the pension is paid quarterly; for greater than 75%, the pension is paid monthly (at the insured's request) or quarterly.</p>
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<h3> </h3>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Medical facilities under contract with, and paid by, the National Social Security Fund provide medical benefits directly to the patients. Medical benefits include general and specialist care, surgery, hospitalization, occupational rehabilitation, medicine, prostheses, and travel expenses.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension:</span> 15% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to the <span class="nobr">widow(er).</span> If there is more than one widow, the benefit is split equally.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 35% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is split equally among eligible orphans. The pension must be at least equal to family allowances.</p>
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<p>The sum of all benefits awarded to the survivors cannot exceed 50% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive.</p>
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<p>Benefits are paid quarterly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> The cost of the funeral is paid, up to a maximum.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security provides supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund, managed by a tripartite board and a Director General, administers the program</p>
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<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1956.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1986 (social security).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Employment-related system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>All private-sector employees and civil service contractors.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage is not possible.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 10.03% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The employer's contributions also finance sickness and maternity benefits.</p>
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<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 50,400 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 600,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> The child must be younger than age 16 (age 17 if an apprentice, age 20 if a student or disabled). The insured must have been employed for at least six consecutive months with at least 20 days or 133 hours of work a month or be the widow of an insured person, or be receiving an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> The expectant mother must undergo periodic prenatal medical examinations.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> Paid for the first three births from the first marriage.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> 2,000 CFA francs a month is paid for each child.</p>
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<p>The benefit is paid quarterly.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> 2,000 CFA francs a month is paid for each month of pregnancy, up to nine months. The benefit is paid in two parts: 8,000 CFA francs after the second prenatal control and 10,000 CFA francs after the third prenatal control.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> A lump sum of 1,800 CFA francs is paid for each of the first three births.</p>
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<p>Mothers and children also receive some health and welfare services.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security provides supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund, managed by a tripartite board and a Director General, administers the program.</p>
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