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<h1>Mali</h1>
<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 496&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs.</div>
<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1961.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1999 (social insurance) and 1999 (voluntary coverage), implemented in 2004.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons.</p>
<p>Voluntary coverage for self-employed persons.</p>
<p>Special system for civil servants, magistrates, and military personnel.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 3.6% of gross earnings.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are&nbsp;the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The monthly legal minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 9% of wage class earnings, according to&nbsp;five wage classes.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are 125,000&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs a quarter.</p>
<p>The maximum earnings used to calculate contributions are 1,000,000&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs a quarter.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 5.4% of gross payroll.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are&nbsp;the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The monthly legal minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p>Employers with 10 or more employees pay contributions monthly; employers with one to nine employees pay quarterly.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None; contributes as an employer for public-sector employees who are not civil servants.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age&nbsp;58 (age&nbsp;53&nbsp;if prematurely aged) with at least 13&nbsp;years of contributions; age&nbsp;60 with at least 15&nbsp;years of contributions if voluntarily insured.</p>
<p>Employment must cease.</p>
<p>Early pension: Age&nbsp;53 with at least 13&nbsp;years of contributions; age&nbsp;55 with at least 15&nbsp;years of contributions if voluntarily insured.</p>
<p>Employment must cease.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age allowance:</span> Age&nbsp;53 with at least six years of coverage; age&nbsp;60 with at least 10&nbsp;years of coverage if voluntarily insured.</p>
<p>The pension is payable abroad only under reciprocal agreement; if there is no reciprocal agreement, the insured's contributions are refunded at retirement age or if permanently leaving the country.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The insured must be assessed with at least a 66.7% permanent loss of earning capacity and have at least eight years of coverage; at least 10&nbsp;years of coverage if voluntarily insured.</p>
<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>
<p>Eligible survivors include a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> who was married to the deceased for at least two years and dependent orphans younger than age&nbsp;14 (age&nbsp;18 if an apprentice, age&nbsp;21 if a student or disabled).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor allowance:</span> Paid to the <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> if the insured had less than 13&nbsp;years of coverage; less than 15&nbsp;years of coverage if voluntarily insured.</p>
<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> The pension is 26% of the insured's average monthly earnings in the last eight years plus 2% of average monthly earnings for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of coverage exceeding 120&nbsp;months, up to 80%; 30% of the insured's average quarterly earnings plus 2% for each year of coverage exceeding 60&nbsp;quarters for the voluntarily insured.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate benefits are twice the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs.</p>
<p>Early pension: The pension is reduced by 5% for each year&nbsp;the pension is taken before age&nbsp;58; age&nbsp;60 if voluntarily insured.</p>
<p>The pension is paid quarterly.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age allowance:</span> 52% of the legal minimum wage is paid each month; 30% of the earnings used to calculate contributions for the voluntarily insured.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by decree according to changes in the average salary and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The pension is 26% of the insured's average monthly earnings in the last eight years plus 2% of average monthly earnings for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of coverage exceeding 120&nbsp;months, up to 80%; 30% of the insured's average quarterly earnings plus 2% for each year of coverage beyond 60&nbsp;quarters for the voluntarily insured. Each year remaining from the time the disability occurs up to age&nbsp;53 is credited as a six-month coverage period.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate benefits are twice the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p>The disability pension ceases at age&nbsp;53 (age&nbsp;55 if voluntarily insured) and is replaced by the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by decree according to changes in the average salary and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 50% 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> of a deceased pensioner. If there is more than one widow, the pension is split equally.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> Each dependent orphan receives 10% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive, up to 50%.</p>
<p>The value of the orphan's pension must not be less than the value of family allowances (see Family Allowances).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor allowance:</span> A lump sum of&nbsp;one&nbsp;month of the deceased's <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (calculated based on 156&nbsp;months of coverage; 80&nbsp;quarters of coverage for the survivor of a voluntarily insured person) is paid for each six-month period of coverage. If there is more than&nbsp;one widow, the allowance is split equally.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by decree according to changes in the average salary and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Social Development, Solidarity, and Aged Persons (http://www.mdeveloppementsocial.gov.ml) provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Social Insurance Institute, managed by a tripartite board and a director general, administers the program.</p>
<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1952.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1999 (social insurance); 1999 (voluntary coverage), implemented in 2004; and 2009 (sickness), implemented in 2011.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons.</p>
<p>Voluntary coverage for self-employed persons.</p>
<p>Special system for civil servants, magistrates, and military personnel.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 3.06% of gross earnings; 6.56% for the voluntarily insured; 0.75% of the pension.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 6.56% of wage class earnings, according to five wage classes.</p>
<p>The self-employed person's contributions finance medical benefits only. For maternity cash benefits, see Family Allowances.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are 125,000&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs a quarter.</p>
<p>The maximum earnings used to calculate contributions are 1,000,000&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs a quarter.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 3.5% of gross payroll.</p>
<p>The&nbsp;employer's contributions finance medical benefits only. For maternity cash benefits, see Family Allowances.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs.</p>
<p>Employers with 10 or more employees pay contributions monthly; employers with one to nine employees pay quarterly.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None; contributes as an employer for public-sector employees who are not civil servants.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> The mother must reside in Mali and have at least nine consecutive months of insured employment based on at least 18&nbsp;days or 120&nbsp;hours of work a month; voluntarily insured self-employed women must have at least two six-month periods of insured employment.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Birth leave:</span> Paid to a father in insured employment for the birth of a child. The benefit is not paid for a stillborn child.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Must be in insured employment or voluntarily insured.</p>
<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> No statutory benefits are provided. (Employers are required to provide paid sick leave for employees.)</p>
<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span>&nbsp;100% of the employed mother's last earnings is paid six weeks before and eight weeks after (11&nbsp;weeks if there are complications arising from pregnancy or childbirth) the expected date of childbirth.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Birth leave:</span> 100% of the father's last daily earnings is paid for any three days in the first 15&nbsp;days after childbirth.</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>The joint interemployer medical services program run, by the National Social Insurance Institute, provides medical care and some health and welfare services.</p>
<p>Insured and voluntarily insured women receive necessary medical care during pregnancy and childbirth.</p>
<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits for dependents:</span> Medical benefits for dependents are the same as those for the insured.</p>
<p>Eligible dependents include the spouse and dependent children of the insured.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Health, Solidarity, and Aged Persons (http://www.mdeveloppementsocial.gov.ml) provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Social Insurance Institute, managed by a tripartite board and a director general, administers the program.</p>
<h2>Work Injury</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1932.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1999 (social insurance); and 1999 (voluntary coverage), implemented in 2004.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons, including temporary and seasonal workers, certain members of cooperatives, and students in technical schools.</p>
<p>Voluntary coverage for self-employed persons.</p>
<p>Special systems for civil servants and seamen.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 1% to 4% of gross earnings, according to the assessed degree of risk.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate voluntary contributions are&nbsp;the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The maximum earnings used to calculate voluntary contributions are 10&nbsp;times the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 1% to 4% of gross payroll, according to the assessed degree of risk.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The maximum earnings used to calculate contributions are 10&nbsp;times the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p>Employers with 10 or more employees pay contributions monthly; employers with one to nine employees pay quarterly.</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. Accidents that occur while commuting to and from work are covered.</p>
<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Temporary disability benefit:</span>&nbsp;100% of the insured's last earnings is paid monthly from the day after the disability began until full recovery or certification of permanent disability.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate benefits are&nbsp;the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits may be adjusted according to changes in the average salary and the legal minimum wage after two months of payment.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> If the insured is assessed with a total disability, 100% of the insured's average earnings in the year before the disability began is paid.</p>
<p>Constant-attendance supplement: 40% of the disability pension is paid if the insured requires the constant attendance of others to perform daily functions.</p>
<p>The maximum pension is 20&nbsp;times the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p>Partial disability: The benefit is the insured's average earnings in the year before the disability began multiplied by 0.5 for each degree of assessed disability from 10% to 50%, plus average insurable annual earnings multiplied by 1.5 for each degree of assessed disability greater than 50%. The pension is paid as a lump sum if the assessed disability is less than 10%.</p>
<p>For an assessed degree of disability of at least 10%, the minimum earnings used to calculate benefits are 1.3&nbsp;times the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>Only 33.3% of earnings over 10&nbsp;times the legal minimum wage are taken into account to calculate benefits. The maximum earnings used to calculate benefits are 28&nbsp;times the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>If the assessed degree of disability is 100%, pensions are paid monthly; if the assessed degree of disability is 75% to 99%, monthly or quarterly; otherwise, quarterly or annually.</p>
<p>If the assessed degree of disability is greater than 20%, the pension may be partially paid as a lump sum after receiving the pension for five years; if the assessed degree of disability is 20% or less, the total remaining pension may be paid as a lump sum after receiving the pension for five years.</p>
<p>A medical examination by a doctor approved or designated by the National Social Security Fund may be required every six months during the first two years; thereafter, once a year.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by decree according to changes in the average salary and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Benefits include medical and surgical care, hospitalization, medicine, appliances, transportation, and rehabilitation.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 30% of the deceased's average earnings in the year before the disability began is paid to the <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> if the marriage occurred before the deceased's accident. If there is more than one widow, the pension is split equally.</p>
<p>Remarriage settlement: The <span class="nobr">widow(er)'s</span> pension ceases on remarriage, and a lump sum of three years of pension is paid unless the <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> has a child receiving an orphan's pension.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 15% of the deceased's average earnings in the year before the disability began is paid for each of the first two orphans and 10% for each additional orphan; 20% for each full orphan. Eligible orphans must be younger than age&nbsp;14 (age&nbsp;18 if an apprentice, age&nbsp;21 if a student or disabled.)</p>
<p><span class="h4">Dependent parent's and grandparent's pension:</span> 10% of the deceased's average earnings in the year before the disability began is paid to each dependent parent or grandparent, up to 30%.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate benefits are 1.3&nbsp;times the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>33% of earnings over 10&nbsp;times the legal minimum wage are&nbsp;used to calculate benefits. The maximum earnings used to calculate benefits are 28&nbsp;times the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p>All survivor benefits combined must not exceed 85% of the deceased's average earnings in the year before the disability began.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> The cost of the burial is paid, up to 25% of the legal annual minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal annual minimum wage is 341,520&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to changes in the average salary and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system. (The last adjustment was made in 2008.)</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Social Development, Solidarity, and Aged Persons (http://www.mdeveloppementsocial.gov.ml) provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Social Insurance Institute, managed by a tripartite board and a director general,&nbsp;administers contributions and benefits.</p>
<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1955.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1999 (social insurance); and 1999 (voluntary coverage), implemented in 2004.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Employment-related system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employees with one or more children.</p>
<p>Voluntary coverage for self-employed persons.</p>
<p>Special system for civil servants.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 8% of wage class earnings, according to five wage classes.</p>
<p>The self-employed person's&nbsp;contributions also finance maternity cash benefits under Sickness and Maternity.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are 125,000&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs a quarter.</p>
<p>The maximum earnings used to calculate contributions are 1,000,000&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs a quarter.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 8% of gross payroll.</p>
<p>The employer's contributions also finance maternity cash benefits under Sickness and Maternity.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal minimum wage.</p>
<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 28,460&nbsp;CFA francs.</p>
<p>Employers with 10 or more employees pay contributions monthly; employers with one to nine employees pay quarterly.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> Any deficit; contributes as an employer for public-sector employees who are not civil servants.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> The child must be older than 12&nbsp;months and younger than age&nbsp;14 (age&nbsp;18 if an apprentice, age&nbsp;21 if a student or disabled). Preschool children must undergo prescribed medical examinations. The parent must have at least nine consecutive months of covered employment and be currently working at least 18&nbsp;days or 120&nbsp;hours a month; at least six months of covered employment for a voluntarily insured parent.</p>
<p>The benefit is also paid to social insurance pensioners and to the <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> of an insured person.</p>
<p>The benefit is payable abroad only&nbsp;under reciprocal agreement.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> Paid to an insured woman or the wife of an insured man. The woman must undergo prescribed medical examinations.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> Paid to an insured woman or the wife of an insured man. The woman must undergo prescribed medical examinations.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Marriage allowance:</span> Paid to an insured person when marrying for the first time. (Voluntarily insured persons are not eligible.)</p>
<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> 1,500&nbsp;CFA francs a month is paid for each child.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> 12,285&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs is paid in three parts: 2,730&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs, 5,460&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs, and 4,095&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> 16,380&nbsp;CFA francs is paid for each birth in&nbsp;three parts: 8,190 CFA at birth, 4,095 CFA when the child is age&nbsp;6&nbsp;months, and 4,095 CFA when the child is age&nbsp;1.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Marriage allowance:</span> A lump sum of 13,650&nbsp;CFA&nbsp;francs is paid.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by decree.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Social Development, Solidarity, and Aged Persons (http://www.mdeveloppementsocial.gov.ml) provides general supervision.</p>
<p>National Social Insurance Institute, managed by a tripartite board and a director general, administers the program.</p>
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