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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2017</h1>
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<h1>Mauritania</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 355 ouguiyas.</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> 1965.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1967 (social security).</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>Wage earners, including temporary and casual workers, seamen, household workers, trainees, apprentices, technical college students, and public-sector employees not covered by a special system.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for persons previously insured for at least six consecutive months.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants, members of parliament, and military personnel.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 1% of covered earnings.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 70,000 ouguiyas.</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 monthly payroll.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p>Contributions are paid quarterly.</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">Old-age pension:</span> Age 60 (age 55 if prematurely aged) with at least 20 years of coverage, including at least 60 months of contributions in the last 10 years.</p>
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<p>Employment must cease.</p>
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<p>The pension is payable abroad under reciprocal agreement.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement:</span> Age 60 (age 55 if prematurely aged) with at least 12 months of coverage, and does not qualify for an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
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<p>Employment must cease.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> Must be younger than the normal retirement age, be assessed with at least a 66.7% permanent loss of earning capacity, and have at least five years of coverage, including at least six months of contributions in the last 12 months before the disability began. There is no qualifying period if the disability is the result of a nonoccupational accident.</p>
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<p>Constant-attendance supplement: Paid if the insured requires the constant attendance of others to perform daily functions.</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, or had at least 180 months of coverage at the time of death.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a widow aged 50 or older or disabled, a dependent widower with a disability, and children younger than age 14 (age 21 if a student, no limit if disabled).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> Paid to eligible survivors if the deceased did not qualify for a survivor pension.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> The pension is 20% of the insured's average monthly earnings in the last three or five years, whichever is greater, plus 1.33% of average monthly earnings for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of coverage exceeding 180 months, up to 80%.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate benefits are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly pension is 60% of the highest regional monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The highest regional monthly minimum wage is 30,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted periodically according to changes in the cost of living, depending on the financial resources of the National Social Security Fund.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement:</span> A lump sum of one month of the insured's wages for each year of coverage is paid. The insured's wages are the average monthly earnings in the last three or five years, whichever is greater.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate benefits are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The pension is 20% of the insured's average monthly earnings in the last three or five years, whichever is greater, plus 1.33% of average monthly earnings for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of coverage beyond 180 months, up to 80%. The insured is credited with six months of coverage for each year that a claim is made before the normal retirement age.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate benefits are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly pension is 60% of the highest regional monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The highest regional monthly minimum wage is 30,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p>Constant-attendance supplement: 50% of the disability pension is paid.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted periodically according to changes in the cost of living, depending on the financial resources of the National Social Security Fund.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Spouse's 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></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Orphan's pension:</span> 25% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid for each eligible orphan; 40% for each full orphan.</p>
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<p>The maximum combined survivor benefit is 100% 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><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> A lump sum of one month of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid for each six-month period of coverage.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted periodically according to changes in the cost of living, depending on the financial resources of the National Social Security Fund.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Civil Service, Labor, and Administration Modernization (<a href="https://www.fonctionpublique.gov.mr/">http://www.fonctionpublique.gov.mr/</a>) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund (<a href="https://cnss.mr/">http://www.cnss.mr/</a>), managed by a tripartite board, 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 laws:</span> 1952 (cash maternity benefits) and 1963 (medical benefits).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1967 (cash maternity benefits), 2004 (labor law), and 2005 (medical benefits).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system. Cash maternity and medical benefits only.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> No social insurance benefits are provided. Employees are covered under collective agreements.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity, prenatal, and birth benefits:</span> Employed persons.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants and military personnel.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Public- and private-sector employees, self-employed persons, pensioners, and their dependents.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer-provided medical benefits:</span> Employed persons covered under the labor code and their dependents.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Cash maternity, prenatal, and birth benefits:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> 4% of earnings; 2.5% for pensioners.</p>
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<p>Contributions are made quarterly.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer-provided medical benefits:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Cash maternity, prenatal, and birth benefits:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> 9% of gross income.</p>
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<p>Contributions are made quarterly.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer-provided medical benefits:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Cash maternity, prenatal, and birth benefits:</span> See Family Allowances.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> 5% of payroll.</p>
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<p>Contributions are made quarterly.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer-provided medical benefits:</span> 2% of covered monthly payroll.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p>Contributions are made quarterly.</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 social insurance benefits are provided. Employees are covered under collective agreements.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> The mother must have at least 54 days or 360 hours of employment in the last three months.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> Paid to an insured woman or the wife of an insured man who undergoes prescribed medical examinations. The insured must work at least 18 days or 120 hours a month.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> Paid for the first three births of the first marriage. The mother and child must undergo prescribed medical examinations. The insured must work at least 18 days or 120 hours a month.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Eligible dependents include a spouse and children up to age 21 (no limit if disabled); also paid to the dependent survivors of an insured person for up to two years after the insured's death.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer-provided medical benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> Benefits are provided to employees under collective agreements.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 100% of the insured's average daily earnings in the three months before the insured stopped working is paid for up to 14 weeks, including eight weeks after the date of childbirth.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate benefits are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> 240 ouguiyas is paid for each month of pregnancy. The allowance is paid in three equal parts.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> A lump sum of 2,880 ouguiyas is paid for each of the first three births.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted periodically according to changes in the cost of living, depending on the financial resources of the National Social Security Fund.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Benefits include preventive and curative care, rehabilitation, and under certain conditions, care abroad. Cost sharing, up to a ceiling, is based on a schedule in law.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer-provided medical benefits:</span> Employers provide medical services for employees through the employer's medical service program or through an interemployer medical service program for firms with less than 750 workers.</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 Civil Service, Labor, and Administration Modernization (<a href="https://www.fonctionpublique.gov.mr/">http://www.fonctionpublique.gov.mr/</a>) provides general supervision of cash maternity and employer medical benefits.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund (<a href="https://cnss.mr/">http://www.cnss.mr/</a>), managed by a tripartite board, administers cash maternity benefits and collects contributions for employer medical benefits.</p>
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<p>National Office of Workplace Health (http://www.onmt.mr/) supervises the provision of medical benefits by enterprises and administers the interemployer medical service program for firms with less than 750 workers.</p>
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<p>Ministry of Health (http://www.sante.gov.mr/) provides general supervision of medical benefits.</p>
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<p>National Health Insurance Fund (<a href="http://www.cnam.mr/">http://www.cnam.mr/</a>) administers medical benefits.</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> 1932.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1967 (social security).</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>Wage earners, including temporary and casual workers, seamen, household workers, trainees, apprentices, and technical college students.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants and military personnel.</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% of covered monthly payroll (permanent disability) or 2.5% of gross monthly payroll (medical care and temporary disability benefits).</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p>Contributions are paid quarterly.</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>There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
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<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>66.7% of the insured's average daily earnings in the three months before the disability began is paid from the day after the disability began until full recovery or certification of permanent disability.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate benefits are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> If the insured is assessed with a total disability, 85% of the insured's average monthly earnings in the three months before the disability began is paid.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate benefits are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p>Constant-attendance supplement: If the insured requires the constant attendance of others to perform daily functions, 50% of the pension is paid.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: A percentage of the full pension is paid according to the assessed degree of disability; if the assessed degree of disability is less than 15%, a lump sum of three years of pension is paid.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted periodically according to changes in the cost of living, depending on the financial resources of the National Social Security Fund.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include medical and surgical care, hospitalization, doctor's home visits, medicine, appliances, transportation, and rehabilitation.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Spouse's pension:</span> 20% of the deceased's average monthly earnings is paid to a widow or to a widower with a disability. If there is more than one widow, the pension is split equally.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Orphan's pension:</span> 10% of the deceased's average monthly earnings is paid to each orphan younger than age 14 (age 21 if an apprentice, a student, or disabled); 15% to each full orphan.</p>
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<p>Orphans are also entitled to benefits under Family Allowances.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Dependent parent's and grandparent's pension:</span> 10% of the deceased's average monthly earnings is paid to each dependent parent and grandparent.</p>
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<p>The maximum combined survivor benefit is 100% 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><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of 30 days of the deceased's earnings is paid.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Civil Service, Labor, and Administration Modernization (<a href="https://www.fonctionpublique.gov.mr/">http://www.fonctionpublique.gov.mr/</a>) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund (<a href="https://cnss.mr/">http://www.cnss.mr/</a>), managed by a tripartite board, 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> 1965.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1967 (social security).</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>Employed persons.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants and military personnel.</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> 3% of covered monthly payroll.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 70,000 ouguiyas.</p>
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<p>Contributions are paid quarterly.</p>
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<p>The employer's contributions also finance cash maternity, prenatal, and birth benefits under Sickness and Maternity.</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>Paid for children younger than age 14 (age 21 if an apprentice, a student, or disabled). The parent must work at least 18 days or 120 hours a month or be the widow of a beneficiary.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p>300 ouguiyas a month is paid for each eligible child.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted periodically according to changes in the cost of living, depending on the financial resources of the National Social Security Fund.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Civil Service, Labor, and Administration Modernization (<a href="https://www.fonctionpublique.gov.mr/">http://www.fonctionpublique.gov.mr/</a>) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund (<a href="https://cnss.mr/">http://www.cnss.mr/</a>), managed by a tripartite board, administers the program.</p>
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