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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2017</h1>
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<h1>Niger</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 625.14 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 and current law:</span> 1967 (old age, disability, and survivors).</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, students in technical schools, and apprentices.</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 system for civil servants.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 5.25% of covered earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 30,047 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 500,000 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> 6.25% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 30,047 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 500,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Employers with 20 or more employees pay contributions monthly; employers with fewer than 20 employees pay contributions quarterly.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None; contributes as an employer for public-sector employees who are not civil servants.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age 60 (age 58 for covered public-sector workers, age 55 if prematurely aged) with at least 180 months of coverage.</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 58 for covered public-sector workers, age 55 if prematurely aged) with less than 180 months of coverage.</p>
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<p>Employment must cease.</p>
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<p>The settlement is payable abroad under reciprocal agreement.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> Must be assessed with at least a 66.7% loss of earning capacity and have been registered for at least five years, with at least six months of coverage in the 12 months before the disability began. The disability must be the result of a nonwork-related 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>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.</p>
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<p>The insured may be required to undergo a medical examination by a doctor approved or designated by the National Social Security Fund every six months in the first two years; thereafter, once a year.</p>
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<p>The pension is payable abroad under reciprocal agreement.</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.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> with a dependent child and married to the deceased for at least a year before the date of death, and orphans younger than age 16 (age 18 if an apprentice, age 21 if a student or disabled).</p>
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<p>The <span class="nobr">widow(er)'s</span> pension ceases upon remarriage.</p>
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<p>An orphan receiving a survivor pension may not receive family allowances.</p>
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<p>The pension is payable abroad under reciprocal agreement.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> The deceased did not qualify for a disability pension and had less than 180 months of coverage.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> with a dependent child and married to the deceased for at least a year before the date of death, and orphans younger than age 16 (age 18 if an apprentice, age 21 if a student or disabled).</p>
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<p>The survivor settlement may be paid in addition to family allowances.</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 covered earnings for the first 15 years of coverage plus 1.33% for each additional 12 months of coverage before January 1, 2012, plus 30% of the insured's average monthly covered earnings for the first 15 years of coverage plus 2% for each additional 12 months of coverage starting January 1, 2012.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly pension is 60% of the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 30,047 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid quarterly.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement:</span> A lump sum of one month of the insured's average covered monthly earnings is paid for each year of coverage.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by decree according to changes in the cost of living and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</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 covered earnings for the first 15 years of coverage plus 1.33% for each additional 12 months of coverage before January 1, 2012, plus 30% of the insured's average monthly covered earnings for the first 15 years of coverage plus 2% for each additional 12 months of coverage starting January 1, 2012.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly pension is 60% of the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 30,047 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Constant-attendance supplement: 50% of the insured's disability pension is paid.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid quarterly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by decree according to changes in the cost of living and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</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 an eligible <span class="nobr">widow(er).</span> If there is more than one eligible widow, the pension is split equally.</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 value of the orphan's pension must not be less than the value of family allowances.</p>
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<p>The maximum combined survivor pension 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> pension the deceased would have been entitled to receive with 180 months of coverage is paid for each six-month period of coverage. If there is more than one eligible widow, the benefit is split equally.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by decree according to changes in the cost of living and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Protection provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund, managed by a tripartite council and a director, administers the programs.</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> 1952.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1965 (family and maternity), 1972 (collective agreement), 2006 (child medical benefits), and 2012 (labor code).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Universal (certain health services), social insurance (maternity and medical benefits), and employer-liability (cash sickness benefits) system.</p>
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<p>Note: Medical benefits are only provided under certain conditions.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Universal:</span> Children residing in Niger and persons undergoing certain medical treatments.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Social insurance:</span> Employed women or the wives of employed men.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed women.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer liability:</span> Employed persons.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons and civil servants.</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">Universal):</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer liability:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Universal:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer liability:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Universal:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> See source of funds under Family Allowances.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer liability:</span> The total cost.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Universal:</span> The total cost.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Employer liability:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits (employer liability):</span> Must be currently employed.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits (social insurance):</span> Must have at least six months of employment.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal, maternity, and birth allowances (social insurance):</span> See Family Allowances.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits (universal):</span> Children younger than age 5; persons undergoing certain medical treatments. There is no qualifying period.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits (social insurance):</span> Must be eligible for maternity benefits or receive family allowance benefits.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit (employer liability):</span> Depending on the type of contract and the employment sector, up to 100% of the employee's earnings is paid for up to three months (up to 12 months for banking-sector employees); 50% of earnings is paid for an additional four months.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit (social insurance):</span> 50% of the insured's last earnings (the employer pays an additional 50% directly for employees with at least two years of employment with the same employer) is paid for six weeks before and eight weeks after the expected date of childbirth; may be extended for up to three weeks if there are complications arising from pregnancy or childbirth.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal, maternity, and birth allowances (social insurance):</span> See Family Allowances.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits (universal):</span> Fees are waived under certain circumstances, including for medical services for children younger than age 5 and for the treatment of certain priority diseases (such as <abbr class="spell">HIV</abbr>/<abbr>AIDS</abbr>).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits (social insurance):</span> Working women are reimbursed for the cost of medical care during pregnancy and childbirth.</p>
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<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Some health and welfare services are provided to mothers and children under Family Allowances.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Finance provide general supervision of the universal program and reimburse healthcare providers.</p>
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<p>Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Protection provides general supervision of the social insurance and employer-liability programs.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund, managed by a tripartite council and a director, administers the social insurance and employer-liability programs.</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> 1961.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1965 (work injury).</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, self-employed persons, students in technical schools, apprentices, certain members of production cooperatives, managers, and directors of trade companies.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage is available (except for temporary disability), six weeks after mandatory coverage ends.</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> 1.4% of declared annual earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 1.4 times the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 30,047 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 500,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 1.75% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 30,047 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 500,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Employers with 20 or more employees pay contributions monthly; employers with fewer than 20 employees pay contributions 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. 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>50% of the insured's average daily covered earnings in the month before the disability began is paid for the first 28 days; 66.7% thereafter. The benefit is paid from the day after the disability began until full recovery or certification of permanent disability.</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, the monthly pension is 100% of the insured's average monthly covered earnings in the last 12 months.</p>
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<p>The minimum annual earnings used to calculate benefits are 505,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum annual earnings used to calculate benefits are 6,228,333 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Constant-attendance supplement: If the insured requires the constant attendance of others to perform daily functions, 40% of the insured's disability pension is paid.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: If the assessed degree of disability is greater than 10% but less than 100%, the benefit is the insured's average insurable annual earnings multiplied by 0.5% for each assessed degree of disability from 10% to 50%, plus average insurable annual earnings multiplied by 1.5% for each assessed degree of disability greater than 50%.</p>
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<p>If the assessed degree of disability is 10% or less, a lump sum is paid.</p>
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<p>The partial disability pension is paid monthly, quarterly, or annually depending on its value.</p>
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<p>The pension may be partially converted to a lump sum after receiving the pension for five to seven years, subject to conditions.</p>
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<p>The insured may be required to undergo a medical examination by a doctor approved or designated by the National Social Security Fund every six months in the first two years; thereafter, once a year.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to changes in the legal minimum wage.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include medical and surgical care, hospitalization, 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> 30% of the deceased's earnings used to calculate the disability pension is paid to an eligible <span class="nobr">widow(er).</span> If there is more than one eligible widow, the pension is split equally.</p>
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<p>Remarriage allowance: A lump sum of three years of the spouse's pension is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Orphan's pension:</span> The pension is 15% of the deceased's earnings used to calculate the disability pension for each of the first two orphans younger than age 14 (age 18 if an apprentice, age 21 if a student or disabled); 10% for each additional orphan; 20% for each additional full orphan.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Dependent parent's and grandparent's pension:</span> 10% of the deceased's earnings used to calculate the disability pension is paid to each dependent parent and grandparent, up to 30%.</p>
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<p>The maximum combined survivor benefits is 85% of the deceased's earnings used to calculate the disability pension.</p>
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<p>All pensions are paid quarterly.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of 15 days of the deceased's earnings used to calculate the disability pension is paid.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to the changes in the legal minimum wage.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Protection provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund, managed by a tripartite council and a director, administers the program.</p>
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<h2>Unemployment</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p>No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p>Employers provide severance pay for employees through collective agreements.</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> 1955.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1965 (family and maternity).</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>Employees and social insurance beneficiaries with one or more children.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Special system for civil servants.</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> 8.4% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The legal monthly minimum wage is 30,047 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 500,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Employers with 20 or more employees pay contributions monthly; employers with fewer than 20 employees pay contributions quarterly.</p>
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<p>The employer's contributions also finance maternity 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><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> The child must be aged 1 to 16 (age 18 if an apprentice, age 21 if a student or disabled). The parent must have at least six consecutive months of covered employment and be currently working at least 18 days or 120 hours a month or be the <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> of a beneficiary; an unemployed parent may receive allowances for up to six months after employment ceases.</p>
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<p>The child must not receive an orphan's pension.</p>
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<p>If a parent is also eligible to receive family allowances from the special system for civil servants, only the greater benefit is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> Paid to an insured woman or the wife of an insured man for undergoing three prescribed medical examinations.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity allowance:</span> The mother and child must undergo prescribed medical examinations.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth allowance (<i><b>allocations au foyer du travailleur</b></i>):</span> The mother and child must undergo prescribed medical examinations. Paid for the birth of the insured's first three children from the first wife.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowance:</span> 1,500 CFA francs a month is paid for each child.</p>
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<p>The allowance is paid quarterly.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> A lump sum of 13,500 CFA francs is paid in three parts: 4,500 CFA francs at the third month of pregnancy; 6,000 CFA francs at the sixth month of pregnancy; and 3,000 CFA francs at the eighth month of pregnancy.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity allowance:</span> A lump sum of 15,000 CFA francs is paid in three parts: 7,500 CFA francs at childbirth; 3,750 CFA francs when the child is aged six months; and 3,750 CFA francs when the child is aged 12 months.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth allowance (<i><b>allocations au foyer du travailleur</b></i>):</span> A lump sum of 15,000 CFA francs is paid in three parts: 7,500 CFA francs at childbirth; 3,750 CFA francs when the child is aged six months; and 3,750 CFA francs when the child is aged 12 months for each of the first three births.</p>
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<p>Some health and welfare services are also provided to mothers and children.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Protection provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund, managed by a tripartite council and a director, administers the program.</p>
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