Burkina Faso
Mandatory employee benefits in Burkina Faso include social security programs for retirement, medical, maternity, and paternity benefits, and disability. Employer-sponsored retirement, medical, disability, and death benefits are not commonly offered in the country but are available.
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Mandatory employee benefits
Retirement
State-sponsored retirement benefits include an old-age pension, a disability pension, and a survivor’s pension. In Burkina Faso, the social protection system consists of the following:
- Defined benefit National Social Security Fund (Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale – CNSS) and
- Autonomous Pension Fund for Civil Servants (Caisse autonome de retraite des fonctionnaires – CARFO) schemes
To receive the old-age pension retirement age for blue-collared and voluntarily insured individuals is 56 years. The retirement age for white-collared individuals is 58 years. Supervisors, managers, and technicians’ normal retirement age is 60, while doctors’ and university teachers’ retirement age is 63.
Workers’ compensation – medical benefits
The Social Security Code 2006 governs and covers work-related accidents and illnesses.
Employees are entitled to benefits such as medical, surgical, and dental care, hospitalization, medicine, x-rays, laboratory services, rehabilitation, retraining, and transportation.
Maternity leave is granted for 14 weeks. In the event of additional care required during pregnancy or childbirth, three weeks of paid leave is extended.
Disability
Permanent disability benefits: Employees are entitled to 85% of their monthly wage as a disability benefit in the case of 100% disability.
Death benefit, survivor’s pension
There are three pensions allocated within this benefit – spouse, orphan, and dependent parent/grandparent. A lump sum funeral amount is also part of the survivor’s pension.
Supplementary employee benefits
Retirement
The prevalence of employer-sponsored voluntary occupational pensions in Burkina Faso is low. A few employers provide supplementary group retirement benefits through savings or pension plans.
Medical
The prevalence of employer-sponsored voluntary health insurance in Burkina Faso is low. A few employers provide medical benefits through group health insurance plans to cover non-occupational accidents or illnesses.
Disability
Short-term disability – Standalone short-term disability plans are not available in Burkina Faso. However, a few employers provide short-term disability coverage under group personal accident insurance plans.
Long-term disability – Standalone long-term disability plans are not available in Burkina Faso. However, a few employers provide disability coverage under group personal accident insurance plans.
Death and AD&D
Death – The prevalence of employer-sponsored voluntary life insurance in Burkina Faso is very low. A few employers provide death benefits through pension schemes and group personal accident plans.
AD&D – The prevalence of employer-sponsored voluntary accident insurance in Burkina Faso is low. A few employers provide accidental death and dismemberment benefits through group personal accident insurance plans.
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