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1. Permanent Contract (CDI)

A permanent contract is the standard form of employment. A permanent contract may be verbal or written.

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2. Permanent Contract

This is the standard form of contract, which may be written or verbal. It is intended to fill posts relating to the employer’s ‘normal and permanent’ business activities. It may be written or verbal.

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22. Permanent contracts: Rights to terminate the contract

NB: Redundancy on economic grounds covers all reasons unrelated to the employee personally.

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3. Fixed-term contract (CDD)

In Mali, fixed-term contracts are restricted to specific sectors of activity and very particular circumstances:

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33. Fixed-term contracts: Rights to terminate the contract

A fixed-term contract, like a permanent contract, may be terminated at any time by mutual agreement, recorded in writing and, where applicable, initialled by the inspector.

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34. Fixed-term contracts: severance pay

Employees on fixed-term contracts are entitled to specific severance pay at the end of their contract, subject to certain conditions. What are these conditions? How is the severance pay calculated? Can a collective agreement set a rate lower than the statutory rate for severance pay…

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4. CDD normal

It was concluded with national workers residing in Mali. The terms are identical to those of the permanent contract.

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44. Fixed-term contract for a replacement

To cover for the absence of one of your employees, you can take on an employee on a fixed-term contract. However, drafting such a contract requires great care.

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45. Fixed-term contract for a specific project

A contract for specific work is an employment contract entered into for the performance of a clearly defined task, the duration of which cannot be precisely estimated; it is treated in the same way as a fixed-term contract.

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