Offences & penalties
The 36 most common offences committed in the workplace
22 June 2026
- Failure to apply the provisions of the law to employment contracts
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to apprenticeship contracts
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to the requirements for apprentices’ eligibility
- Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the form of the apprenticeship contract
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to the content of the C.A.P.
- Failure to fulfil the obligations of the training supervisor
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to the recruitment of apprentices, pupils or trainees as workers
- Failure to apply the provisions of a local or regional collective agreement
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to piecework
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to special leave
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to the formation and establishment of trade unions and the eligibility criteria for their executive members
- Violation of trade union rights
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to trade union federations
- Failure to comply with provisions relating to relations between employers and workers in Mali
- Failure to comply with the rules on length-of-service pay
- Failure to comply with the statutory working hours
- Failure to comply with the rules on making up for lost hours
- Failure to comply with the rules on extended working hours
- Failure to comply with the provisions relating to equivalents
- Failure to comply with provisions relating to the working of overtime
- Failure to comply with the rules on the statutory minimum wage and minimum wages by occupational category
- Failure to comply with the provisions relating to deductions from wages
- Failure to comply with the rules on voluntary assignments and garnishments
- Failure to comply with provisions relating to weekly rest periods
- Failure to comply with provisions relating to weekly rest periods
- Failure to comply with the provisions relating to annual leave and compensatory leave pay
- Failure to comply with the rules on travel and transport
- Failure to comply with the rules on breastfeeding breaks for employed mothers
- Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the form, duration, content and endorsement of the employment contract
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to work carried out during the probationary period and permanent appointment
- Failure to comply with the procedure for dismissing an employee
- Failure to observe the notice period
- Failure to comply with the rules relating to severance pay
- Failure to respect the rights of workers mobilised in accordance with Article 5
- Failure to apply the provisions of a collective agreement to individual employment contracts
- Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the appointment of staff representatives
- Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the creation of an employee’s personnel file