title: Zatu No. AN VI-8 FP.PRES setting forth the General Regulations for Public Service, 26 October 1988.
abstract: This legislation sets forth the General Regulations for Public Service in Burkina Faso.  Among other things, it provides that female personnel are entitled to a maternity leave of 14 weeks to commence between six and four weeks before the presumed date of delivery as certified by a medical practitioner.  If, after maternity leave has expired, the woman is not able to return to work, she is entitled to take sick leave as provided for elsewhere in the Regulations.  For the period of 15 months after the birth of the child, the woman is entitled to a rest period of up to an hour a day to nurse her child.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000354:Africa, Western; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002050:Burkina Faso; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D006262:Health; D006280:Health Workforce; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Breast Feeding--legal aspects; Burkina Faso; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; French Speaking Africa; Health; Human Resources; Infant Nutrition; Labor Force--women; Legislation; Maternity Benefits--legal aspects; Microeconomic Factors; Nutrition; Western Africa