Mali www.Droi tAfrique.comb Chapter 6 - Weekly Rest and Public Holidays Art.A.144.1.- Institutions whose business cannot stop without causing major harm to workers shall be allowed to grant weekly rest by rotation on any week excluding Sunday. Art.A.144.2.- The list of institutions referred to herein above shall be set as follows: • hospitals, maternities, clinics and other healthcare institutions ; • pharmacies; • hotels, restaurants, tea shops, drinking establishments, canteens, refectories and similar establishments ; • establishments making and selling food products meant for consumption; • museum s and exhibitions ; • public baths ; • entertainment companies ; • companies renting chairs and transportation means ; • establishments supplying fuel oils and lubricants ; • tobacco shops and natural flower shops ; • telecomm unication services; • water and electricity services ; • radio and television services ; • newspaper companies ; • public transport companies and infrastructures ; • industries using materials likely to deteriorate rapidly ; • border crossings and establishments authorised to operate with these (banks, shops selling newspapers and magazines) ; • funeral homes ; • news agencies ; • travel agencies; • day-care centres. However, the competent labour inspector, after consulting the relevant associations of employers and workers, may authorise companies other than those stated herein above to use the power provided for herein above. Part 4 - Hygiene and Safety Implementing Decree of the Labour Code Chapter 1 Information - General Art.A.174.1.- The minimum time limits for enforcing the notice sent by the labour inspector to resolve dangers noted, shall be set depending on the various branches of activity as follows : • trade: 7 days • industry: 30days • transport: 15 days • banks and insurance companies : 7 days. Art.A.174. 2.- An employer may complain to the National Director for Labour , before the period stated in the notice expires, if it feels that the time limit for enforcement does not take into account performance difficulties . Art.A.174. 3.- The complaint submitted by the employer shall suspend the period for enforcement set by the notice issued by the labour inspector. No later than 15 days after receiving the complaint, the National Director of Labour shall state whether he/she confirms or cancels the period set by the labour inspector. In the latter case, he/she shall give the employer another enforcement time limit, which is final. Art.A.174.4.- The National Director for Labour may consult doctors and technicians in order to decide. Art.A.174.5.- Should the inspector observe, upon the expiry of this time limit, that the employer has not implemented the necessary corrective measures, he/she shall draw up a report attesting to the violation. Part 5 -Labour Disputes Chapter 1 - Individual Labour Disputes Section 1 - Conciliation by the Labour Inspector and Initiation of Proceedings before the Labour Court Art.A.190.- Parties that fail to appear before the labour inspector for conciliation, shall be filed CFAF 5,000. 7/11