The objective of this law is to provide the rules relating to public hygiene and sanitation in rural and urban areas.
Loi N°2015-532 portant Code du travail
This law provides for the Labour Code, establishing the rules governing the relations between employers and (salaried) employees in the country.
This Law defines the rules of public health and hygiene in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, in particular on public spaces, homes, food and non-food products, water, commercial facilities and industries, educational and health establishments, public buildings, and the natural environment. Its main objective is to preserve and promote public health.
The Code provides for the "Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale" (CNPS) whose tasked is to provide benefits to salaried employees to alleviate the financial consequences of certain risks or situations such as accident at work and occupational diseases, maternity, retirement, invalidity and death and family allowances (art. 1 and 5).