Recent amendments to Mauritian labour laws introduce significant changes that affect both employers and employees across various sectors. These changes include a new framework...
Mauritius Employment and HR
Recent amendments to Mauritian labour laws introduce significant changes that affect both employers and employees across various sectors. These changes include a new framework for employing migrant workers, updates on parental leave and regulations for work during extreme weather, all aimed at enhancing worker protections and promoting fair employment practices. It is expected that further regulations will be published in the coming weeks in order to provide for wage adjustments across all industries.
The Act introduces a new legal framework for the employment of "migrant workers" by "labour contractors" who recruit and supply those migrant workers to the "hirer employers" for a specific period of time.
A new section regarding the joint liability of job contractors and employers as regards remuneration and obligations of the labour contractor is being added. An overview of this framework is as follows:
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