The Mauritian Government passed amendments to the Workers Act
that will be to benefit to the labours/workers at large as there
are social welfare benefits in case of insolvencies and portable
retirement gratuity benefits. The provision of the gratuity would
be deemed to be an additional benefit in existing pension funds.
The portability would allow worker to carry their employment
benefit details such as retirement benefit or pensions to the next
employer. The new amendments make mandatory for the employers to
pay the compensation for employee’s service years. The
amendment also introduces the unemployment allowances for upto 12
months.
The new amendments have also created new tripartite council that
serves as forum of negotiations between workers, lawyer and labour
inspector. The law has also provided for a wage guarantee fund
which would pay the workers when hey are laid off when a factory
closes. The benefits shall be granted not just to the labours who
are
