• Part of Non-export Enterprise – MUR 10,075.00

• Part of export Enterprise- MUR 9,375.00

• Maximum of 45 per week

• Minimum meal interval of 1 hour after 4 hours of work and 1 tea break of at least 20 minutes or 2 tea  breaks of at least 10 minutes each

• Typical working hours are 09h00 to 18h00 Monday to Friday

• Employees may work a maximum of 12 hours per day

• Employed between 0 and 3 years- 30 days’ notice

• Employed for 3 or more year or more- 3 months’ notice

Severance pay is only applicable to employees earning less than MUR600,000 per annum

Unjustified termination:

• 3 months for every 1 year of continuous employment, plus any remaining annual leave, End of Year Bonus on pro-rata, notice period as per contract of employment

Justified termination:

• 15 days for every 1 year of continuous employment for plus any remaining annual leave, End of Year Bonus on pro-rata, notice period as per contract of employment

For a period of less than 12 months- 1 months’ pay

• There is no statutory probation period

• The bonus is mandatory

• Employees earning a monthly basic wage of MUR100,000 or less- 1/12 of earnings

• Employees earning a monthly basic wage of more than MUR100,000- 1/12 of the employee’s December basic salary multiplied by the number of months of  continuous employment in that year

Public holidays 2022

• January 1st – New Year’s Day

• January 2nd – New Year Holiday

• January 18th – Thaipoosam Cavadee

• February 1st – Abolition of Slavery

• February 1st – Chinese New Year

• March 1st – Maha Shivaratree

• March 12th – National Day

• April 2nd – Ugadi

• May 1st – Labour Day

• May 3rd – Eid al-Fitr

• August 15th – Assumption Day 

• August 31st – Ganesh Chaturthi

• October 24th – Divali

• November 2nd – Arrival of Indentured Labourers

• December 25th – Christmas Day

• 0 – 12 months of continuous employment- 1 day for every month worked after the first 6 months until 12 months

• 1 or more years of continuous employment- 20 days leave per year

• Employed between 0 and 6 months- 0 days’ leave

• Employed for 7 months- 1 days’ leave

• Employed for 8 months- 2 days’ leave

• Employed for 9 months- 3 days’ leave

• Employed for 10 months- 4 days’ leave

• Employed for 11 months- 5 days’ leave

• Employed for 12 months- 6 days’ leave

• Employed for 25 year or more- 5 months’ leave

• For leave to be paid, the employee has to have been in continuous employment with the same employer for a period of 12 consecutive months. If not, the employee is still eligible for unpaid leave

• 14 weeks- normal maternity leave

• 3 weeks- leave after miscarriage

• 14 weeks- leave after stillborn

• For leave to be paid, the employee has to have been in continuous employment with the same employer for a period of 12 consecutive months. If not, the employee is still eligible for unpaid leave

• 5 days

• Paid leave

• Paid by employer

• 3 days per year

• Only applicable if employee has been employed for a continuous period of 1 year and if the employee earns less than MUR 600,000.00 per year

• Paid leave

• Paid by employer

• Own wedding- 6 days

• Child’s first marriage- 3 days

• Only applicable if employee has been employed for a continuous period of 1 year and if the employee earns less than MUR 600,000.00 per year

• Paid leave

• Paid by employer

• 14 days

• Employee must have been employed by the same employer for a continuous period of 1 year and the child adopted must be less than 12 months old