Mauritius
With localized contracts, easy invoice management, and best-in-class compliance, you can grow your team in Mauritius with confidence. Currently, you can hire and manage contractors in Mauritius through Remote, but our EOR services are not yet live.
- Capital City
Port Louis
- Currency
Mauritian rupee (¢, MUR)
- Languages
Mauritian Creole, French, and English
- Population size
1,265,475
Facts & Stats
- Capital City
Port Louis
- Currency
Mauritian rupee (¢, MUR)
- Languages
Mauritian Creole, French, and English
- Population size
1,265,475
- Ease of doing business
Very easy
- Cost of living index
52.57 (2021)
- Payroll frequency
N/A
- VAT - standard rate
15%
- GDP - real growth rate
3.0 (2019)
Ranked as the most peaceful African nation, Mauritius fosters a prominent welfare state that offers universal healthcare, free education, and free public transport— all of which serve to make it one of Africa’s most socially advanced nations.
Grow your team in Mauritius with Remote
You can pay contractors now in Mauritius with Remote in some currencies (talk to an expert now for full details).
Note that we are busy building our own entity in Mauritius to provide you with the best possible employment solutions for your employees, but our employer of record service is not yet live in this country.
To employ in Mauritius, companies must own a local legal entity in the country or work with a global employment solution. Developing the processes required to manage payroll, benefits, taxes, and onboarding in countries like Mauritius can get complicated fast, especially without localized expertise.
If you're looking to start hiring in a country like this, partnering with a global employment solution like Remote makes it easy for your company to employ workers quickly, cost-effectively, and in full compliance with all local legislation.
In the countries where we do offer our EOR services, Remote takes on the responsibility and legal risks of international employment so you can focus on hiring great talent and growing your business.
Risks of misclassification
Mauritius, like many other countries, treats self-employed individuals or contractors and full-time employees differently. Misclassification of contractors in Mauritius may lead to fines and penalties for the offending company.
Employing in Mauritius
Employment regulations in Mauritius are guided by principles spelled out in statutes such as:
The Employment Relations Act
The Employment Relations (Amendment) Act of 2019
The Workers’ Rights Acts
These regulations define specific provisions for employee protections and workers’ rights for Mauritius’ workforce of 584,000. Employees in Mauritius enjoy protections against discrimination based on age, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, and race.
Common questions that could come up during the hiring process include the minimum wage, overtime rates, and guaranteed paid time off. Remote can help you offer a complete, competitive, and compliant benefits package to your employees in Mauritius.
Minimum Wage
The Mauritian minimum wage is set at 2,250 rupees ($54.35) per week or 9,000 rupees ($217.40) monthly.
Payroll Cycle
For customers of Remote, all employee payments will be made in equal monthly installments on or before the last working day of each calendar month, payable in arrears.
A 13th month bonus is required by law in Mauritius and this is paid out in December. For workers in continuous employment with the same employer as at 31 December of that year, they are entitled to the payment of a bonus equivalent to one twelfth of their yearly earnings.
The bonus should be paid by the employer as follows:
75 per cent of the bonus shall be paid to the worker no later than five clear working days before 25 December of that year; and
The balance shall be paid to no later than the last working day of the same year
A worker is regarded as an employee whose basic wage does not exceed Rs 100,000 in a month. For persons earning above Rs 100,000 in a month, the calculation of the end of year bonus is based on monthly basic salary, rather than earnings.
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Competitive benefits package in Mauritius
At Remote, we’re obsessed with helping you craft the best possible employee experience for your team. We are leading the way in practicing “fair equity”, which means making sure employees everywhere have access to both the required and supplemental benefits they need to thrive (and that will allow you to attract the best local talent).
We are still busy building our own entity in Mauritius, but our benefits packages for all countries are tailored to fulfill the local needs of your employees. Typically, our packages contain some or all of the following benefits:
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Mental Health Support
Pension or 401(K)
Life and Disability Insurance
Taxes in Mauritius
Learn how employment taxes and statutory fees affect your payroll and your employees’ paychecks in Mauritius.
6%
Pension fund (for all employees earning over MUR 50,000 per month)
2.5%
National Savings Funds (charged on salaries paid to employees, up to a ceiling of MUR 19,900)
1%
Supplementary National Savings Contribution (considered a levy, this is a flat rate calculated from the employee's basic salary, and paid by the employer only)
Types of leave
After working with an employer for the first 12 months, Mauritian employees are entitled to 22 days of paid leave every year.
Employment termination
Termination process
Employee contracts can be terminated if a just cause is established, such as dishonesty, negligence, fraud, or any other work-related offenses. Otherwise, employees must be informed in advance if the decision is business inclined.
Notice period
Mauritian employees are entitled to a minimum 30 day notice period. Longer notice periods may be stipulated in employment agreements, but this figure can not be less than 30 days. Employees who’ve been employed for three years or more are entitled to three months of advance notice.
Severance pay
Severance payments are calculated based on an employee’s tenure and the justification behind a termination.
If termination is justified because of an employee’s actions, the severance package will be equal to a quarter of a month’s wages multiplied by the number of years the employee has worked. Otherwise, for unjustified (or purely economic) terminations, the severance pay is equal to three months’ wages paid for each year the employee has served with the employer.
Probation periods
Probation periods can last anywhere from three to six months, or as long as required, depending on the length of the employment contract.
Fair Pricing in Mauritius
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