Your job was made redundant
Redundancy follows the same route as any other labour dispute: conciliation at the Ministry of Labour first, then the Employment Relations Tribunal. The entitlement rules are in the Workers' Rights Act 2019, which this guide does not quote yet.
Written by the juris team. Not yet reviewed by a Mauritian lawyer.
What to do
- Keep every notice and letter you were given, and note the date each one arrived.
- Note whether other people were let go at the same time, and who stayed.
- Take it to the Ministry of Labour for conciliation before anything else.
- If conciliation does not resolve it, the Employment Relations Tribunal is the next step.
What the law says
The supervising officer at the Ministry may conciliate a dispute before it is reported to the Commission.
Notwithstanding this Act, the supervising officer may provide a conciliation service with a view to conciliating the parties to a dispute not yet reported to the President of the Commission.
What this guide does not cover
- Whether the redundancy was justified, and what severance is payable. Both are governed by the Workers' Rights Act 2019. juris holds it as enacted in 2019, not as amended since, and this guide has not yet been written from it, so it restates no rule. Ask juris directly for the provision and the text it read.
Where the matter is heard
- Ministry of Labour: conciliation by the supervising officer: A labour dispute between a worker and an employer, before it is reported to the President of the Commission for Conciliation and Mediation.
- Employment Relations Tribunal (ERT): Labour disputes referred to it for arbitration, and the other matters the Employment Relations Act gives it.
Also worth knowing
- Equal Opportunities Commission: A written complaint that a right under the Equal Opportunities Act has been infringed, that is, an alleged act of discrimination.