Section 97:

97. Principles to be applied by Tribunal, Commission and Board The Tribunal, Commission or Board may, in the exercise of their functions in relation to a matter before them under this Act have regard, inter alia, to the— (a) interests of the persons immediately concerned and the community as a whole; (b) need to promote decent work and decent living; (c) need to promote gender equality and to fix wages on the basis of job content; (d) principles of natural justice; (e) need for Mauritius to maintain a favourable balance of trade and balance of payments; (f) need to ensure the continued ability of the Government to finance development programmes and recurrent expenditure in the public sector; [Issue 8] E9A – 52 Revised Laws of Mauritius (g) need to increase the rate of economic growth and to protect employment and to provide greater employment opportunities; (h) need to preserve and promote the competitive position of local products in overseas market; (i) capacity to pay of enterprises; (j) need to develop schemes for payment by results and, as far as possible, to relate increased remuneration to increased labour productivity; (k) need to prevent gains in the wages of workers from being adversely affected by price increases; (l) need to establish and maintain reasonable differentials in rewards between different categories of skills and levels of responsibility; (m) need to maintain a fair relation between the incomes of different sectors in the community; and (n) principles and best practices of good employment relations. Sub-Part E – Intervention by Attorney-General