Section 56: Joint liability of employer and job contractor

56. Joint liability of employer and job contractor (1) Subject to subsection (2), a job contractor and the principal, for whom the job contractor has recruited or employed a worker, shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of the remuneration of any worker. (2) The liability of the principal of a job contractor under subsection (1) shall be limited to the sum payable by him to the job contractor under the arrangement between them. (3) No person who is jointly liable with a job contractor under subsection (1) may set up as a defence to a claim from a worker seeking to recover remuneration the fact that he has already paid to the job contractor any sum due under the arrangement with the job contractor. [Issue 5] E9B – 42 Revised Laws of Mauritius