Section 5: Duties of licensees

5. Duties of licensees (1) No licensee shall recruit a worker unless he has received a written request by an employer for the recruitment. (2) In the case of recruitment for employment abroad, the licensee shall be responsible for— (a) the medical examination of every recruited worker before he leaves Mauritius; (b) the obtention of entry certificates and other documents and the completion of all formalities in respect of every recruited worker; (c) the cost of the onward journey of the recruited worker to the place of work; (d) the return, including the cost thereof, of the recruited worker— (i) where his services are no longer required; (ii) at the expiry of his contract of employment; (iii) where he has been seriously injured at work or he is or is found unfit on grounds of ill-health or inefficiency to perform the duties under his contract of employment; or (iv) where there is a state of war in the country of employment; (e) the return, including the cost thereof, of the dead body of a recruited worker who dies whilst in employment abroad, unless otherwise advised by his next of kin. (3) Every licensee shall furnish to the licensing authority particulars of any vacancy abroad in respect of which he proposes to recruit a worker.