Employment Briefings - Orison Legal

Overview of the “14th Month Bonus” Allowance

The National Assembly passed the Special Allowance Act on 20 December 2024. This article provides an overview of the mechanism of the Act. In Part A, we identify the entitlement of some employees to the Special Allowance. In Part B, we identify the entitlement of some employers to Financial Assistance. PART A – ENTITLEMENT OF […]

Finance Act 2023 Briefings

The team at Orison Legal comments on some of the changes brought by the Finance Act (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2023.

Finance Bill 2023 – An overview for businesses

On 07 July 2022, the Cabinet approved the introduction of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023 into the National Assembly. The object of the Bill is to provide for the implementation of the measures announced in the Minister of Finance’s Budget Speech 2023-2024. The Bill will be debated and voted at the National Assembly in […]

Employment bulletin – Q2 2023

Smoking restrictions in the workplace; employee’s contributory negligence under OSHA; constructive dismissal; overtime notification; award of interests on severance allowance; adequacy of a letter of dismissal; vicarious liability of an employee of a service provider

PRGF v/s Private Pension Funds (Report by Le Mauricien)

This is an article authored by Magali Frédéric reporting for Le Mauricien. The article was published in Le Mauricien’s printed edition of 02 February 2022. It gives an overview of the issues relating to the Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund (PRGF) that were discussed during a webinar delivered by Bilshan Nursimulu (Partner, Orison Legal) on 24 […]

PRGF – An Employer’s Cheat Sheet (Updated – Jan 2022)

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Bilshan Nursimulu Partner

The Social Contributions and Social Benefits Act – Briefing Note

The Social Contribution and Social Benefits Act was enacted on 30 July 2021. In a nutshell, it repealed the Contribution Sociale Généralisée Regulations 2020 (the “CSG Regulations”) and amended the National Pensions Act as explained below. This note summarises the changes brought by the Act. It does not, however, deal with all aspects of the […]

Finance Bill 2021 – Summary for Businesses

The objective of the Finance Bill is to provide for the implementation of measures announced in the Budget Speech 2021-2022. This note summarises its key proposals, which will be debated and voted at the National Assembly in the coming weeks. It aims to provide a basic understanding of the proposed measures that are relevant to […]