Mauritius
Additional Remuneration (2014) Act 2013
Act 29 of 2013
- Commenced on 23 December 2013
- [This is the version of this document at 30 June 2017.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Additional Remuneration (2014) Act 2013.2. Interpretation
In this Act—"additional remuneration", in relation to an employee, means the appropriate amount determined in accordance with, or specified in, the second column of the Schedule and corresponding to the basic wage or salary payable to the employee as specified in the first column of the Schedule;"appointed date" means 1 January 2014;"authorised officer" means the Permanent Secretary or any public officer authorised by him;"basic wage or salary"—(a)means—(i)in relation to an employee whose basic wage or salary is prescribed, such basic wage or salary, whether or not the employee’s actual wage or salary exceeds the prescribed wage or salary or the employee is remunerated on a piece rate basis or employed on task work;(ii)in relation to an employee in respect of whom no wage or salary is prescribed or agreed upon in his contract of service, the total amount, by whatever name called, earned by him as from the appointed date;(iii)in every other case, the basic wage or salary agreed upon in his contract of service, whether or not the employee’s actual wage or salary exceeds the agreed wage or salary or the employee is remunerated on a piece rate basis or employed on task work; and(b)includes any previous additional remuneration granted under any enactment; but(c)does not include any allowance, commission or other benefit not forming part of an employee’s wage or salary but given to him in addition to his wage or salary;"comparable full-time employee" means a full-time employee who—(a)has the same type of employment relationship;(b)is engaged in the same or a similar type of work or occupation; and(c)is employed in the same establishment, enterprise or branch of activity,as a part-time employee;"employee"—(a)means any person who works or has worked under a contract of service or apprenticeship, whether the contract is express or implied, oral or in writing, and whether the person is paid daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly or otherwise;(b)includes a part-time employee; but(c)does not include—(i)a public officer;(ii)a local government officer, an officer of a statutory body, an officer of the Rodrigues Regional Assembly, or an employee of a private secondary school, who is governed by the recommendations made in the Pay Research Bureau Report 2013;"Minister" means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of labour is assigned;"part-time employee" means an employee whose normal hours of work are less than those of a comparable full-time employee;"Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the subject of labour;"public officer" has the same meaning as in the Constitution.3. Payment of additional remuneration
4. Employees paid otherwise than on a monthly basis
Where an employee is remunerated otherwise than on a monthly basis, it shall be deemed, for the purpose of determining the appropriate additional remuneration, that a month, a fortnight or a week shall consist of such number of days as are prescribed in any other enactment or agreed upon in relation to that employee.5. Powers of authorised officers
Notwithstanding any other enactment, an authorised officer may, for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act—6. Jurisdiction
Notwithstanding any other enactment—7. Offences
Any person who—8. Regulations
The Minister may make such regulations as he thinks fit for the purposes of this Act.9. Application of Act
This Act shall cease to apply in relation to any employee who is governed by an enactment where the enactment is amended after the commencement of this Act to provide specifically for the increase referred to in section 3, except where the actual wage or salary earned by an employee immediately before the appointed date exceeds the wage or salary prescribed for him under any enactment.10. Saving
This Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation from, any other enactment.11. Commencement
This Act shall come into operation on the appointed date.Passed by the National Assembly on the tenth day of December two thousand and thirteen.History of this document
30 June 2017 this version
Consolidation
23 December 2013
Commenced