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The Field-crop and Orchard Workers (Remuneration Order) Regulations 1991 (Government Notice No.2, 1991)

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Mauritius
Agriculture workers; Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave; Wages
1991-01-09
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

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Made under section 96 of the Industrial Relations Act to regulate the conditions of employment of plantation workers and other agricultural workers. Regulation 4 firmly establishes the right of such workers to paid leave. A first schedule specifies minimum wage rates by occupational category. A second schedule contains detailed provisions governing hours of work (normally 45 per week), overtime, remuneration, annual leave, sick leave, overseas leave (two months for 15 years of service, including at least one month with pay), maternity benefits (basically 12 weeks with allowance), transport to and from work, protective equipment, prohibition of employment of women and young persons in arduous work, work with an alternative employer, end-of-year bonuses, terms of employment (worker having spent 80 per cent of a crop season in service of an employer shall be provided with employment in the following crop season), etc.

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    Date of entry into force
    1990-12-01
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    Serial title
    Legal Supplement to the Government Gazette
    Date
    1991-01-12
    Number
    2
    Page range
    11-20