Skip to Main Content
Go to ILO main website
Français
Español
 
 
 
Home
MUS-1988-L-8396
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Employment of Disabled Persons Act 1988. No. 31.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Mauritius
Subjects (Classification)
Disabled workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1988-11-24
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
This is an Act to provide for the employment of disabled persons or, in the alternative, a contribution to a Trust Fund from employers. Sections 3 and 4 provide for the establishment and functions of the Employment of Disabled Persons Board. Sections 5 and 6 concern the establishment by the Minister, and functions of, a register of disabled persons. Section 7 provides that "Every employer shall apply to have his name entered in the register of employers ..." By s.8, " ... every employer shall be under a duty to employ such number of persons as is specified in the Schedule or to make such contributions to the Trust fund as he may be required to make". Section 13 provides for penalties.
Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
1996-05-23 (MUS-1996-L-45308)
Training and Employment of Disabled Persons Act 1996 (No. 9 of 1996).
Monograph region
Monograph title
Labour Laws of Mauritius
Author
L. E. Venchard
Country
Mauritius
Date
1992
Edition
3rd ed.
Serial region
Serial title
Government Gazette, Legal Supplement
Date
1988-11-26
Number
No. 72
Page range
p. 121-127