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At least for Canada, probably not.Of course, it depends how extensive CANZUK would be. If it just a general expression of good wishes, a search for enhanced trade ties, tourism and student exchanges, why not? I think that is as far as Canada could go.There are a few reasons for this. Some of them have to do with how Canada's elites see their own interests and how they run the country.Britain Is Too Much Of A Wild CardWere CANZUK to consist of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom would have a majority of the population. This would preclude the existence of any multinational Parliament, the way the European Union has one. Any agreement would have to have structures so that Britain's population is not given any more power than that of any of the other three members. Effectively, Britain would have to submit itself to yet another multinational entity that they would not see as democratic. I suspect that, after Brexit, many British people will be looking for ways to enhance their national pride, sovereignty and power, not re-restrict it.Britain appears to be crawling towards a Hard Brexit. Even supporters of Hard Brexit acknowledge that, at least for a while, Britain will have an economic rough ride. The Government of Canada will want nothing to do with it. Before negotiating anything, they will probably want to see a few years of dust settling, before negotiating any tighter arrangements with Britain.This will impact any discussion about the free movement of people. In addition to Britain having the largest part of CANZUK's entire population, it would have the largest part of the labour force. What will happen if there is a surge of unemployment in Britain? Canada will not grant the unemployed population of Britain an opportunity to freely come here and seek opportunities. As I have said in some other Answers, a lot of the best opportunities here are for lower-skilled and trades labour and are not necessarily located in the biggest cities. Opportunities in the more highly-paid occupations, in, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, are scarce. Canada does not need a surge of stockbrokers and IT and AI experts from Britain, certainly not to those cities. There might be some opportunities, but the standard immigration protections, to protect Canadian workers, will not be relinquished.Immigration, No Exemptions!The Commonwealth preferences for immigration to Canada ceased fifty or more years ago. In the late 1950's and 1960's Canada brought the White Canada immigration selection system to an end. The current, points-based system began in the 1960's and is still with us. So is the concept that Canadian immigration is broken out into the different classes, Skilled Workers, Family Class, Refugees and Business Immigrants. For a while, Canada controlled total annual immigration by limiting the numbers of visa officers posted overseas. Then, it instituted the annual levels system, a formal commitment to Parliament, to only admit a certain number of immigrants, divided out by class, every calendar year.Canada has long restricted entries to the country under Work Permits, nowadays relatively tightly, by requiring employers to demonstrate that there is no suitable Canadian citizen or permanent resident they can hire. Exemptions are made only for certain types of occupations, or, for example, for limited-period student and young adult reciprocal exchanges. Canada has for many years resisted the creation of a long-stay, non-citizen, non-resident population. (This is in part because of the highly negative European Gastarbeiter (guest worker) situation. ) That won't change.The federal government of Canada allows Quebec and the other provinces to operate parts of the immigration selection and Work Permit systems. However, there are parameters. No province is going to introduce blanket exemptions on the basis of nationality.This whole selection and control system employs large numbers of federal and provincial bureaucrats. The federal departments of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada (which is responsible for labour markets) would be consulted about any CANZUK free movement of labour. So will their provincial counterparts. The response from these bureaucracies will be a resounding and convincing, no!No Disruptions To Central Financial ControlIn Canada, only the federal government can charter banks. Banking charters are not easily issued, particularly for competitors to the traditional full-service banks. In fact, the retail banking industry in Canada is dominated by the Big Five, nation-wide, bricks and mortar banks. They are all based within a convenient few blocks of each other, in the downtown Toronto business district. The federal government similarly maintains tight control over insurance and pension companies that operate in more than one province. In turn, the relatively small number of big banks, insurance and pension administrators are very influential with the federal government.Canada would not participate in any CANZUK that changes that. It does not matter what country it is, their banks, insurance and pension companies will not be allowed to take a major role here.Canadian Workers Will Be Kept In Their PlaceJust think of it, Regina on a January morning. It is minus forty on either temperature scale, with a stiff wind. Or, you are toughing out a multi-day Prairie Blizzard. Or, you are in Toronto, covered with slush, maximum humidity, a stiff wind off of Lake Ontario, freezing rain and a commute to work that will take you an hour and a half on a nasty day.But then, you suddenly think, I can move to Adelaide! You no longer need a visa and a Work Permit, or to pass the Australian points selection system. Get your passport! Get on the plane! The shrimp and the barbie are waiting at the other end!Canadian employers won't at all like it. They already know they are lucky that the Americans won't let us in. Otherwise, watch some of your best, most ambitious, young, skilled Canadian workers, depart for San Antonio, Albuquerque and San Diego. They know, free movement of labour between Canada and another developed country equipped with eight month summers and palm trees, is going to be bad for them. In order to preserve the sanctity of their labour supply, Canada needs to be a little bit of a prison.Talk To The Provinces, If They WillThose employers have some helpful prison guards, the provincial and territorial governments. The federal government controls the professional requirements for only a limited range of occupations. It is the provincial governments that control most. Not infrequently they delegate the regulation and access to an occupation by means of provincial professional and trades organizations. Their primary purpose is to protect jobs for their existing members. Setting various requirements to exclude foreign workers is a pillar of this strategy.The provincial governments also control access to business licences and can control foreign property ownership.The federal government cannot make the provinces loosen their grip. They cannot impose national standards for occupations and trades, that could be reconciled with those of Britain, Australia and New Zealand. Even if they could, the local backlash would be formidable. I can't see the federal government being able to use any power of suasion. It is too much of a risk for the provinces. Open, reciprocal, professional and business access is nothing that they would take on.So, No One Would Like It?I can think of some Canadian groups who would like to take it and run with it:-Those young, highly skilled, palm tree seeking Canadians.-Even working class, not so skilled people, if they could afford the ticket. If they had the same entitlement to social assistance and housing as Australians and New Zealanders did, why not live on the beach, do some waitressing, tend bar, bounce in nightclubs, deliver pizza, etc.-Retired Canadians with resources, who will never have to worry about the USA cutting off their snowbird access again. What about a pleasant environment, in a regional, low-priced town in Queensland, but big enough to have a full service hospital? That might be a serious competitor to Mexico or Peru.-Ambitious businesspeople who feel confident, who want to expand their businesses or do business anywhere.-Old stock Canadians who miss the British tie and aren't so keen on French.And, Some Would Like It, Even If One Would Think They Wouldn't-Quebec has a fairly effective screen against labour market swamping, you have to speak French. And, there are plenty of bilingual francophone people, who might love an experience overseas.-Some Answerers call CANZUK an attempt to revive the Commonwealth of the White Dominions. But, all four countries are multiracial nowadays. If you are a British migrant from Manchester, you have a very good chance of being a person of colour. I am not sure this would be so objectionable to Canadians of colour.The Top Wouldn't Like ItIn Canada, like anywhere else, some people are a lot more equal than others.If one compiled my list of Canadians who might like CANZUK, or who wouldn't object after all, there are a lot of Canadians. But, I don't think the federal government would ever hold a binding plebiscite.Rich Canadians who want to live and do business overseas, can do it. CANZUK would have a minimal benefit for them. In fact, CANZUK would dilute, being a Canadian living overseas, as an elite privilege.The most powerful and influential groups and people in Canada would generally have little to gain. They also know how to manipulate public opinion. If the federal Government of Canada looked like they were considering CANZUK, I can just imagine the add campaign. Coronation Street come to oppress us, be proudly working class and lower our standards of living. Or, you think you want to live in Sydney, have a look at these housing prices! Or, forget about that shrimp on the barbie. Fear the bikies, you will lose your shirt at the pokies and your morals will be hopelessly corrupted by that legal bordello!I wish the British people all the best, but do not expect anything significant from Canada, and definitely, no CANZUK, no matter whether a lot of Canadians would welcome it, or not!Martin Levine

After graduating with a BA in Philosophy (I know…) in 2012 I couldn’t find a job to support me so I moved to Spain a few years later where I spent the first year improving my Spanish and the second doing a master’s in international business in the Spanish language. When I returned to that States I needed surgery and due to the intensive recovery I needed a job that wasn’t going to be high-stress but that would still provide opportunities. I took a job at a small (about 10 people in the States and 15 in the UK) but rapidly growing company. It’s a fascinating industry, we manufacture machines that are used in the prototyping industry ranging from $2500–$150,000 (our customer base is impressive, from hobbyists to NASA, SpaceX, CIA…).My title is Sales Administrator. I was told that depending on my performance and the market that I would have a role in developing the Latin American market (using my Spanish and recent degree in International Business). The manager said that they wanted me there long-term. On my first day I was informed that my would-be manager had been let go meaning that there is no management other than the CEO in the UK (our company is HQed in the UK where the manufacturing plant is). During the interview I asked how much data entry this position involved. Although I don’t remember the exact number I think it was around 25%. While even 25% seemed high I accepted it as I figured some data entry is unavoidable in an entry level role.They gave me a new Apple MacBook Pro, cell phone, and business cards… but I ask myself, for what? I live in the MidWest and make 40K with no benefits, 12 vacations days and no sick days. Considering my location and background experience I think my salary isn’t bad. However, if you consider creating quotes/invoicing/updating leads on our shitty CRM system “data entry” then I am doing nearly 90% data entry work. I abhor data entry and try to listen to Spanish radio/educational podcasts to the best of my ability while doing this soul-sucking work. I have had some opportunity to do interesting work, for example I followed a sale through to the end for a Colombian lead as I am the only Spanish-speaking employee but I only get to use it maybe 5% of the time, I would be able to use it more if I had the chance to develop the Latin American market.Jake (not real name) is a few years younger than me and was basically doing my role for 8 months in preparation for his new role as channel manager. In preparation for his new role he got to do the sales for our low-end machines ($2.5K-$10K). A couple of months ago the Director of Sales, Matthew, told me explicitly that he doesn’t want me involved in any of the actual sales (basically means that he doesn’t want me answering any customer questions by phone, just route the call to him directly). Which means that my job has been stripped of its most exiting component, talking to potential customers and learning about their ideas/needs (again, we market to the prototyping industry) to basically getting their customer information (more data entry). Everyone else in the office is allowed to handle sales for the lower-end machines. One argument given me is that I need to focus on “my work” (aka, the grunt work).As I was not hired with a defined career track in mind other than “you’ll get to POSSIBLY explore the Latin American market in the future” one could say I took a bit of a risk. I interviewed for a few international sales/export/logistics coordinator positions before accepting this offer, so I was aware that there were better things out there for me. But I saw, and still see, a TREMENDOUS opportunity at my current role to transform it to “International Sales Coordinator”. Our online presence in Latin America is abysmal, I see SO MUCH opportunity there. I’m learning AdWords and obtained our AdWords account and see that we have zero Spanish-lanuage AdWords campaigns… so MUCH opporunity!On the flip side, I expect that the company would be investing in my career growth in preparation for this potential role…. For example, there was a huge industry show about 2 hours away and when I asked if I could come Matthew said that if I came it’d be “on my own accord”. All of my team members were invited except for me, rendering me to feel like just a lowly clerical worker.Without a manager there is no one there to sort of “overlook” my career growth and ensure thing get properly delegated. I’ve already started looking for new work, I talked to 2 hiring agencies during work yesterday. However, I'm not going to leave this company without at least trying my damnedest to make it work. I talked to Matthew a month ago and asked, “when I was hired I was told that depending on my performance and the market that I would get to help develop the Latin American market” and he was NOT even aware that that was the situation when I was hired. Apparently NO ONE at my company knew why I chose to work there, they’re probably scratching their heads as to why I took that position in the first place being totally overqualified. Anyways, he got excited when during that conversation I told him my ideas for penetrating that market and immediately scheduled a conference call with me for the following week. Since then he’s cancelled that meeting on me 3 times, always saying he’s busy. Frankly, I just wanted to gather information so that I could come up with a viable Adwords campaign in Spanish (during off-work hours!) and gain an understanding of how we acquired our current Latin American resellers, etc… Matthew works in California which poses communication issues.Apparently fall is the busiest time so my job has been further stripped of any interesting duties to just data entry. Jake (the guy who was doing my role before) has more professional work experience than I do so I understand that he from the get-go got to a clearly defined career track. Jake is responsible for handling the Latin American reseller leads and developing that, but since he doesn’t have a business background he doesn’t do anything to develop that and is focusing on other tings).I feel there is a LOT of sexism too. I’m the 32 year old single female < that’s how I feel I'm seen based off the sexist comments of my male colleagues. Anyways, that’s neither her nor there.I understand that in order for me to explore the Latin American market that I need time for that which I have ZERO of since I do all the grunt work. One way for me to have more time would be to delegate some of the grunt work to Jake as he is not super busy (just take my word on that!).My question is, is it fair to allocate ALL the grunt work to 1 employee in a small but rapidly growing business? I understand the notion of “putting in your dues” but I need clarity on where all this is going. If this were a bigger company I would be more OK with what I’m doing, since there is more, I think, opportunity to switch roles in a bigger company. But a small one like this we play many hats, and mine is “janitor of white collar work”. (sorry to any janitors!).Is there anything else that I can say to strengthen my case? Like, I was hired under the notion that this job would be 25% data entry and it’s turned into nearly 100% data entry.Even if the possibility of me developing the Latin American market remains far, is it still fair to expect them to at least give me more interesting work? Or at least make it so that I’m not doing ALL the office’s toilet work? How do these things typically work in small rapidly growing businesses? I envision the day when they hire someone to replace me possible, but we need even more business, and the way to do that is to expand into the Latin American market.I know that they don’t want to lose me, we just move to a disgusting ugly warehouse, and being a small company makes it less attractive I think. In this economy it will be difficult to find someone to replace me who is also bilingual. I think I have a lot of leverage.I have learned a lot and am grateful for this experience. However, now that I'm better physically and have maxed out on what I’m learning I’m ready for something more. What else can I say to strengthen my case?Please I need someone’s input! Whether it’s advice on being a woman in a male-dominated industry, or how to approach the situation strategically, or your assessment of my duties in comparison to my background, anything at all, would be very appreciated! Thank you!!

Social and Political StabilityA melting point of the world's oldest civilisations, Mauritius is a rare example of social peace and unity in a multi-cultural society. The population boasts origins from the European and African continents, as well as from India and China. With such a cosmopolitan legacy, no wonder our hospitality is legendary. Mauritius is also a safe place to live, Mauritians being naturally well-inclined and of a peaceful nature. All Mauritians enjoy freedom of expression and of religion.There is freedom of the press with the presence of dozens of dailies and weeklies.Mauritius has also enjoyed enduring political stability ever since its early days as an independent nation born in 1968. The Government is democratically elected every 5 years. The Constitution is based on the Westminster Parliamentary model.Our successive governments have all shown strong and sustained commitment to a market-driven economy where free enterprise can flourish and foreign investment prosper.The present government is set to take the country into yet another leap into its future. That of a global island, an emerging economic powerhouse in the region.Open EconomyThe Mauritian economy is one of the fastest growing in sub-Saharan Africa. In just three decades, the country has moved from a mono-crop sugar-dominated economy to a sophisticated and diversified services oriented one. The tertiary sector currently accounts for 70% of GDP, a fair indication of our impressive track record.While traditional growth sectors like tourism and manufacturing continue to be strong, many other opportunities have arisen in emerging sectors with the potential to become tomorrow's economic pillars of a regional powerhouse. This rapid transition to a mature economy, one of just two in Africa to have graduated to middle-income status, comes as a promising result of sound economic management coupled with a vision to succeed shared between the government, the business community and civil society at large.Mauritius has been endowed with a natural gift for business even since she was a major trading post for the renowned French “Compagnie des Indes” two centuries ago. Further still, in the years 1600', she was referred to as the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean. The entrepreneurial spirit lives on. The business community is active and the government is instrumental in making things happen. Today, any foreign investor can settle hassle-free in Mauritius and be operational in just 3 days. Add to this one of the world's most generous tax regimes, where personal and corporate tax are harmonized at a low 15% and where dividends are tax free. A country with no exchange control. A country where export-oriented operators enjoy duty-free privilege for their inputs and equipment. And Mauritius also has signed non-double taxation agreements with 33 countries so far and is signatory to a number of Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements.Mauritian traditional investors are also very receptive to partnering with their international counterparts. An increasing number of joint ventures are being witnessed today, in the traditionally strong sectors as well as in a growing number of innovation-driven emerging sectors.The Government has ensured doing business in and from Mauritius is both easy and smooth and complies with best practices in terms of transparency, good governance and ethics. Mauritius has enacted anti-money laundering and terrorist financing legislation while the business framework itself has been made simpler. Commercial law in Mauritius is a combination of the English Common Law and the French Code Napoléon.Companies setting up in Mauritius fall under the provisions of the Companies Act 2001.The Business Facilitation Act 2006 has further simplified the operational framework for doing business in Mauritius.Foreign nationals are allowed to work and/or live in Mauritius under three distinct and simply laid down schemes:As a retired non-citizen, irrespective of age and nationalityAs a professionalAs an investorA "Work & Live in Mauritius" department has been set up within the BOI as a single-facing service counter to expedite formalities for individuals and investors setting up in Mauritius.The Government plays a facilitator role in several sectors and a regulator role in a number of specialised sectors. The port area has been endowed with a One-stop-Shop to speed up required clearances. The Bank of Mauritius is the country’s Central Bank and the regulator of the banking sector. The non-bank financial sector, which includes the growing global business platform of Mauritius, is regulated by the Financial Services Commission.InfrastructureThe Government is committed to endow Mauritius with a reliable, efficient and supportive infrastructure, at par with the best available in developed countries. To this effect, government has already invested massively and has committed large sums of funds for the continuous upgrading of the overall infrastructure.The island has an extensive network of roads including a multiple lane highway linking the airport, in the southeast, to the north. A number of new road infrastructure project are underway with a view to alleviate traffic jam at peak hours.The entire island is connected with electricity (stable power) and water supply for agricultural, industrial and household consumption. Industries can thus be located anywhere on the island.Mauritius has a well-developed digital network infrastructure and offers excellent telecommunication facilities namely ADSL, ISDN, high bandwidth international leased lines and high-speed Internet access. The SAT3/WASC/SAFE (South Africa Far East) submarine fibre-optic cable links Mauritius to Europe via South Africa and to Asia via India and Malaysia – thus placing the island on the information superhighway.The airport and the harbor are equipped to meet the full needs of both passenger and cargo traffic. Mauritius has regular air and sea connections with the rest of the world with the major airlines and shipping companies servicing the island. A new airport terminal is currently being built and will be fully operational by the end of 2011.Fully serviced industrial buildings, industrial parks and IT habitats are available for plug and play type activities. All required utilities in terms of water, electricity and telecommunications are delivered to the doorstep.Moreover, industrialists interested to build their own factory space can lease industrial land on a long term basis, from the State Land Development Company (SLDC), at very concessionary rates.The Ebene Cybercity, the cornerstone of “Mauritius the Cyberisland”, is a new generation business park with state-of-the-art telecommunication facilities and modern office space, spread over 64 hectares.Bilingual workforceMauritius also has a smart brand of fine professionals, most of who qualified from internationally recognized institutions and/or world class professional bodies: chartered accountants, financial analysts, corporate lawyers, tax specialists, business consultants, IT engineers, architects. Recently too, the Government of Mauritius enacted legislation encouraging young foreign professionals to set up in the country.Benefitting also from a convenient time zone that makes same-day transactions possible from US, through Europe and Middle-East up to Australasia, Mauritius is strongly emerging as a major international business platform in this region of the world.Mauritius has the highest adult literacy rate of the whole of Africa. Mauritius is now reaping the benefits of a strong commitment to free education for all initiated in the late 70's. This highly disciplined and educated workforce is also equally fluent in English and French, while many also speak a third international language: Hindi, Mandarin, Urdu and a host of European languages. The workforce is young, 29.2% being aged less than 30 and business spirited, innovative thinking and open to the world.Business & Financial HubMauritius is a strategic business centre situated in the Indian Ocean at the cross road between Asia, Africa and Australia. It is one of the most open and financially sound economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The success of the Mauritian economy is largely a result of its political and socio-economic stability, coupled with good governance and a pro-investment climate.Mauritius is recognised as being an excellent place for doing business. The country’s adoption of international best business practices and sustainable development policies has been acknowledged by international agencies such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCED), the Financial Action Task Force (FAFT) and the World Bank (WB).The island is fully open to foreign capital, talents and ideas. Ranked 1st in the 2008 Ibrahim Index of African Governance and 1st in Sub-Saharan Africa and 17th globally in the World Bank Doing Business Report 2010, Mauritius is the springboard for investment and doing business in Africa, Middle East and Asia.As a business and financial hub, Mauritius offers the following advantages:• Favourable time zone (GMT +4)• Attractive fiscal policies• 34 active Double Taxation Avoidance Treaties (DTAs)• No exchange controls• An efficient banking system• A stock exchange opened to foreign investors• Reliable and modern infrastructure• New open Air Access policies• Efficient telecommunications system ( connected to SAFE fibre optic network)• Availability of qualified labour force• Occupation /residence permits granted in three days• Scheme available for foreigners to acquire property in MauritiusAccess to marketWhile endowed with a small, but increasingly affluent local population, Mauritius has secured preferential access to markets worth several hundreds of millions of consumers. With the EU, through the Cotonou agreement; with the US under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act; with Eastern and Southern Africa, through the COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) and SADC (Southern African Development Community).Mauritian traditional investors are also very receptive to partnering with their international counterparts. An increasing number of joint ventures are being witnessed today, in the traditionally strong sectors as well as in a growing number of innovation-driven emerging sectors.COMESA Countries (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa)SADC Countries (Southern African Development Community)Conducting labour lawsBasic Facts on Employment in MauritiusEmployment rights and obligations in Mauritius are now governed by the new Employment Right Act 2008. This relatively new piece of legislation has been designed to cater for the needs of the modern employment environment in Mauritius which now embodies a substantial percentage of foreign workers at all levels of the work stratum.Some key PointsHiringEmployees can either be hired for a definite or for an indefinite period. Those who are on indefinite period are called permanent employees. Contract for a definite period can be extended by a written agreement. If an employee who is on a contract for a definite period is not informed of its termination on expiry of the definite period, the contract is deemed to have been tacitly renewed and may, depending the circumstances, be deemed to be a contract for an indeterminate duration.Probation or Trial PeriodA contract of employment can contain a clause relating to a probationary or trial period. That period can normally range from 3 to 6 months (in some cases 12 months depending on the length of the contract if it is a contract for a definite duration). However, the probationary or trial period is not a period that can be presumed from the circumstances. Both the principle of it and the duration of it should be settled right at the time the contract is concluded. Inasmuch as it renders security of the employment vulnerable, the employee should be informed of the precarious nature of the trial period. If the above conditions have been met with then an employer can dismiss an employee without notice during the probationary or trial period.Termination of EmploymentsThe governing provision in the Act is that an employer must give a worker thirty days’ notice of his intention to terminate the contract of employment or within “any reasonable time” The notice period provided in the Act is subject, however, to any provision in the contract of employment. Notice may be in verbal or written form.An employer may dismiss an employee without giving the requisite notice by paying him the sum that represents the remuneration that the worker would have been paid had the employee been in employment during the period that constitutes the notice period.The Workfare ProgramThe Government will grant a Transition Unemployment Benefit to every worker whose agreement has been terminated and who has joined the Workfare Programme, which will be paid for a minimum period of one month and a maximum period of twelve months.DownsizingAn employer can reduce work force on the following reasons: ? Economic ? Technological ? Structural ? Or any other reasonThe employer should provide a written notice to the ministry of labour stating reason of downsizing.Social contributionThe mandatory social contributions for private employers:#Name of ContributionTotal %Employer ShareEmployee Share1National Pension Fund (NPF) on Basic Salary9%6%3%2National Savings Fund (NSF) on Basic Salary3.5%2.5%1%3Training Levy on total salary bill1.5%1.5%- Total 10%Upon retirement an employee would get his basic retirement pension through the NPF and his lump sum through the NSF.Training CourseEmployer can claimed back 75% of training cost from the government based on attendace in training course.OvertimeWorkers who are required to work on public holidays have to be remunerated at twice the notional rate per hour for every hour of work performed. Workers, other than watchmen, who are required to work for more than 90 hours per fortnight, shall be remunerated at one and a half times the notional rate per hour for every hour of work performed. Watchmen performing more than 144 hours in a fortnight have to be remunerated at one and a half times the notional rate per hour for every hour of work performed.Normal Working hoursThe normal day’s work of a worker other than a part-time worker or a watch person consists of eight hours daily.The normal day may start on any day of the week, whether or not a public holiday.Their can be an agreement between an employer and a full-time worker wherein the worker agrees to work over and above the normal eight hours’ rate and without any extra remuneration for the excess hours but provided that the number of hours worked by a worker does not exceed the maximum of ninety hours in a fortnight.Maternity LeaveA woman who has worked 12 consecutive months for an employer is entitled to 12 weeks' maternity leave on full pay. On provision of a medical certificate, the female worker can be entitled to take leave before confinement, provided that at least 6 weeks’ maternity leave shall be taken immediately following the confinement; or after confinement.A female worker who fails the requirement to be in twelve months continuous employment prior to leave is still entitled to maternity leave, but she is not entitled to pay.Paternity LeaveA male worker, other than a male part-time worker is entitled to 5 continuous working days’ leave, to be known as paternity leave.Days offEvery employee is entitled to a rest day of at least 24 consecutive hours in every period of 7 consecutive days.Annual LeaveEmployees are entitled to a minimum of annual paid leave of 20 days every one full year of service.Public holidaysThere are 15 public holidays which are fully paid.Sick LeaveA worker who reckons twelve months of continuous service with an employer is entitled to fifteen days of sick leave. A worker is entitled to accumulate up to a maximum, of ninety days of sick leave in a period of 90 days.Exquisite lifrestyleLast but not least…While a few other emerging economic forces of the world can rightly claim attributes as strong as Mauritius in the business arena, WE are UNIQUE in one single most powerful point: nowhere on earth will you find such an attractive and buoyant place to do business blended so exquisitely with an incomparable "art de vivre" set against a stunningly beautiful tropical environment.Enjoyable and beautiful though, Mauritius is also a safe place to live either as a national or an expatriate single professional, family or retiree. Crime prevalence is very low making Mauritius one of the safest law-abiding countries of the world. On the health front, the country is free from many of the diseases affecting the sub-tropical countries of the world.Several public and private hospitals and clinics and specialised health centres can be found locally, offering world-class service. While health services are free-of-charge in government hospitals, dispensaries and specialised clinics around the country, health insurance policies are currently available from a number of local and international service providers.The education sector boasts several schools of international standard, both public and private, delivering the Cambridge University A’ levels, the French Baccalaureate and the International Baccalaureate. Several tertiary education providers can also be found, offering internally recognized degrees and post-degree qualifications.Over the island, several competitively priced luxury apartments, fully furnished villas and beach front residences are available for rent. A few international property agents have appointed representative agencies locally.Foreign nationals, investors and non-investors alike, may also buy freehold property in Mauritius under the provisions of 2 specially studied schemes, the "Integrated Resort Scheme" and the "Real Estate Scheme". Non-nationals holding a Permanent Residence status enjoy the rights to acquire property as native Mauritians.