A Critical Analysis of the Mauritius Workers’ Rights (Working from Home) Regulations 2020 in the Wake of COVID-19
分析了毛里求斯2020年居家工作条例的效率和充分性,并与国际劳工组织指南及奥地利、西班牙相关立法比较,提出改进建议,对完善远程工作法律框架有参考价值。
There was no legislation in Mauritius that specifically regulated teleworking services before the arrival of COVID-19, but subsequently the government enacted the Workers’ Rights (Working from Home) Regulations 2020. This note assesses the wide-ranging implications of the Mauritius Regulations and investigates their efficiency and adequacy. In so doing, an International Labour Organization (ILO) Guide to work from home (WFH) produced by the employers’ group and corresponding WFH legislation enacted by Austria and Spain relating to teleworking are also analysed. On this basis, recommendations are offered to enhance the existing legal framework in Mauritius, which may also be helpful elsewhere. Article 1 of the ILO’s Home Work Convention No. 177 adopted in 1996 describes home work as ‘work carried out by a person in his or her home or in other premises of his or her choice other than the workplace of the employer for remuneration which results in a...