Repressive laws
In May 2020, the government of Mauritius amended clauses of the new Workers’ Rights Act to benefit employers. Trade unions fought to keep as much of the original law as possible, but only managed to block one of the amendments.
These changes came as a blow for Mauritian unions, including the Confederation of Workers in the Public and Private Sectors (CTSP), which had fought for sixteen years for a positive law amendment to be finally introduced in October 2019. A mere eight months after, the prime minister promptly discarded the progress made and gave way to the employers’ lobbying, indicating that the amendments would be returned to workers by 2024.