{"id":5400,"date":"2026-02-09T11:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5400"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:14:02","slug":"_pb17transition-unemployment-benefit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5400","title":{"rendered":"_pb17\tTransition Unemployment Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Pensions & Benefits<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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<\/i>Basic Pensions<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Basic Retirement Pension<\/a>Widow\u2019s Basic Pension<\/a>Orphan\u2019s pension<\/a>Guardian\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Child\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Invalid\u2019s Basic Pension<\/a>Disability Allowance<\/a><\/span>Carer\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Inmate\u2019s Allowance<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Contributory Pensions<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Contributory Retirement Pension<\/a>Invalid\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Widows\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Widower\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Orphan\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>NSF Lumpsum<\/a>Transition Unemployment Benefit<\/a>Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Compensation to injured workers<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Industrial Injury Allowance<\/a><\/p>

Disablement Benefit<\/a><\/p>

Survivor\u2019s Pension<\/a><\/p>

Dependant\u2019s Pension<\/a><\/p>

Orphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance<\/a><\/p>

Retirement Benefits<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Continuation of Benefits<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Studies Abroad<\/a><\/p>

Medical Treatment Abroad<\/a><\/p>

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Transition Unemployment Benefit<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Introduced in February 2009, under the Employment Rights Act 2008, the Transition Unemployment Benefit is payable to Mauritian workers of private sector whose contract of employment is terminated under the Workers\u2019 Rights Act 2019 and who have been registered in the workfare programme.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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LEGISLATION<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 2008<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Act No. 33 of 2008, into effect as from feb.2009<\/p>

OBJECTIVE: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>

Ensuring appropriate protection to workers at time of distress especially when a worker\u2019s employment has been terminated.<\/p>

WORKER- TO JOIN THE PROGRAMME<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 – A worker contributing to NPS loses his job<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 – And also a worker whose employment has been terminated shall be entitled to join the Workfare Programme.<\/p>

“worker\u201d does not include<\/u><\/strong> \u2013<\/p>

(a) a public officer;<\/p>

(b) a person employed by a parastatal body or by a local authority;<\/p>

(c) a part-time worker;<\/p>

(d) a migrant worker;<\/p>

(e) a worker employed in the sugar industry who voluntarily retires \u2013<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(i) in the context of a Voluntary Retirement Scheme under section 23 of the Sugar Industry Efficiency Act 2001;<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(ii) an Early Retirement Scheme under section 23A of the Sugar Industry Efficiency Act 2001; or<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(iii) a factory closure pursuant to section 24 of the Cane Planters and Millers Arbitration and Control Board Act;<\/p>

(f) a person reckoning less than 6 months continuous employment with an employer as at the date of the termination of his employment<\/p>

Workfare programme shall consist of:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0– Payment of a transition unemployment benefit to every worker whose (employment ) agreement has been terminated and who opts to join the\u00a0 workfare programme<\/p>

What the worker has to do?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

  • He shall register himself with the Permanent Secretary (Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development) within 30 days of the termination of his employment<\/li>
  • The Permanent Secretary may extend the time if good cause is shown.<\/li><\/ul>

    TRANSITION UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

    • Every worker registered in the Workfare Programme shall be entitled to a transition unemployment benefit for a minimum period of one month and a maximum period of 12 months as follows:<\/li><\/ul>

      Period after termination of employment<\/p><\/td>

      Rate of benefit per month<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      First 3 months<\/p><\/td>

      90% of insurable wage or salary but not less than RS 3000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      From 4th<\/sup>\u00a0month to end of 6th<\/sup>\u00a0month<\/p><\/td>

      60% of insurable wage or salary but not less than RS 3000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

      From 7th<\/sup>\u00a0month to end of 12th<\/sup>\u00a0month<\/p><\/td>

      30% of insurable wage or salary but not less than RS 3000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

      Transition Unemployment Benefit (TUB):-<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

      will cease as from the end of month in which the worker:<\/p>

      (a) opts out of the Workfare Programme;<\/span><\/p>

      (<\/span>b) becomes gainfully employed;<\/span><\/p>

      (c) refuses an offer for job placement for a second\u00a0 time;<\/p>

      (d) is admitted by the Human Resource Development Council to a training or re-skilling scheme;<\/p>

      (e) sets up a small business with the assistance of the Small Enterprises and Handicraft Development Authority; or<\/p>

      (f) reaches the retirement age<\/p>

      However, where a worker becomes gainfully employed, he shall notify the Permanent Secretary within 7 days of the day he became gainfully employed (sect. 44 (5) )<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Pensions & Benefits Basic Pensions Basic Retirement PensionWidow\u2019s Basic PensionOrphan\u2019s pensionGuardian\u2019s AllowanceChild\u2019s AllowanceInvalid\u2019s Basic PensionDisability AllowanceCarer\u2019s AllowanceInmate\u2019s Allowance Contributory Pensions Contributory Retirement PensionInvalid\u2019s Contributory PensionWidows\u2019s Contributory PensionWidower\u2019s Contributory PensionOrphan\u2019s Contributory PensionNSF LumpsumTransition Unemployment BenefitPortable Retirement Gratuity Fund Compensation to injured workers Industrial Injury Allowance Disablement Benefit Survivor\u2019s Pension Dependant\u2019s Pension Orphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance Retirement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5400","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5400"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7660,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5400\/revisions\/7660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}