Well, you must have heard what is going on in this country. Promise of billions of jobs. Jobs like waiters, belly-dancing and carrying bags.

Recently, OTAM (Outsourcing and Telecommunications Association of Mauritius) wants the government to removed restrictions for importing IT workers from abroad [1]. OTAM says the Mauritian Textile industry is a “success”. It’s a joke right?

“Take, for example, the textile sector. If we were to rely solely on Mauritians, the industry would not have encountered such developments and rapid growth.”

I guess “a successful industry is defined as an industry which makes huge profit”. For instance, if a company A employs 100 people with a Rs 30,000 salary per month and makes Rs 5,000,000 as profit is OK. But if company B employs just 10 people with Rs 2,500 salary and makes a profit of Rs 100,000,000 over their heads, the government and the “petit-copains” would be happy.

The people of Mauritius want companies like company A. Mauritian politicians and “petit-copains” love companies like company B.

The government wants to legalize slavery in all industries. This article by l’express states [2]:

“En fait, explique-t-il, les Mauriciens sont moins enclins à travailler jusqu’à des heures tardives”

Logan, a Mauritian blogger, writes a fictional news report which might happen in 2020 in Mauritius [3]

“That (the promised 665 dollars) is big money in Bangladesh and I was prepared to make any sacrifice for it,” Amin told slashslash who visited him at Ebene, in northern Mauritius, where he lives in a container provided by his employer, SmartCities Inc.

But, today, the Bangladeshi worker earns little more than a quarter of that amount. “I have been cheated,” he said.

40 hours per week is already too much. They want people to do overtime and get paid peanuts just to be able to stay alive. Even if it is in a vegetative state. Winter is coming. Slavery is coming. Slavery is already here!

NPF, the minimum rate is 3% payable from our salary (limit Rs 15,710) i.e. we are the “employee”. Our bosses pay 6% of the salary (once again, limit of Rs 15,710).

As for NFS (National Savings Fund), the rate is 1% from us and 2.5% from the bosses.

Let’s say you earn Rs 10,000 as salary.

NPF payable by YOU : 3% of Rs 10,000 = Rs 300 🙁
NPS payable by YOU : 1% of Rs 10,000 = Rs 100 :'(
NPF payable by boss: 6% of Rs 10,000 = Rs 600 (meh)
NFS payable by boss: 2.5% of Rs 10,000 = Rs 250 (meh, don’t care)

Total NPF + NFS: Rs 1250.

However, if you earn more than Rs 15,710, the NPF and NFS is calculated only on Rs 15,710:
NPF payable by YOU : 3% of Rs 15,710 = Rs 471 🙁
NSF payable by YOU : 1% of Rs 15,710 = Rs 157 :'(
NPF payable by boss: 6% of Rs 15,710 = Rs 943 (who cares)
NSF payable by boss: 2.5% of Rs 15,710 = Rs 393 :'(

Total NPF + NSF: Rs 1,964

Here’s a graph of the NPF and NFS paid as per monthly salaries.

I can’t really understand the logic between NPF/NSF paid by me (employee) and NPF/NSF paid by my employer (boss). Where do our bosses get money from? They make us work for it!

We work for our bosses to be able to:
– pay our travel allowances
– pay for company air-conditioners
– pay for company computers
– pay for company furniture
– pay for company coffees

All these come from our sweat. Else the company would be running on losses. Is it really our bosses paying the extra 8.5% of the NPF and NFS?

I work for my employer to be able to give Rs 1,335 to the government on top of what is deducted already! Why not be frank and just cut the 12.5% from the salary and write it on my payslip? You too scared of “transparency” Mr The Government?

Ref: [1]