Employment Department

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The management

Vision

To achieve full employment, rights at work, social protection and social dialogue in a stable working environment.

Mission

To promote productive employment for all in a safe and healthy work environment and to enforce rights at work in collaboration with our social partners.

Mandate

To play a vital role through employment related activities to build a productive workforce and to lend support to all efforts to enable the people of Seychelles to become self sufficient, enjoy decent work that leads to rewarding and enhanced quality of life.

a) Ceasing to operate, in whole or part , a business, otherwise than as provided under section 50 of the Employment Act.

 

 

 

 

b) Temporarily suspending, in whole or part, the operation of a business for any reason specified in section 48 (1) of the employment Act.

 

 

 

 

c) Reconstructing the operation of a business for the  purpose of facilitating improvement in the business by which greater efficiency and economy can be effected, or

 

 

 

 

d) Introducing new technology in a business

 

1) Application to make 1-5 workers redundant, a fee of SCR 300.00

 

 

 

 

2) Application to make 6-20 workers redundant, a fee of SCR 700.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

3) Application to make 21-50 workers redundant, a fee of SCR 800.00

 

 

 

 

 

4) Application to make 51 and above workers redundant, a fee of SCR 1000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 It remains the obligation of the Employer to ensure the lawful process of the redundancy is followed and a worker may request clarification from his/her employer when not sure.

 

SCR 38.27 for every hour of service from 1st January 2020 (S. I. 55 of 2007 as last amended by S.I. 62 of 2019).

SCR 44.10 for every hour of service from 1st January 2020 (S. I. 55 of 2007 as last amended by S.I. 62 of 2019).

Salary per year × number of days entitled ÷ number of days per year (Regulation 9 of S.I 34 of 1991, as amended by S.I 3 of 2000).

Annual salary ÷ 52 weeks ÷ number of hours work per week (Regulation 24 (1) of S.I 34 of 1991)

Employment Statistics September 2024

Employment  Statistics 
  
September 2024 
  
PEA's Total registered Jobseekers (August)133
Total Registered  My First Job Graduates0
Employment Services Total registered Jobseekers( August)1623
No. of registered youth Jobseekers (15-30) (PEA's) (August)83
No. of registered youth Jobseekers (15-24) (PEA's) (August)77
No. of registered youth Jobseekers (15-30) (Employment Services)914
No. of registered youth Jobseekers (15-24) (Employment Services)681
PEA's Total Job placement (August)63
Total Graduates Placement (My First Job) (September)496
Employment Services Total Job placement( August)917
PEA's Total registered vacancies (August)273
Employment Services Total registered vacancies2036
Certificate of Entitlement Total registered vacancies960
Total occupational accidents(August)46
Total workers made redundant (August)109
Total registered grievance cases275
  
Sources: MESA, Private Employment AgenciesÂ