Overtime pay calculator
Enter a base hourly or monthly salary and the hours worked as weekday overtime, on your weekly rest day (usually Sunday), and on a public holiday, to estimate overtime pay. This is an independent, informational estimate — not a Mauritius Revenue Authority or Ministry of Labour tool, and not legal advice.
Weekday overtime: hourly rate × 1.5. Public holiday (during normal working hours): hourly rate × 2. Sunday / weekly rest day: hourly rate × 2 (sectoral Remuneration Regulations convention — the Workers' Rights Act 2019 itself sets no single universal Sunday rate). A monthly base is converted to an hourly rate by dividing by 195 hours (Workers' Rights Act 2019 s.25, standard 45-hour working week).
Example (Rs 30,000/month, 10 weekday + 4 Sunday OT hours): Rs 3538.46 (weekday Rs 2307.69, Sunday Rs 1230.77, public holiday Rs 0.00)
Budget 2026 — Workers' Rights Act 2019 (Mauritius), ss. 20, 24-25
How is overtime pay calculated here?
A monthly base salary is converted to an hourly rate by dividing by 195 hours (the Workers' Rights Act 2019's own notional monthly hours for a standard 45-hour working week, s.25). Weekday overtime is paid at 1.5× that hourly rate (s.24(4)); public-holiday overtime during normal working hours at 2× (s.24(3)(a)). Overtime worked after normal hours on a public holiday (paid at 3×, s.24(3)(b)) is out of scope for this calculator.
What rate applies to Sunday work?
The Workers' Rights Act 2019 does not fix one universal statutory rate for ordinary work on a worker's weekly rest day (normally Sunday) — only weekday and public-holiday overtime have a rate set directly in the Act. This calculator uses 2× the hourly rate, the rate widely applied under sectoral Remuneration Regulations and common practice; always confirm the Remuneration Regulation for your sector or your own contract.
Is this official advice?
No — this is an independent, informational estimate, not tax or legal advice. Always confirm your overtime entitlement with your employer, the applicable Remuneration Regulation, or the Ministry of Labour, Human Resource Development and Training before relying on a figure.