Case Studies

When collective bargaining reaches an impasse and the Employment Relations Tribunal steps in, the stakes change fundamentally. The question is no longer who argues more convincingly — it is who can substantiate their position with evidence that will hold up to independent scrutiny.

The hidden cost of getting international talent acquisition wrong. Attracting international talent to Mauritius is a genuine competitive challenge — but the instinct to simply match what candidates earn at home can silently erode your cost base.

When international expansion accelerates, the foundations of talent mobility are put to the test. For organisations deploying experienced leaders across borders, what once worked as a flexible, informal arrangement can quietly become a source of tax exposure, compensation incoherence, and costly repatriation disputes.

"We need to pay our people more to be able to retain them, remain competitive, and protect our business." But with market data not supporting that view, managers were quickly losing trust in the benchmarking process and the HR team.

With the process changes it had implemented with the aim of providing its managers with greater flexibility in determining salary increases and allocating incentives, this company was keen to ensure that its managers had not fallen prey to any potential bias as part of their decision-making.