The MRA publishes communique for GWAS and SEAS for August 2021

The MRA publishes communique for GWAS and SEAS for August 2021

On 26 August 2021, the MRA published a communique announcing the extension of the Government Wage Assistance Scheme (GWAS) and the Self-Employed Assistance Scheme (SEAS) for August 2021.

The communique provides the following:

 

1. Tourism Sector

 

Financial assistance under GWAS and SEAS will continue to be provided to employers and self-employed individuals in the tourism sector in the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues for the full month.

 

2. Sectors other than the Tourism Sector

 

Financial assistance for a full month will be provided under GWAS and SEAS to those carrying out the following activities and who were not allowed to operate during the month of August 2021:

  1. Professional Sports;
  2. Horse racing bookmakers (outlets), casinos and gaming houses;
  3. Theatres and cinema halls;
  4. Nightclubs licensed by the Tourism Authority.

 

3. Operators who were allowed to operate as from July 2021 subject to sanitary conditions

 

  1. Fitness centres;
  2. Leisure parks, amusement centres, including aquariums;
  3. Multi-purpose halls, including wedding halls;
  4. Bars whose turnover for the accounting year ended in the year 2020 did not exceed Rs 50 million;
  5. Religious bodies;
  6. Canteen of a private international school (excluding public and private grant-aided secondary school) whose turnover for the accounting year ended in the year 2020 did not exceed Rs 50 million;
  7. Training institutions registered under the Mauritius Qualifications Authority Act;
  8. Auctioneers appointed under the Sales by Auction Act;
  9. Restaurants, fast food, café, caterers and other prepared food selling businesses whose annual turnover do not exceed Rs 50 million;
  10. Fee charging crèches, pre-primary schools, primary schools, secondary schools and registered universities;
  11. Self-employed individuals who are – (i) Stallholders in markets that remained closed; (ii) Haberdashers operating in a market; (iii) Hawkers not allowed to operate; (iv) Artists.

 

Application

 

The application for both schemes is to be made through the MRA website.

Both employers and eligible self-employed are required to submit a fresh application.

 

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