The Mauritian economy has shown sound growth over the last decade (except for

the year 2005). The 2007 global crisis, however, has impacted the growth path
since 2009 when the growth rate decreased and stabilized.

Figure 1 Economic trend from 2003 to 2013.

 Figure 2 Bar chart of wage growth in the main sectors.

As the back to back bar chart illustrates, in every main sector there has had
an increase in salary from the year 2000 to 2015. The highest increase has
been in the education sector and seconded by the public sector.

Impacts to the society

Positive Impacts
Respect comes with money & position
Expenditure towards healthcare & education increases
Healthy work environment
Negative Impacts
Increase in Working Hours
Increase in work pressure
Family life ruins