Fertility Benefits for Employers in Mauritius

Written by Anna Haotanto, Founder, Zora Health. Last reviewed: November 2026. General information, not legal or medical advice. This guide covers IVF and egg freezing costs, public funding, the rules and how to build a fertility benefit.

Why fertility is a business problem for employers

Fertility treatment does not fit around a work calendar. A clinic sets the date of a scan the day before. Egg collection happens when the body is ready, usually about 36 hours after a final trigger injection. Then comes a two-week wait, and for many couples, another cycle. Your team feels it: missed meetings, unexplained absences, a strong performer who suddenly goes quiet.

The World Health Organization estimates that about 1 in 6 people worldwide are affected by infertility. We found no national estimate or employee survey for Mauritius. In a 2023 Carrot Fertility survey of 5,000 people in Canada, India, Mexico, the UK and the US, 79% said they felt uncomfortable discussing fertility at work.

• Resignations. In Ferring‘s 2025 survey of more than 3,600 people in Australia, France, Japan, Poland and the UK, 39% of employees in fertility treatment had left or were considering leaving their job.
• Lower performance. 36% in the same survey felt pressure from their employer to be at work during treatment, and 17% took sick leave because their workplace lacked flexibility.
• Treatment abroad. In October 2019, Genesis IVF, an Indian clinic, said about 120 Mauritian couples had signed up through a local agency for IVF there over the next 12 months, at MUR 160,000 to 185,000 per treatment (Defimedia, October 2019).
• Unequal access. Public fertility care is one clinic, at SSRN Hospital in Pamplemousses (Ministry of Health annual report, 2023 to 2024).

What employers gain

What IVF costs, and what the state pays

Most IVF in Mauritius is paid privately. Published local prices are scarce and some are several years old, so ask clinics for current quotes.

Sources: L’Express, February 2020; Select IVF, January 2026; C-Care, IVF services.

Sources: Government of Mauritius press release, 8 March 2022; Défi Santé, March 2022; Ministry of Health, Annual Report on Performance 2023 to 2024.

Age is one of the strongest predictors of IVF success. Mauritius publishes no IVF registry data; one private clinic quoted a 35% success rate in 2020 without saying whether it meant pregnancy or live birth (L’Express). For an age comparison, UK regulator data for 2022 (preliminary, fresh embryos from patients’ own eggs, UK clinics) shows births per embryo transferred falling from 35% at ages 18 to 34 to 18% at 38 to 39 and 10% at 40 to 42 (HFEA).

Older patients often need more cycles, and each extra cycle adds the full private cost again, so the size of an allowance and when employees can use it matter as much as offering one.

Fertility support that fits your workforce and budget

You do not need to overhaul your existing health insurance to support employees through fertility treatment. Start with awareness and manager education, add confidential one-to-one support, or introduce a funded allowance across your offices. There is no minimum company size.

Where included in the employer programme, eligible employees can use talks and care navigation without paying Zora a separate fee. Care navigation allowances are set in each proposal. Treatment and other third-party costs are paid separately, either by employees or through the fertility allowance their employer provides.

Optional add-ons can be added to any programme, subject to availability: hormone and fertility diagnostics and telehealth with specialists. Pricing is tailored to your headcount, your countries and the services you choose. Most companies start with a single talk.

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Plan your fertility benefit budget

Already have corporate health insurance? Here is where Zora fits

Your medical plan may cover some consultations and tests, but fertility treatment is often limited or excluded, so check your policy wording. Employees still need to understand their options, the public funding they qualify for and which clinic suits them.

Zora works alongside your existing insurance and benefits. We help employees get reliable information, navigate their care options and reach suitable specialists, and we give HR manager guidance, policy templates and, on the Complete programme, anonymised reporting. You strengthen fertility support without replacing your medical plan.

How Zora works

For your employees

Employees join the Zora app with a company code, or single sign-on for larger teams. They can learn about fertility and egg freezing, understand what your benefit covers, book a confidential care navigation call and find partner clinics and specialists.

For HR

1. Kick-off, week 1. Agree goals, countries and which employees are eligible.
2. Policy and benefit design, weeks 2 to 4. Draft or update your fertility policy using our templates.
3. Launch, typically weeks 4 to 6. A launch talk for employees and managers, plus a communications pack for HR to send.
4. Live support. Employees book care navigation calls and use the Zora app.
5. Reporting, every 3 months, on the Complete programme. Anonymised usage, common themes and our recommendations, reviewed with your account manager.

Privacy

Employee privacy is central to our programmes. On the Complete programme, routine employer reports contain aggregated engagement and utilisation information, with safeguards to prevent identification of individual employees. On every programme, personal health information is not included in standard HR reporting, and employees can get help without telling their manager. Where eligibility checks or claims administration need individual-level data, access is limited to authorised parties for defined purposes, as agreed in writing before launch. Employee data is handled in line with Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act and Mauritius’s Data Protection Act 2017, under which physical or mental health data is a special category of personal data.

Clinics and doctors in Mauritius

Zora’s clinic and doctor directory does not list providers in Mauritius yet. It lists 421 clinics and 1,185 doctors across 25 countries, mostly in Asia Pacific and the Middle East (browse clinics or browse doctors). Employees in Mauritius can still use Zora’s education and the Zora app. Ask us how your team in Mauritius would use Zora before you launch. See Zora’s employer guides for every country.

Rules and eligibility in Mauritius

Why employers choose Zora

Companies including Hilton, LinkedIn, Sanofi, HSBC, Mastercard, Carousell and Singapore Management University work with Zora Health. We work alongside your existing insurance, helping employees use the cover they already have and find suitable specialists based on their needs.

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Trying to conceive with a heavy workload took a toll on my husband and me. It helped us understand our options.

Questions HR teams ask us

Is fertility leave mandatory in Mauritius?

No. We found no statutory fertility or IVF leave. The Workers’ Rights Act 2019, as amended in 2024, gives 16 weeks’ maternity leave and 4 weeks’ paternity leave on full pay, and 15 working days’ paid sick leave a year after 12 months’ service. Time off for treatment depends on company policy, annual leave or sick leave.

Does the public health system pay for IVF in Mauritius?

Public fertility care is limited. The Fertility Clinic at SSRN Hospital opened in 2022 and the Ministry of Health reported intrauterine insemination there at no cost in 2023 to 2024. We found no published evidence of a public IVF service in operation by November 2026, so most employees pay private clinics.

Is egg freezing legal in Mauritius?

Yes. No Mauritian law regulates assisted reproduction, so egg freezing is neither banned nor subject to statutory age or storage limits. Private centres such as Harley Street Fertility Centre offer egg cryopreservation, and employees pay the full cost, including storage.

Does Zora replace our health insurance?

No. Zora works alongside your insurance. We help employees understand their options, find suitable specialists and use the cover they already have.

How much does a fertility benefit cost an employer?

It depends on the allowance, eligibility and expected uptake. Use the budget planner on this page for a first estimate, then ask us for a tailored proposal based on your headcount and countries.

How quickly can we launch?

Typically 4 to 6 weeks from contract to launch, depending on scope and countries. Most companies start with a single talk.

Related guides for Mauritian employers

Information on this page is correct as of 5 November 2026. Laws, public funding, insurance rules and treatment costs change often, so check current rules with the relevant authority, insurer or a qualified adviser before making decisions. This page is general information, not legal, financial, tax or medical advice.