Gabon
Employ in Gabon without an entity.
A contract under Gabon's 2021 labour code, pay in CFA francs, and social security, health insurance and income tax handled every month. One contact and one invoice.
The facts of employing in Gabon.
Paid in CFA francs, every month.
A labour code from 2021.
Loi 022/2021.
Notice rises with service.
From 15 days to six months, and more after 30 years.
A dismissal indemnity.
At least 20% of average monthly pay for each year of service.
What employing in Gabon involves, in plain words.
Each is handled for everyone you employ through Global Kinect EOR.
- Contracts
A fixed-term contract cannot fill a permanent post, and runs up to two years, renewals included.
- If work goes on after the term, the contract becomes open-ended.
- Trial period: in writing, up to six months for managers, three for technicians and supervisors, and a month for employees and other workers.
- CNSSSocial security
Family benefits and work accidents from the employer, and pensions shared with the employee.
- CNAMGSHealth insurance
The national health insurance and social guarantee fund, from employer and employee.
- 4.1% from the employer and 2% from the employee, on pay up to XAF 2,500,000 a month.
- IRPPIncome tax
The tax on personal income, charged on pay.
- Leave
Two working days of annual leave for each month of service, taken after twelve months.
- Maternity leave: 14 weeks, eight of them after the birth, on full pay from social security.
- Paternity leave: three days on full pay.
- Ending employment
Notice of 15 days in the first year, then a month, rising to six months after 20 years.
- The employee is called to an interview at least five working days ahead.
- Indemnity: at least 20% of average monthly pay for each year of service, except in a trial period or for gross misconduct.
Hiring in Gabon, step by step.
You choose the person
And agree the role and the salary in CFA francs.
The contract is put in place
Under Gabon's labour code, with a work permit where one is needed.
They are paid monthly
In CFA francs, with social security, health insurance and income tax handled.
You get one invoice
With every other country you hire in.
Questions about employing in Gabon
What does ending employment cost in Gabon?
Under Gabon's 2021 labour code, notice runs from 15 days in the first year to six months after 20 years, with ten more days for each year after 30. The dismissal indemnity is at least 20% of average monthly pay over the last twelve months, for each year of service. Pay in lieu of notice is allowed.
How long can a trial period be?
How long can a fixed-term contract run?
Employing in Gabon, worked through in full.
The guide goes further than this page.
- Hiring in Gabon: the employment authorisation, the contract and what comes off pay, step by step
How you hire in Gabon without an entity of your own: the employment authorisation step by step, moving someone already in Gabon, who a role is open to, the contract, the employee test, what comes off pay, leave, and ending employment.
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