MENA
Lebanon payroll for UK and Irish businesses.
Run Lebanon payroll — Bureau. Hire when you're ready: add EOR when you don't have an entity yet. Statutory rules, onboarding timing, and key compliance points all on this page.
Global Kinect runs Lebanon payroll with NSSF contributions, end-of-service indemnity tracked across tenure, and dual-currency handling for the operating reality of 2026 (USD and LBP). Bureau when you submit yourself; managed when we run the cycle.
For UK and Irish buyers
What this means for a UK or Irish business
For UK and Irish businesses with people in Lebanon, Global Kinect Ltd (Companies House 16852789) contracts as the UK supplier of payroll services. The management fee is supplied from a UK supplier under standard B2B place-of-supply rules. Lebanon's macroeconomic context — significant currency volatility, evolving banking restrictions — shapes how pass-through and disbursement are structured; confirmed in scoping per engagement.
- Production payroll data is hosted on Oracle Cloud's regional MENA estate.
- NSSF contributions sit where UK National Insurance Contributions sit — a statutory-funded social protection scheme. Maps cleanly to UK GAAP cost categories.
- End-of-service indemnity sits where UK statutory severance sits — calculated by tenure under the Lebanese labour code, settled at exit.
- Currency volatility and banking restrictions require specific operational treatment we confirm in scoping — UK and Irish parent treasury implications discussed before onboarding.
- Management fee can be invoiced in sterling on request. We agree the invoicing structure during onboarding.
Hiring in Lebanon: Overview
Lebanon has a highly skilled, trilingual talent pool particularly in banking, creative industries, and technology. The ongoing economic situation requires careful currency and payroll management, and employers must navigate NSSF social security obligations.
Payroll routes for Lebanon
Two delivery models for payroll. Add EOR when you don’t have an entity.