Burundi
Employ in Burundi without an entity.
A contract under Burundi's labour code, pay in francs, and social security and income tax handled every month. One contact and one invoice.
The facts of employing in Burundi.
Paid in francs, every month.
A 45-hour week.
Eight hours a day at most, with Sunday the usual rest day.
20 working days of annual leave.
And a day more for every four years' service.
Income tax from 0% to 30%.
Withheld each month.
What employing in Burundi involves, in plain words.
Each is handled for everyone you employ through Global Kinect EOR.
- Contracts
Written, in two signed copies, in an official language the employee understands. A fixed term is allowed only for a precise task that is not permanent.
- Trial period in an open-ended contract: up to 6 months, or 12 for supervisors and managers, agreed in writing.
- INSSSocial security
The Institut National de Sécurité Sociale, declared every quarter.
- Pension: 6% from the employer and 4% from the employee, on pay up to BIF 450,000 a month.
- Occupational risks: 3% from the employer, on pay up to BIF 80,000 a month.
- IREIncome tax
Withheld by the employer each month.
- Nothing on the first BIF 150,000 of a month's taxable pay, 20% on the part above it up to BIF 300,000, and 30% on the part above that.
- Leave
20 working days a year, and a day more for every four years' service.
- Sick leave: two thirds of pay from the employer, for up to three months a calendar year, until sickness insurance takes it over.
- Maternity leave: 12 weeks, extendable to 14, with 50% of pay from the employer until social security covers it.
- Ending employment
Notice from the employer rises with service, from a month to three months. The employee gives 50% of it.
- Dismissal indemnity: at least half a month's pay, rising to three months' pay after ten years.
- An unfair dismissal is compensated by a formula on age and service, capped at 36 months' pay.
Hiring in Burundi, step by step.
You choose the person
And agree the role and the salary in francs.
The contract is put in place
Under Burundi's labour code, with a work permit where one is needed.
They are paid monthly
In francs, with social security and income tax handled.
You get one invoice
With every other country you hire in.
Questions about employing in Burundi
What does an employer pay into social security in Burundi?
Employers in Burundi pay the INSS 6% of pay for pensions, on pay up to BIF 450,000 a month. They deduct the employee's 4% on the same pay. They also pay 3% for occupational risks, on pay up to BIF 80,000 a month. Contributions are declared and paid each quarter.
Can we employ a foreign national?
Which day is the weekly rest day?
Employing in Burundi, worked through in full.
The guide goes further than this page.
- Hiring in Burundi: the work permit, the contract and ending employment, step by step
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