The Gambia
Employ in The Gambia without an entity.
A contract under The Gambia's Labour Act 2023, pay in dalasis, and the provident fund and income tax handled every month. One contact and one invoice.
The facts of employing in The Gambia.
Paid in dalasis, every month.
A written contract.
With 48 hours to read it before signing.
Six months' maternity leave.
With pay.
Income tax up to 25%.
Withheld each month.
What employing in The Gambia involves, in plain words.
Each is handled for everyone you employ through Global Kinect EOR.
- Contracts
Written, stating the normal working hours, with 48 hours for the employee to read it first.
- A fixed term ends on its date. Its minimum notice is 14 days.
- Trial period: up to 12 months for skilled staff, 6 for semi-skilled and 3 for unskilled.
- NPFProvident fund
The National Provident Fund, on basic salary, due by the 15th of the next month.
- 10% from the employer and 5% from the employee.
- Injury compensation
The Industrial Injuries Compensation Fund, paid by the employer alone.
- Income tax
Withheld by the employer each month.
- Nothing up to GMD 36,000 a year, then 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, and 25% above GMD 76,000.
- Leave
Annual and sick leave are set by the contract or a collective agreement.
- Maternity leave: 6 months with pay.
- Paternity leave: 10 working days with pay.
- Ending employment
A month's notice for monthly-paid staff, and two months from the employer after six years.
- Redundancy: six months' notice and an allowance of six months' regular pay.
- A fixed-duration contract carries a gratuity of at least 25% of the basic pay earned over it, or the social security scheme's retirement benefits.
- Expatriate quota
An expatriate quota for each foreign employee, with a tax of GMD 100,000 a year, or GMD 30,000 for an ECOWAS citizen or someone with special status.
Hiring in The Gambia, step by step.
You choose the person
And agree the role and the salary in dalasis.
The contract is put in place
Under The Gambia's Labour Act, with a work permit where one is needed.
They are paid monthly
In dalasis, with the provident fund and income tax handled.
You get one invoice
With every other country you hire in.
Questions about employing in The Gambia
What does it take to employ a foreign national in The Gambia?
Under The Gambia's Labour Act 2023, an employer needs an expatriate quota before hiring a foreign national. The Expatriate Quota Allocation Board reviews the application and advises the Minister. The employer takes on a Gambian understudy. The Gambia Immigration Department issues residence permits. Hiring without quota clearance is an offence, with a fine on conviction of at least GMD 500,000.
How long can a trial period be?
Which labour law applies?
Employing in The Gambia, worked through in full.
The guide goes further than this page.
- Hiring in The Gambia: the expatriate quota, the contract and what comes off pay, step by step
How you hire in The Gambia without an entity of your own: the expatriate quota and residence permit step by step, moving someone already in The Gambia, the contract, the employee test, what comes off pay each month, leave, and what changed this year.
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