Guinea

Employ in Guinea without an entity.

A contract under Guinea's labour code, pay in Guinean francs, and social security and salary tax handled every month. One contact and one invoice.

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The facts of employing in Guinea.

  • Paid in Guinean francs, every month.

  • A 40-hour week.

    With at least 24 hours of rest each week, in principle on Sunday.

  • Social security at 23% of pay.

    18% from the employer and 5% from the employee.

  • 30 working days of annual leave.

    Two and a half working days a month.

What employing in Guinea involves, in plain words.

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Contracts

An open-ended contract can take any form. A fixed-term contract is written, or set out in a letter of hiring, before work starts.

  • A fixed term runs up to two years with renewals. Its end carries an indemnity of 5% of the pay earned.
  • Trial period: in writing, up to three months for managers and a month for other staff.
CNSSSocial security

Family benefits, work injury, health and pensions, on pay between GNF 550,000 and GNF 2,500,000 a month.

  • 18% from the employer and 5% from the employee.
RTSSalary tax

Withheld by the employer on a progressive monthly scale, and paid within the first ten days of the next month.

  • Nothing on the first GNF 1,000,000 a month, then rising in bands from 5% to 20%, which applies above GNF 20,000,000.
  • The employer also pays a flat tax on salaries, the versement forfaitaire, of 6%.
Leave

Two and a half working days for each month worked.

  • Sickness: the contract is suspended for up to six months.
  • Maternity leave: 14 weeks, six before the birth and eight after, paid half by the employer and half by the CNSS.
Ending employment

Notice of three months for managers, two for supervisors and a month for other staff.

  • A dismissal follows a set procedure: a meeting called five days ahead, then a reasoned letter.
  • Severance is due after 12 months' actual work, except on a dismissal for gross misconduct.

Hiring in Guinea, step by step.

  1. You choose the person

    And agree the role and the salary in Guinean francs.

  2. The contract is put in place

    Under Guinea's labour code, with a work permit where one is needed.

  3. They are paid monthly

    In Guinean francs, with social security and salary tax handled.

  4. You get one invoice

    With every other country you hire in.

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Questions about employing in Guinea

What does it take to employ a foreign national in Guinea?

Hiring a national of a country outside ECOWAS in Guinea needs prior authorisation from the public employment service. Every foreign hire's contract is written and runs for up to four years. It carries the same service's visa, which is deemed granted after 30 days without an answer. A work permit comes before the residence visa.

What does an unjustified dismissal cost?
Where the employer cannot prove a reason, a court orders at least six months' salary. Where the procedure was not followed, it orders three months' salary on top.
How many fixed-term contracts can be used?
No more than two in a year with the same employee, and up to two years in all with renewals. Beyond that, the contract becomes open-ended.

Employing in Guinea, worked through in full.

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