Country guides
Employing and paying people, country by country.
Each country's guides to hiring, the cost of employing and ending employment. Every figure is checked against the law in force.
Choose the country.
Saudi Arabia
- Payroll in Saudi Arabia: the month, the calendar and a salary worked through
- Hiring in Saudi Arabia: visas, roles for Saudi nationals and the contract, step by step
- The cost of employing in Saudi Arabia: social insurance, the levy and end of service
- Ending employment in Saudi Arabia: notice, end of service and a final settlement worked through
UAE
- Payroll in the UAE: the month, the calendar and a salary worked through
- Hiring in the UAE: permits, Emiratisation and the contract, step by step
- The cost of employing in the UAE: pensions, the gratuity and an expatriate hire
- Ending employment in the UAE: notice, the gratuity and a final settlement worked through
Qatar
- Payroll in Qatar: the month, the calendar and a salary worked through
- Hiring in Qatar: permits, Qatarisation and the contract, step by step
- The cost of employing in Qatar: what you pay on top of salary, worked through
- Ending employment in Qatar: notice, the gratuity and a final settlement worked through
Kuwait
- Payroll in Kuwait: the month, the calendar and a salary worked through
- Hiring in Kuwait: permits, Kuwaitisation and the contract, step by step
- The cost of employing in Kuwait: contributions, end of service and a year worked through
- Ending employment in Kuwait: notice, end of service and a final settlement worked through
Bahrain
- Payroll in Bahrain: the month, the calendar and a salary worked through
- Hiring in Bahrain: the work permit, Bahrainisation and the contract, step by step
- The cost of employing in Bahrain: what you pay on top of salary, worked through
- Ending employment in Bahrain: notice, compensation and the final settlement, worked through
Oman
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
Algeria
Egypt
- Payroll in Egypt: the month, the calendar and a salary worked through
- Hiring in Egypt: the work licence, the limits on foreign staff and the contract, step by step
- The cost of employing in Egypt: social insurance, the yearly raise and a year worked through
- Ending employment in Egypt: notice, dismissal and a final settlement worked through
Morocco
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
Congo-Brazzaville
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
DR Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe