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Ivory Coast payroll, hiring, talent management, and compliance requirements for your employees and independent contractors.
Workforce Africa simplifies hiring, payroll, talent management as well as your compliance needs for employees and independent contractors in Ivory Coast. No need for a subsidiary or entity setup. From contracts and onboarding to taxes, payroll, and admin tasks, partnering with us — the Employer of Record in Ivory Coast, will help you focus on growth for greater levels of success.
Abidjan, Yamussoukro
A notice period of eight days, fifteen days or one month depending on the job role and salary.
Yes
West African CFA Franc (XOF)
75,000 CFA
French
Workforce Africa makes it hassle free to hire and manage your remote staff in Ivory Coast without having to first set up a subsidiary or entity in the country. We handle staff contract management and onboarding, payroll, compliance, taxes, and other administrative matters. With Workforce Africa, you can now focus more on strategic activities and growing your business. These items include >>
An employer can offer two different kinds of contracts to employees in Ivory Coast. The fixed-term contract which can be renewed without any limit for up to 2 years and a Permanent contract. After a period of 2 years a fixed term contract must be converted to a permanent contract according to the labour law. When a fixed term contract comes to its natural end, an employer must pay the below to the employee.
A Cote D'Ivoire Employer of Record is critical for global business in ensuring compliance with employment contracts in the country.
The typical workweek in Ivory Coast is 40 hours, or eight hours per day, from Monday through Friday
Paid holidays include:
Employers are responsible for obtaining work and residence permits for their expatriate employees. Foreign investors must obtain an expatriate quota permit to employ expatriates. An Ivory Coast EoR offers this service to help businesses manage their clients.
After one year of employment, workers are entitled to a minimum of 26 working days of paid vacation. There must be one 14-day stretch used annually. As service time increases, so does the number of days,.
Sick leave is paid and cannot last more than 6 months according to inter professional collective agreement, and it should be justified by the worker with medical certificate no later than 3 days.
In Ivory Coast, female employees are entitled to 14 weeks of paid maternity leave, with at least six weeks of leave before the due date and eight weeks of leave after the birth.
A father in the Ivory Coast is entitled to ten paid paternity leave days, which are covered by the family allowance.
An employer of record in Cote d'Ivoire plays a vital role in managing statutory deductions on behalf of an employer. These deductions typically include:
An Ivory Coast employer of record helps employers make provision of health insurance for employees and their dependents. This is mandatory for all employers. Employers usually provide anything from 80% coverage to 100% coverage.
A minimum transportation allowance of 30,000XOF is statutory, a 13th month allowance is statutory (on a pro-rata basis equal to the number of months worked for the year), health insurance is statutory for the employee and their dependents.
A contract may be terminated by providing the required notice period (must be in writing) and pay all required severance. The notice period is set forth in employment law and vary based on the job and salary, but in general, they are as follows:
During Probation, no notice is necessary; for service between one and six years, notice of 8 days, 15 days or one month is required. These notice periods must be provided by the Employer and the Employees.
When an employer terminates a fixed term contract before its end date the employer is required to pay the severance below to the employee.
However, terminating an indefinite contract is a bit more complex, an employer is required to provide notice in writing to the employee and provide the below as severance.
And lastly, an employer is also required to give an employee two days off work each week during the notice period or pay this to the employee as salary. These leave days enable the employee to look for a new job and attend interviews.
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