Burkina Faso
So you’ve found some great talent in Burkina Faso, but maybe a little less sure how you’re supposed to go about hiring them? You’re in the right place. In the next few minutes, you’ll learn how to hire remote talent in Burkina Faso, quickly, without wading into months and thousands of dollars of legal red tape.
Country snapshot
CURRENCY
Cfa Franc Bceao
EMPLOYER TAXES
19%
PAYROLL FREQUENCY
Weekly, Bi-Monthly, Monthly
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
French
It’s the fastest way to hire globally
Hiring employees takes months, at the minimum. When you hire with Thera's locally-generated contracts, it’s a matter of days or weeks. This means you can hire the best talent, fast, without losing them to a hellish procession of paperwork.
It’s a lot cheaper
It costs just $0 to sign up for Thera, then $25 per month to hire your contractors with Thera. If you hired employees manually (or did contracting on your own), you’d likely be on the hook for thousands of dollars each month. Setting up an entity alone can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
It’s more flexible for you & your team
Can be less risky than hiring employees
Hiring employees is a bigger commitment, and can open you up to increased liabilities and regulations. When you hire contractors overseas, your biggest risk is misclassification—but laws surrounding contractor classification are often significantly more straightforward.
Some people want to be employees
The contractor life isn’t for everyone—some people want the security that being an employee often appears to provide. Though it’s rare, this does happen, and it’s one disadvantage of manage an all-contractor team.
You might not have as much control over your talent
Most countries’ contractor-employer relationship laws stipulate that the employer can’t set fixed working hours, among other things. These laws give contractors more freedom over how and when they do their work than an employee would have. In reality, however, most contractors are willing & able to work on the company’s schedule—it’s a matter of setting expectations beforehand.
Hiring abroad is notoriously difficult: New labor laws, entities, a lot of words you’d rather not hear again. But we’ve got good news—it doesn’t need to be that way. Below, we’ll break down your two main options for hiring in Burkina Faso (and the one we prefer).
Hire talent as contractors
Hire talent as employees
If you’ve read up until this point, you’ll know that it’s easier, cheaper, and more flexible to hire contractors in Burkina Faso than employees. Still, there are valid reasons why you might want to hire employees instead. The content below is for you—we’ll cover employer taxes and obligations in Burkina Faso.
Employer tax
Social security
Payroll tax
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Employees are entitled to a paid time off:
- Upon completion of 1 year, every employee earns 22 days of paid annual leave
- 2 days, 4 days, and 6 days get added once an employee completes 20, 25, and 30 years of service respectively.
Annual leave entitlement increases progressively after twenty years of service.
Public Holidays
There are 13 public holidays.
Sick Days
Employees in Burkina Faso are entitled to paid sick leave, the length of which depends on their years of service.
An employer cannot end the contract of an employee in case of absence from work due to illness for up to 1 year.
All employees are also entitled to receive a part of their income during their period of illness.
Maternity Leave
Female employee can avail 14 months of paid maternity leave.
They become eligible anytime after completing 3 months of service. In case of any complication during delivery, they can extend leave by 3 weeks.
Paternity Leave
Male employees at Burkina Faso are eligible to take up to 3 days of paid paternity leave.
Parental Leave
There are no statutory provisions for parental leave.
Other Leave
No Info.
Marriage Leave
No Info.
Bereavement Leave
No Info.
Termination Process
An employment contract may be terminated by either the employer or the employee for misconduct, for social or economic reasons or at the end of the contract term.
Initiating termination requires a written notice period of eight days for part-time definite contracts, one month for full-time regular employees, and three months for managers, supervisors, and technicians.
Notice Period
As per Burkina Faso labor laws, all affected employees should get a written notice. This written notice should also state the reason for termination. The term of notice depends on the category of worker.
3 month's notice is mandatory for all regular employees working as supervisors, technicians, executives, or similar roles. For all other regular employees, it has to be 1 month's notice.
Severance Pay
Employees are entitled to severance payments upon termination, unless in the case of gross misconduct.
Severance for termination of employment to employees who have worked for more than 1 year.
Probation Period
The probation period is 3 months.
Working Hours
The standard working hours in Burkina Faso is 40 hours.
Overtime
In Burkina Faso, employees employed in transportation services may exceed the 8 hours limit of work per day if the work is scheduled in shifts.
Individual employment contracts or collective agreements typically define work hours and days, including provisions related to overtime. Special rules and limitations apply to young workers.
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