Central African Republic
Want to hire someone from the Central African Republic? A little less sure how you’re supposed to hire them, considering your company’s HQ is located somewhere else? Then, welcome: You’re in the right place. In the next few minutes, you’ll learn how to hire remote talent in the Central African Republic, quickly, without wading into months and thousands of dollars of legal red tape.
Country snapshot
CURRENCY
Central African CFA franc
EMPLOYER TAXES
4%
PAYROLL FREQUENCY
Monthly
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
French/Sangho
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 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 the Central African Republic (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 the Central African Republic 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 the Central African Republic.
Employer tax
Gross monthly covered payroll
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Individual and collective agreements can provide for greater amounts of leave. After one month of service, employees accrue two days of leave per month for up to 30 days a year.
Public Holidays
There are 14 public holidays.
Sick Days
Employees are entitled to sick benefits through the social security system in the Central African Republic. The number of sick leave is generally agreed on mutual basis in the employment contract.
Maternity Leave
Female employees receive 14 weeks of maternity leave with six weeks before the birth, and eight weeks after.
The leave is extendible in cases of complications that arise at delivery.
Free healthcare can be availed for 14 months after childbirth, sponsored by the Central African Republic under its program related to social security.
Paternity Leave
No Info.
Parental Leave
No Info.
Other Leave
No Info.
Marriage Leave
No Info.
Bereavement Leave
No Info.
Termination Process
Employment contracts in the Central African Republic can be terminated at the end of the contract period (if for a fixed term), by the employer or by the employee.
In the event of termination of the contract during the probation period, the journey of the recruited worker from their usual place of residence and legally dependent family is the responsibility of the employer.
The contract of employment of indefinite duration can cease in the following cases.
- Dismissal
- Resignation
- Termination of right
- Retirement
- Death of the worker
Notice Period
During the notice period, the employee is permitted to take one day off every week to look for work. The notice period is determined by the Minister of Labor.
Severance Pay
The contract of employment during the trial period may be terminated at any time by either party without notice unless otherwise decided.
In the latter case, the termination of the employment contract entitles them to a notice allowance corresponding to that of their job profile and seniority.
Probation Period
The probation period is capped at eight days for laborers who are paid on a daily basis, one month for general employees and three months for executive level employees.
The probation period can be renewed only once, which means that a probationary period cannot be more than six months.
Working Hours
The standard working hours in Central African Republic is 40 hours a week.
Overtime
In Central African Republic ,overtime work cannot exceed 48 hours a week. Work conducted from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. is considered night shift work. Nightshift and overtime pay are both determined in the employment contract.
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