How to hire remote employees in

Gabon

Want to onboard some talent from Gabon? First, you’ll need to understand how you can legally hire someone there—without signing yourself up for thousands of dollars in fees. On this page, we’ll teach you the fastest, easiest, most flexible way to hire talent in Gabon. Shall we?

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Employment requirements

Country snapshot

CURRENCY

Central African CFA Franc

EMPLOYER TAXES

16%

PAYROLL FREQUENCY

Monthly

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

French

Why hire independent contractors in Gabon

Hiring contractors is normally the easier, faster, more flexible choice—but don’t just take it from us. Below are the specific benefits and drawbacks to hiring contractors in Gabon.

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

HHiring contractors in Gabon means you’re generally not on the hook for things like health insurance and paid time off. This makes hiring flexible for you, and it gives your talent more options.

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.

What to know before you hire in Gabon

Laws about hiring are complicated enough. Try to research overseas laws (in Gabon, for instance) and it gets unbearably confusing. So we’re here to help. Bottom line is, if you want to hire in Gabon, you’ve got two options: You can hire your remote teammates as regular employees, or you can hire them as contractors. There are some serious differences you should know about, and we’ll cover them below.

If you want to successfully hire in Gabon, you have two options:

Hire talent as contractors

Laws about hiring contractors are significantly more simple in Gabon. Onboarding talent takes days, not weeks or months. Both you, the company, and your talent have more flexibility. And in many cases, since you’re remote, the talent you’re hiring is better classified as a contractor, anyway. Of course, it’s not possible in every case, but it’s what we built Thera for.

Hire talent as employees

This is the long route. You can either establish a physical presence with an entity and register as an employer, or you can use an Employer-of-Record (EOR) solution. Odds are, you’ll find using an EOR to be the easier route. Still, using an EOR in Gabon is expensive—it can often be $500 per month per employee—and sometimes prone to lengthy onboarding times.

Hire contractors in a couple clicks with Thera

How can I pay people in Gabon

If you’re hiring contractors in Gabon, you can pay them with Thera in a single click. You won’t need to worry about complicated wire transfers, fees, or currency conversions. We’ll take care of it all. Just make a click and your contractor will get paid in their currency of choice. This is a valuable bonus for talent in countries where the local currency is particularly weak—most people appreciate the ability to receive their payment in stronger currencies.

If you want to hire employees in Gabon

If you’ve read up until this point, you’ll know that it’s easier, cheaper, and more flexible to hire contractors in Gabon 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 Gabon.

Taxes in Gabon

Employer tax

Social Security

Retirement
Work injury
Medicine
Hospital costs
Family allowances

Leave

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Employees receive two days of paid annual leave a month after a year of service. Those younger than 18 years old receive two and a half days of leave per month.

Annual leave can increase depending on the age of the employee, their length of service with a company, and an employee’s family situation.

Public Holidays

There are 11 public holidays.

Sick Days

Employees in Gabon are entitled to up to six months of paid sick leave which is covered by the employer. After six months of illness, social security covers the sick leave pay

Maternity Leave

Female employees receive 14 weeks of fully paid maternity leave where six weeks are to be taken before the birth. This can be extended by three weeks in the event of a pregnancy related illness and two weeks in the event of multiple births.

Paternity Leave

Male employees receive no statutory paternity leave, but emergency family leave can be used.

Parental Leave

There are no statutory provisions for parental leave.

Other Leave

No Info.

Marriage Leave

No Info.

Bereavement Leave

No Info.

Termination

Termination Process

Employment contract can be terminated for poor performance or misconduct.

The employer must write to the employee and ask for an interview to discuss the reasons for dismissal. If the employer decides to terminate the contract, they must write a letter including the reason for dismissal.

Notice Period

Notice periods in Gabon depend on the employee’s length of service:

Less than 1 year of service: 15 days
1 to 3 years of service: 1 month
3 to 5 years of service: 2 months
5 to 10 years of service: 3 months
10 to 15 years of service: 4 months
15 to 20 years of service: 5 months
20 to 30 years of service: 6 months

Severance Pay

Severance pay in Gabon depends on the length of service.

Probation Period

The probation period in Gabon is 6 months.

Employee requirements in Gabon

Working Hours

The standard working hours in Eritrea is 48 hours for 8 hours a day.

Overtime

Overtime work may not exceed two hours unless there is written consent of the employee.

Employees are entitled to at least one day, 24 hours, of rest per week. This is generally a Sunday but can be a different day.

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