How to hire remote employees in

Guinea Bissau

Found someone you’d like to hire in Guinea-Bissau? 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 Guinea-Bissau. Shall we?

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Employment requirements

Country snapshot

CURRENCY

West African CFA franc (XOF)

EMPLOYER TAXES

14%

PAYROLL FREQUENCY

Monthly

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

Portuguese

Why hire independent contractors in Guinea Bissau

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 Guinea Bissau.

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 Guinea Bissau 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 Guinea Bissau

Laws about hiring are complicated enough. Try to research overseas laws (in Guinea-Bissau, for instance) and it gets unbearably confusing. So we’re here to help. Bottom line is, if you want to hire in Guinea-Bissau, 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 Guinea Bissau, you have two options:

Hire talent as contractors

Laws about hiring contractors are significantly more simple in Guinea Bissau. 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 Guinea Bissau 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 Guinea Bissau

If you’re hiring contractors in Guinea Bissau, 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 Guinea Bissau

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

Taxes in Guinea Bissau

Employer tax

Gross Monthly Payroll

Sickness Benefits

Medical Benefits

Leave

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Fixed-term employment contracts with less than one year, the annual leave is paid at 2.5 days for each month of work.

Employees receive 30 days of paid annual leave per year, which cannot be accumulated, and the dates are decided by an agreement between parties.

Public Holidays

There are 10 public holidays.

Sick Days

In Guinea Bissau, the employee may receive five days of sick leave under the employment.

Maternity Leave

Female employees are entitled to receive 60 days of paid leave, which are paid by the employer unless the employee is covered by social security.

Paternity Leave

There is no statutory paternity leave.

Parental Leave

There is no statutory paternal leave.

Other Leave

No Info.

Marriage Leave

No Info.

Bereavement Leave

No Info.

Termination

Termination Process

Termination of the employment is possible with the following reasons:

By consent of both the parties
If there is enough reason for termination such as gross misconduct, constant absence, or inability to comply with the policy
When there is an economic reason
By the expiration of the date that has been mentioned on the contract as the end date

Notice Period

The notice period in Guinea Bissau depends on the job role of employees:

Operational staff members are entitled to two weeks’ notice.
If the employee is a supervisor or foreman, they should serve a notice period of one month.
In case the employee is a middle manager or a similar kind, then a three-month notice period is required.

Severance Pay

In Guinea Bissau, employees under an indefinite contract who have completed at least 12 months of service are generally entitled to receive severance pay of at least 50 hours worth of wages for hourly workers and 25% of one month's wage for monthly paid workers.

Probation Period

The probationary period in Guinea Bissau is 3 months.

Employee requirements in Guinea Bissau

Working Hours

The standard workweek is 45 hours, with eight hours a day over seven consecutive days.

Overtime

In Guinea Bissau, any overtime work in the evening should be paid at 25%, while weekend overtime work is paid at 50%.

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