Seychelles
Seychelles is home to some great remote talent. Want to hire someone there, but not sure how to do it—maybe because 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 Seychelles, quickly, without wading into months and thousands of dollars of legal red tape.
Country snapshot
CURRENCY
Seychelles Rupee (SCR)
EMPLOYER TAXES
22%
PAYROLL FREQUENCY
Monthly
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
Creole/English/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 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 Seychelles (and the one we think you’ll 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 Seychelles 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 Seychelles.
Employer tax
Social security
Pension fund
Paid Time Off (PTO)
All employees are generally entitled to 21 days of paid annual leave, or 1.75 days per month worked.
Public Holidays
There are 12 public holidays.
Sick Days
Employees are entitled to 30 days of paid sick leave per year, or in cases of hospitalization, 60 days.
Maternity Leave
Female employees are generally entitled to 14 weeks of paid maternity leave.
Female employees receive an additional four weeks of unpaid leave that can be taken either before or after birth.
Employees must provide three months' notice to employers of the expected due date.
Paternity Leave
A male employee under a contract of continuous employment or for a fixed term or a part-time male worker, is entitled to paid paternity leave of 10 consecutive working days.
Parental Leave
No Info.
Other Leave
No Info.
Marriage Leave
No Info.
Bereavement Leave
No Info.
Termination Process
An employment contract can be terminated by an employer with notice following disciplinary procedures.
The employee must be informed in writing if it is a serious offense and given the opportunity to respond.
An employer and employee can terminate an employee contract with notice in the following cases:
- During the probation period if the employee’s performance is unsatisfactory
- During the training period if the trainee does not successfully complete the training
- Pursuant to a change in employment terms to which the employee does not consent
- Change of ownership of the business
- Casual or part-time work
Notice Period
The notice period in Seychelles is:
- One day in the case of a casual worker
- Seven days for an employee on probation
- One month for all other workers, other than non-Seychelles employees
- One month or the notice period specified in the contract for a non-Seychelles employee
Employers are required to give notice of termination to employees who are under fixed-term contracts, as well as to employees who are reaching the legal age of retirement.
This notice period must be at least one month.
Severance Pay
Employers are responsible for compensation and wages upon termination, except in cases where an employee is dismissed for disciplinary reasons.
Employees are also entitled to compensation upon resignation (other than while on suspension or following disciplinary proceedings) or upon retirement after at least five years of service.
Probation Period
Probation period is 7 days for employee. One month for all other workers, other than non-Seychelles employees.
Working Hours
The standard work week may not exceed 60 hours or 12 hours per day.
Overtime
Overtime is allowed of up to 60 hours per month, or 15 extra hours per week.
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