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CONTRACT LANGUAGE English, French
PAYROLL TAX 20.4%
PAYROLL CYCLE Monthly
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Hiring through a Senegal Employer of Record (EOR) is the quickest, most compliant way for expanding operations to Senegal.
Horizons’ EOR offers a 360-degree HR outsourcing solution, offering recruitment, hiring & onboarding, payroll and benefits administration, and offboarding (i.e., termination) support, you can count on Horizons’ local expertise in Senegal to have a smooth employee lifecycle.
The Horizons EOR solution means international companies can hire in Senegal — without the need for an expensive local subsidiary.
We can hire and onboard your Senegal team in as little as 24 hours.
Our experts in Senegalese labor and tax laws ensure you are fully compliant with all applicable laws.
Horizons ensures accurate salary and payroll processing, based on your chosen pay period. The Horizons EOR platform makes income tax withholding and expense management straightforward.
Guarantee that all employees in Senegal are welcomed onboard with a compliant contract and all necessary formalities.
Horizons ensures that employment remains compliant and deals with any legal and compliance issues as they arise.
With a Senegal EOR, you save up to 85 percent of the total cost of hiring in Senegal.
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A Senegal EOR helps companies hire & onboard employees in less than 24 hours, without the need to open a local company.
If you are looking to hire in Senegal using a Senegal EOR, your employees would be hired by the Senegal EOR on your behalf. The Senegal EOR will administer payroll & benefits, make all tax deduction & payments, and handle all other HR formalities, while you retain full control over the daily activities of your employees. A Senegal EOR exists only to take care of the complex, specialized, and burdensome HR work for you so you can focus resources on your company operations.
Working with a Senegal EOR offers full compliance with local Senegal laws without you ever having to hire local HR staff.
There are several benefits of using a Senegal EOR, which include:
When you engage a Senegal EOR like Horizons, the process proceeds as follows:
Expectant mothers in Senegal are entitled to total 14 weeks of maternity leave paid at 100% normal salary. 6 weeks of maternity leave are to be taken before the birth, and 8 weeks after the birth.
Expectant fathers in Senegal are not normally entitled to paternity leave. Some fathers are covered by the ‘interprofessional collective agreement’; they are entitled to one day of paid paternity leave.
Some international employers will offer more paternity leave than required as part of the benefits package.
For employees, healthcare costs are usually covered by the IPM (Institut de Prévoyance Maladie) health fund. The IPM takes care of 40% – 80% of primary care costs, which includes vaccinations, hospitalization, and emergency treatment.
Employers must enroll employees and their families to the scheme. The benefits are managed by a choice of funds: health funds, private insurance, or mother and child protection centers. Employees must contribute for a minimum of two months before claiming any benefits from the scheme.
Employers are also entitled to benefits if they are hospitalized.
Medical insurance costs in Senegal represent 6% of the employees’ salary, with 3% being paid by the employee and 3% by the employer.
Since only 22% of employees in Senegal are hired with a formal employment situation (with the rest informal or casual employees), the number of people covered by the IPM is quite low. Those not covered by the IPM are automatically enrolled in the Senegal welfare system, which is organized in a pyramid structure: at the bottom, local / community healthcare, followed by health centers, specialized health centers, and national hospitals & institutes. At each layer, there are more specialized medical professionals, but wait times are long.
Some residents of Senegal have private insurance, which allows them to visit private healthcare facilities in the country for very little cost. Many times, private insurance plans are taken out by individuals and are not related to employment. For foreign staff, it is customary for the employer to offer private health insurance. Despite what is common, private health insurance could be an attractive benefit to local candidates.
With Horizons’ Senegal EOR, companies can offer employees in Senegal affordable private health insurance options.
All employees in Senegal who are not working as civil servants for the government are covered by the General Social Security Program (Régime general de retraite). This is available for employees aged 40+ with minimum 5 years of contributions under the mandatory coverage scheme.
In Senegal, pensions are based on a points system. Points are calculated by dividing the amount of contributions by the ‘reference salary’, an amount determined by the Social Insurance Institute of Senegal and adjusted regularly.
The requirements for collecting on the General social security program follow:
Funding for general pensions comes from both employee and employer contributions.
Employer: 8.4% of monthly payroll amount, to a max. monthly salary amount of 360,000 CFA francs. (The monthly salary in Senegal can be higher, but for the purposes of the calculation, the maximum is 360,000 CFA francs.)
Employee: 5.6% of monthly payroll amount, to a max. monthly salary amount of 360,000 CFA francs. (The monthly salary in Senegal can be higher, but for the purposes of the calculation, the maximum is 360,000 CFA francs.)
A Senegal EOR will make sure all contributions are paid to the Senegal tax authorities on time and all pensions are paid out according to local law. This increased focus on compliance (performed entirely by the EOR) protects companies from litigation from employees or hefty fines from the government.
Hiring through a Senegal EOR is a fast, affordable, and easily compliant way to hire in Senegal. The Senegal EOR will handle the HR & administrative burdens, which includes all matters related to local employment law including employment agreements, benefits administration, tax payments and more.
By engaging a Senegal EOR, your company can focus on its core business without any worries about the HR or compliance challenges that come with owning a local Senegal entity. Get in touch if you’d like to know more about Horizons’ Senegal EOR
A Senegal Employer of Record (EOR) solution involves a specialist HR company hiring local employees on behalf of a third-party (usually international) company. The Senegal EOR takes care of payroll, HR and employment compliance.
A Senegal Professional Employer Organization (PEO) usually provides an EOR solution, but may also provides additional HR solutions such as recruitment, global mobility support and contractor management.
A Senegal EOR is useful for any company that seeks to hire employees in Senegal, but doesn’t need an incorporated local entity or subsidiary in the country. It is a faster and more cost-effective solution for those companies.
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