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How to hire remote employees in
Anguilla is a no-tax jurisdiction, which more than explains why some of your team members may want to work from there—if the beaches weren’t enough. But there are different labor laws, different regulations, and different systems for hiring people in Anguilla than in your home country. If you don’t do things right, you’ll be putting your company at the risk of fines—and risk losing the talent you brought onboard.
If you want to successfully hire in
Anguilla
, you have two options:
Laws about hiring contractors are significantly more simple in
Anguilla
. 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.
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
Anguilla
is expensive—it can often be $500 per month per employee—and sometimes prone to lengthy onboarding times.
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
Anguilla
.
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 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.
Hiring contractors in
Anguilla
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you’re hiring contractors in
Anguilla
, 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’ve read up until this point, you’ll know that it’s easier, cheaper, and more flexible to hire contractors in Anguilla 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 Anguilla
Employees receive 12 days of paid annual leave after one year of service.
This increases to 15 days after five years of service and 20 days after 10 years of service.
Employees also receive fully paid leave for jury duty or court hearings.
There are 14 public holidays in Anguilla.
In Anguilla, employees receive 14 days of paid sick leave after one year of service.
Part-time employees are entitled to one paid sick day for every 22 days worked, after working at least 110 days.
Female employees receive 14 weeks of paid maternity leave after one year of service. There is also a maternity grant after 26 weeks of employment.
Male employees in Anguilla are entitled to one month of unpaid paternity leave, as well as a paternity benefit of two weeks payable at a percentage of the basic wage.
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In Anguilla, the employees in the government may granted a compassionate leave in specific circumstances as outlined in General Orders 7.31.
Officers are granted 5 days only in the event of a dangerous illness or death of a close relative.
Employment relationships may be terminated at the end of a fixed-term contract by the employer (with or without cause), or by the employee.
The employer must provide notice of termination. The required notice period depends on the type of work, service duration and payment interval.
Employers must pay severance in some instances.
Probation period of employees shall not exceed in 3 months.
The standard workweek is 40 hours and eight hours per day.
In Aguilla, employees overtime is paid at a percentage of the basic rate
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