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How to hire remote employees in
Found somebody in Niger you want to hire? Below, we’ll teach you how to bring that person onto your team—even if your company isn’t based in Niger.
If you want to successfully hire in
Niger
, you have two options:
Laws about hiring contractors are significantly more simple in
Niger
. 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
Niger
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
Niger
.
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
Niger
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
Niger
, 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 Niger 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 Niger.
Employees receive 22 days of paid vacation leave each year.
There are 12 public holidays.
Employees receive five days of fully paid sick leave per year.
Female employees is compulsory to take six of these weeks before birth and the remaining eight weeks after birth.
Female employees in Niger are entitled to 14 weeks of paid maternity leave.
Male employees receive a one day of paid paternity leave.
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An employment contract can terminate at the end of the contract period (if for a fixed period) or be terminated by either party. Employers generally must have a valid reason for terminating an employee.
The termination must be in writing and the employee is entitled to notice.
The employer must have a valid reason for terminating the employee. Written notice of termination of an employee’s services is required.
An employee is dismissed for misconduct, they are entitled to severance pay if they have worked continuously for at least one year.
The probation period in Niger is 3 months.
The standard workweek in Niger is 40 hours.
Overtime in Niger, according to National Minimum Wage Act, if the worker has to work more than the fixed normal working hours, it is considered as an overtime
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