Niger - Employer of Record (EOR)

✔ We get your team working in Niger

✔ We handle all your payroll needs

✔ We ensure 100% compliance for your business

Africa HR Solutions takes care of Niger Employer of Record (EOR) solutions to organizations that are looking to employ workers and operate payroll without first setting up a branch office or subsidiary in Niger. Your candidates are hired by Africa HR Solutions Niger Employer of Record (Niger EOR) in accordance with in-country labor laws and may be on-boarded in a few days instead of the months it usually takes. The person is assigned to work on your staff, working on your institution’s behalf exactly like he or she was your employee.

As always, we guarantee 100% compliance for your business in Africa.

Payroll Outsourcing in Niger

Overview of Niger

Niger is a landlocked country in Western Africa and is the largest West African country by land area. 80% of it is covered by the Sahara Desert, and what is not covered by desert is subject to frequent drought and is in danger of becoming a desert.

New Year’s Day

Easter Monday

Concord Day

Labor Day

Lailat al-Qadr

Eid al-Fitr

Nigerien Independence Day

Eid al-Adha

Muharram

The Prophet’s Birthday

Nigerien Republic Day

Christmas Day

Fixed term contracts of up to two years are permitted and may be renewed once.

It is legally required to put a written employment contract in place in Niger, in the local language, which spells out the terms of the employee’s compensation, benefits, and termination requirements. An offer letter and employment contract in Niger should always state the salary and any compensation amounts in West African CFA francs rather than a foreign currency.

The work week in Niger is 40 hours.

Employees are generally entitled to 22 days of paid annual leave.

In general, employees are entitled to at least five paid sick days per year.

Female employees are generally entitled to 14 weeks of paid maternity leave, of which six are compulsory and eight can be taken after the birth. The employer pays 50%, if the employee has been employed for at least two years, and social security pays 50%.

Fathers are entitled to one day of paid paternity leave.

Employers pay the following taxes:

  • Family allowances: 8.4% of salaries
  • Workers’ pensions: 5.25%
  • Work injury: 1.75%

Employees contribute 5.25% of their salaries to pensions.

Probationary periods of 3 months for executives and one month for non-executives are permitted and may be renewed.

Employees can terminate a contract with 15 days’ written notice, although technicians must provide two months’ notice.

Employers may terminate employees for just cause with written notice as follows:

  • Executives and similar: 3 months’ notice
  • Monthly paid white-collar workers, blue-collar workers and permanent hourly, daily, or weekly paid staff: 8 days to one month, depending on length of service.

 

During the notice period, employees are generally entitled to the equivalent of two paid days off per week to seek alternate employment.

Workers are generally eligible for severance pay for each year of service of 25 to 40% of their average wages over the past 12 months. The percentage is based on length of service and the collective bargaining agreement.

How Africa HR Solutions Can Help You in Senegal

Our employer of record solution allows companies to handle payroll in Niger while Africa HR Solutions takes care of taxation, and compliance management issues are lifted taken off their shoulders and passed on ours. As an African Employer of Record expert, we manage labor best practices, statutory and local standard, benefits, and employee expenditures, in addition to severance and termination when required.

Also, we keep you updated of any changes to local employment laws in Niger.

When using our solutions, your new worker is up and ready even earlier, since he goes through a much better hiring experience. You’ll have peace of mind knowing you have a group of dedicated employment professionals, backed by years of experience, helping with every on-boarding.

Africa HR Solutions allows you to focus on running efficiently your core business.

KEVINA TAKOORDYAL

KEVINA TAKOORDYAL

HEAD OF OPERATIONS

Kevina Takoordyal has a BA Hons Business Management from the University of Glamorgan, UK, with MBA in leadership and Innovation, MBA General, PMP Certified, and Agile Scrum Master. She currently works as the Head of Operations at Africa HR Solutions Ltd with more than 20 years of proven leadership capabilities in Operations, Business Development, People Management, Process Optimization, and Project Management in the Financial Services, BPO, Banking Industry, and Heath Care Industry. In Senior leadership roles with an international footprint across Europe working and extensive Pan- African experience from a compliance, finance, and operations angle, Kevina comes across with a panoply of cross-functional skills. Kevina also serves on a few Boards, Non-Independent Executive at MioD and for NGOs on a voluntary basis, a coach and mentor to aspiring female leaders across Africa and Mauritius.

Kevina is a firm believer in Servant Leadership with a strong focus and commitment to uplifting others, with the ability to deliver through a highly engaged – diverse team, and works towards consistently synergistic value creation. While being a focused and adaptive thinker and Kevina is actively participating in panel discussions on Innovation, CX, Digital transformation.

Kevina serves as Project Assessor for the National Youth upskilling program. She has been recognized as Global Talent in a few companies, Ceridian, and International SOS Ltd whereby she has been awarded a few scholarships and had the opportunity to be mentored by Senior Vice President in the US. Award Winner in various fields and at a national level and recognized including Super Achiever Leader Award in Africa in 2016, Awarded Africa Women Leader 2018.

MARK DU PREEZ​

MARK DU PREEZ

Head of Legal & Compliance

A qualified lawyer who joined Africa HR Solutions in July 2020, Mark Du Preez has experience working in private practice for a reputable law firm in South Africa. He also played commercially focused roles at a leading private bank, wealth management company, and outsourcing firm in South Africa and Mauritius.

Mark has played a pivotal role in Africa HR Solution’s risk mitigation strategy, which positively impacted P&L performance over the years.

He currently leads the Partnerships function of the company including relationships and oversight with in-country partners (ICPs) across Africa.

alex daruty

ALEX DARUTY

Head of Commercial

Alex has more than 15 years of experience in the global, strategic development of both enterprise and consumer brands in categories including technology, transport, enterprise software, entertainment, and travel.

With experience in roles on both agency and corporate side, he has worked across international brands and has led the development and execution of multi-discipline campaigns across EMEA, NORAM and Asia Pacific.

His focus is on driving meaningful business impact through brand differentiation and building high-functioning, digitally oriented, and analytically driven capabilities. He is motivated by working with, and developing dynamic people, teams, and organizations.

He leads, manages, develops and mentors the Key Account Management department, including line management responsibility for the team of Key Account Managers and Key Account Administrator who represent the Company as the primary communication link between all relevant stakeholders, including clients, third party in-country partners and internal functions.

Originally from Mauritius, he holds bachelor’s degrees in International Business, Finance and Management from the University of Nevada, Reno.