Seeking A Reliable Payroll Partner in Rwanda ?
With our Rwanda Payroll Outsourcing services, your talents are paid on time and without error! Our team at Africa HR Solutions also provides your company with much-needed guidance to ensure that your operations comply with Rwanda’s Labor Code and tax policies. Over the years, we have played a pivotal role in the expansion of over 400 clients across Africa by providing reliable HR and payroll and cross-border payment outsourcing solutions.
Rwanda Country Overview
Geographic location: Found in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, Rwanda is a relatively small landlocked country.
Population: Of its approximate 13 million inhabitants, most of Rwanda’s population speaks Kinyarwanda. English, French, and Swahili (Kiswahili) are also spoken by the locals.
Economy: Rwanda has a small but growing market with a relatively strong economic growth. With strong efforts to maintain its economic growth post-pandemic, Rwanda aims at becoming a Middle-Income Country by 2035. For the time being, subsistence agriculture and mining are major economic pillars of this country, supplemented by tourism and tea and coffee exports.
Payroll in Rwanda - What You Should Know
- Population: 13,276,517
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $11.07 B
- GDP Growth (April 2021): 10.9%
- Inflation, consumer prices: -0.4%
- Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP): 1.0%
- Unemployment Rate: 1.6%
- Capital: Kigali
- Currency: Rwandan Franc
- Languages: Kinyarwanda, Swahili, French, English
Employer Contribution
- 5.00% of the employee’s emoluments must be contributed to social security.
Employee Contribution
- 3.00% of the employee’s emoluments must be contributed to social security.
Value-added tax (VAT)
The standard VAT rate is 18% in Rwanda. Some goods and services are zero-rated in the country.
Paid Time-Off
Employees are generally entitled to 18 days of paid annual leave. An additional day is granted for every 3 years of service up to a maximum of 21 days of paid leave.
Sick Leave
In Rwanda, workers are entitled to up to six months of sick leave – providing a medical certificate is submitted to the employer. If the sick leave exceeds 15 days, the employer is free to require that the medical certificate be signed by three recognized medical doctors. However, only the first 3 months are paid.
Maternity Leave
In Rwanda, women are entitled to a maximum of 12 weeks of paid maternity leave.
Paternity Leave
In Rwanda, men are entitled to 4 consecutive days of paid paternity leave.
- In Rwanda, indefinite-term contracts can be terminated for just cause – in which case, a written notice should be provided to the employee, except if dismissal is due to grave misconduct.
Notice periods in Rwanda are as follows:
· < 1 year of service: 15 days’ notice
· > 1 year of service: one-month notice
Employees are entitled to severance pay in Rwanda. The remuneration is regulated as follows:
- < 5 years of service: 1 month’s salary
- 5 to 10 years of service: 2 months’ salary
- 10-15 years’ service: 3 months’ salary
- 15-20 years’ service: 4 months’ salary
- 20-25 years’ service: 5 months’ salary
- > 25 years’ service: 6 months’ salary
- New Year’s Day (1st to 2nd January)
- National Heroes’ Day (in Rwanda) (3rd February)
- Tutsi Genocide Memorial Day (7th April)
- Good Friday (10th April)
- Labor Day (1st May)
- Eid al-Fitr
- Rwanda Independence Day (1st June)
- Liberation Day (of Rwanda) (6th July)
- Eid al-Adha
- Umuganura (7th August)
- Assumption of Mary (17th August)
- Christmas Day (25th December)
- Boxing Day (28th December)
Rwanda Payroll Done The Easy Way. The Right Way.
12 Years of Experience
Over more than a decade, Africa HR Solutions has become a leading payroll service provider across Africa with a proven track record of success with over 400 clients across many industries.
Bulletproof Compliance
Ensuring your operations are carried out compliantly is a must. From country-specific regulations to government laws, we make sure your company is up to code with Africa's legislation at all times.
+44 Countries in Africa
Operating in more than 44 countries in Africa, our team of experts gathered the required knowledge and local expertise to handle your needs and demands - wherever, whenever.
Single Point of Contact
Avoid unnecessary headaches and mistakes thanks to our centralized services and manage everything from a single database. A single point of contact for all of your needs across the continent.
Maximize your ROI
It is cheaper to let a third-party organization handle your payroll than to do it yourself. By saving on the overall cost of payroll, you can reallocate your budget elsewhere to promote company growth.
Swift Payroll Implementation
With Africa HR Solutions you are one call away from implementing an accurate and timely payroll operation to ensure your talents are paid on time no matter where they are in Africa.
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