Independent contractors or freelancers are self-employed individuals who provide services to companies as a non-employee. This is one of the most common ways companies tend to hire non-local designers, engineers, support reps, etc.
For legal and tax purposes, independent contractors are not classified as employees. They may work for multiple clients, set their own work hours, negotiate their pay rate, and decide how a job gets done.
For example, the IRS says that if an independent contractor or freelancer does work that can be controlled (what will be done and how it will be done) by an employer then they are, in fact, classified as an employee.
As you can imagine, hiring someone as an independent contractor versus an employee is a fine line to tread.
While there are benefits when you choose the contractor route, there are quite a few drawbacks to consider and you’ll need to weigh them carefully to determine the best fit for your company.
.svg)
A foreign subsidiary is a company that operates overseas as part of a larger company who’s HQ is in another country.
Establishing a foreign entity is great for having an international presence and accessing new markets. Though, setting up a subsidiary in Namibia can be expensive, stressful, and time-consuming. It's not for the faint of heart.
To set up a subsidiary in Namibia, you have to:
If you're lucky, this process can take months. If you're not so lucky, it can take up to a year. And on average, it costs about $50k-$80k, all-in-all, to get setup. And that's just for Namibia.
An employer-of-record (EOR) is a company that hires and pays an employee on behalf of another company.
An EOR is typically used to overcome the financial and regulatory hurdles that often come with employing remote workers.
Each country has its own payroll, employment, and work permit requirements for non-resident companies doing business in their jurisdiction. Meeting those demands can be a huge obstacle when it comes to hiring remotely.
At Panther, we help companies employ and pay people in over 160 countries, without having to set up a foreign subsidiary. Payroll, benefits, taxes, compliance, and more are all handled by us, at a fraction of the cost.
Outside of saving you months and tens of thousands of dollars, other advantages of using Panther are:
Because you no longer have to set up your own subsidiary, you’ll save a ton of time and tens of thousands of dollars using Panther.
Paying employees in Namibia is not the same as paying workers in your own country. Employees have to be paid using Namibia’s employment and payroll standards.
This means that you have to know, understand, and keep up with 1) fluctuating currency changes, and 2) local payroll and tax laws in the countries you’re looking to hire in.
Outside of the laws and regulations around payroll, there may be different conditions surrounding leave, overtime, termination, and more. As you can imagine, maintaining this kind of regulatory knowledge can be challenging. But it is crucial and necessary to follow local legislation.
After, you’ll have to determine the best way to pay your international employees. This can be done in a number of ways, including but not limited to:
One of the most challenging (and expensive) parts of paying international employees is setting up the infrastructure to do so.
Before you start to run payroll, you have to register your company as the local employer in the country the worker resides in. As you can see in the “Set up a subsidiary” section, this is a multi-step process that can take up to a year and put you on your way to bankruptcy.
Outside of EORs acting as the full admin employer, many also provide remote payroll.
For example, at Panther, in just 1-click, you’re able to pay your entire global team, anywhere in the world. We send you an invoice each month, charge you in US Dollars, and pay your employees the same amount in their local currency.
We factor in currency fluctuations and use the mid-market rate plus any applicable fee passed on by our provider at cost at the time of billing.
The standard working hours in Namibia is 45 hours a week and 9 hours per day for five days a week.
In Namibia, overtime is limited to three hours a day or 10 hours a week and paid at least one and half times (150%) of the employee’s hourly wage or double (200%) on Sunday or a public holiday.
There is an additional 6% over the employee’s hourly salary, excluding overtime, for work performed between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Employer
In Namibia, employees expect to be paid monthly.
In Mauritius, bonuses are not required but some employers pay them.
In Namibia, annual leave is calculated by multiplying an employee’s contracted number of working days per week by four.
Employees are entitled to 4 to 24 days of vacation leave depending on their service period.
There are 13 public holidays.
In Namibia, Employees who do not work longer than five days a week are entitled to 30 working days of sick leave.
Employees who work longer than five days a week are entitled to 36 days. During the first year of work, employees receive one day of sick leave for every 26 days worked.
Female employee would be entitled to:
The employer is liable to pay the employees’ remuneration except for the basic wage, which will be paid by social security.
There is no statutory paternity leave.
There are no statutory provisions for parental leave.
No Info.
No Info.
No Info.
Termination of the contract has been terminated by the employer when:
Unfair termination of an employment contract would take place if the said termination has taken place on grounds such
Notice period in Mauritius can be made only when the following:
In Mauritius, an employee is entitled to severance pay only after 12 months of continuous uninterrupted service.
This severance pay is equivalent to one week’s remuneration for each year of service.
The probation period is 3 months.
