Compliantly hire your distributed team members in
Albania
To hire new employees in
Albania
, your business must have a local legal entity or an Employer of Record like Borderless in place already. Then there’s the management of local employment compliance, taxes, benefits, payroll, and more. Hiring contractors poses similar challenges.
Borderless handles all of that for you, so you can focus on getting to work with your new team member in
Albania
while staying fully compliant with local laws and compliance.
Albanian
Albanian Lek (L, ALL)
Monthly
14 days
16.70%
40.25 (2021)
20 days
No maximum sick days
1 year
In many countries like
Albania
, the treatment of employees and contractors is different. If you misclassify a new team member, you could be subjected to penalties and fines. Let Borderless get this right for you, so you don’t have to worry.
ALL 30,000 per month
Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday.
Overtime payment is mandatory. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime.
A maximum of 48 hours of overtime are permitted for each week for employees. A maximum of 200 hours of overtime are permitted each year for employees.Employees are paid either leave or a salary at 125% of their usual wage for overtime. Weekend and holiday overtime is reimbursed at a rate of 150% of the usual wage.
There is no additional pay detail for Albania.
For Borderless customers, all employee payments will be made in equal monthly installments on or before the last working day of each calendar month, payable in arrears.
The individual income tax ranges from 0% to 23%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates.
Albanian terminations can be complicated. For employers after the probationary period, there is no at-will termination; instead, terminations must have a just cause.
Compliant terminations include:
The minimum notice period is 2 weeks and will be increased according to the length of the employment.
Probation periods are not mandatory. There is no minimum probation period. The maximum probation period is 90 days (3 months).
If the employment connection has lasted a minimum of three years and the contract has been canceled by the employer, all employees in Albania are entitled to seniority pay. For each year of employment, seniority-based severance pay is at least 15 days' wages. It is determined using the wage that was in place at the time the job relationship ended.
In addition to the salary the employee will get during the notice period, the employer who has terminated the contract without reasonable cause is required to pay the employee compensation of up to one year's worth of wages.
When the world is your competition, it pays to incentivize new hires and existing alike. Borderless benefits packages typically include:
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