Compliantly hire your distributed team members in
Costa Rica
To hire new employees in
Costa Rica
, 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
Costa Rica
while staying fully compliant with local laws and compliance.
Spanish
Costa Rican colón (₡, CRC)
Monthly
10 days
26.50%
50.64 (2021)
10 days
No limit
4 months
In many countries like
Costa Rica
, 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.
The minimum wage in Costa Rica is based on employee's skills and education background. The minimum wage is from 9,598.73 CRC per 8 hour shift for unskilled employees to 12,537.91 CRC per day for specialized workers. The following are the monthly wages:
The standard working hours in Costa Rica are 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week.
It is mandatory to pay employees 13th month salary. The 13th month salary must be paid by December 20th and it has to be equivalent to 1 month's salary.
Employee payments will be made in equal monthly instalments, payable in arrears, on or before the last working day of each calendar month.
Termination must have a just cause. For example, fraud or redundance.
Notice periods are determined by the length of employment. Employee who worked 0 to 3 months do not require notice, employees who worked 3 to 6 months require 1 week of notice, and employees who worked 6 to 12 months require 15 days of notice. Employees who worked more than 1 year are entitled to 1 month of notice.
The maximum probation period is 3 months.
Employees who voluntarily quit with cause or are let go without cause are entitled to severance pay. Severance pay is determined by the length of employment and their salary wage.
When the world is your competition, it pays to incentivize new hires and existing alike. Borderless benefits packages typically include:
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