Compliantly hire your distributed team members in
Ghana
To hire new employees in
Ghana
, 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
Ghana
while staying fully compliant with local laws and compliance.
English
Ghanaian cedi (₵, GHS)
Monthly
13 days
13%
$$ (26 of 140, 2023)
15 days
0 days
12 weeks
In many countries like
Ghana
, 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 Ghana is 13.88 GHS per day or 446.40 per month.
Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday.
There is no additional pay detail for Ghana.
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 employer costs and taxes is 13%.
Terminations in Ghana are typically straightforward.
Compliant terminations include:
The minimum notice period is 14 days and will be increased according to the length of the employment.
The typical probationary term lasts 90 to 180 days. However, the Labor Act makes no specific mention of the maximum probationary period length, which will be specified in the employment agreement.
There are no legal requirements for severance payments in Ghana. The worker will be paid their regular salary during the notice period. In the case of redundancy, it will need to be negotiated between the employee and employer.
When the world is your competition, it pays to incentivize new hires and existing alike. Borderless benefits packages typically include:
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