Tunisia
Hire Employees & Contractors

Tunisia

Compliantly hire your distributed team members in

Tunisia

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Hiring in

Tunisia

isn't so simple. Borderless can help.

To hire new employees in

Tunisia

, 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

Tunisia

while staying fully compliant with local laws and compliance.

Primary Language

Arabic

Currency

Tunisian dinar (د.ت, TND)

Payroll Frequency

Monthly

Public Holidays

12 days

Employer Taxes

21%

Cost of Living Index

26.5

Statutory Leave

12 weeks

Sick Leave

5 days

Maternity Leave

30 days

Important: Risks of misclassification

In many countries like

Tunisia

, 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.

Payment Information

Minimum Wage

The minimum wage in Tunisia is 2.06 Tunisian dinars for a 48-hour week or 2.11 dinars for a 40-hour week.

Overtime Pay

The standard working hours are 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week. Overtime pay is not mandatory and the maximum overtime hour in a week is 20 hours.

Additional Pay

Depending on the specific circumstances of the illness, employees are eligible to up to 180 days of paid sick leave.

Payroll Cycle

Employee payments will be made in equal monthly instalments, payable in arrears, on or before the last working day of each calendar month.

Employer Costs & Taxes

  • 16.57%: Social security employer
  • 0.40%: Work accident
  • 2%: Vocational training tax
  • 1%: 2nd Social security contribution
  • 1%: Social housing promotion fund

Employee Costs & Taxes

  • 9.18% of the gross income: Social security
  • 0%: up to TND 5,000
  • 19.5%: TND 5,000.01 - 20,000
  • 28%: TND 20,000.01 - 30,000
  • 32%: TND 30,000.01 - 50,000
  • 35%: Above 50,000

Employment Information

Termination Process

Termination in Tunisia must have a just cause established. Prior to being let go, employees have the option to appeal their terminations.

Notice period

The notice period must be at least 1 month.

Probation Period

The probation period is at least 30 days and at most 180 days.

Severance Details

All employees who are terminated outside of disciplinary reasons are eligible for severance pay. Severance pay is 1 month of the employee's salary for every year of employment.

Benefits of working in a country abroad

Borderless Benefits Packages in

Tunisia

When the world is your competition, it pays to incentivize new hires and existing alike. Borderless benefits packages typically include:

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Retirement Contributions

Learn how to hire quickly and easily in

Tunisia

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