Employer of Record in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast occupies a strategic position in West Africa. The Ivorian capital, Abidjan, is particularly attractive for all companies wishing to develop activities in Africa. To start business locally, several choices are available to you: creation of a subsidiary, a branch, a representative office but also an alternative, often less known and much more advantageous: wage portage in Ivory. This solution allows you to quickly and legally start doing business in the country. Salary portage, unlike other forms of implementation, has the particularities of being flexible, not very time-consuming to set up and not very demanding from a financial point of view.

Employer of Record in Ivory Coast: what is it? For what advantages?

The umbrella company in Ivory Coast is a third-party local entity, placed as an intermediary in an existing employee-employer relationship.

She is responsible for fulfilling legal and regulatory requirements relating to immigration, employment and payroll.

The latter is therefore the legal employer for the worker, but has no supervisory role in relation to the employee’s position. The original employer maintains the substantial employment relationship, making all decisions on remuneration, content and developments of the position, and the end of the contract.

Salary portage has many advantages. It allows to :

Be present on Ivorian territory at lower costs. With wage portage, you do not need to create and manage a local structure.
Determine the potential of the Ivorian market for your activity before deciding to commit to it in the longer term.
You rely on our local French-speaking experts.
Delegate the management of administrative and regulatory obligations. Therefore, you can focus on your core business.
To maintain a relationship of trust with your customers due to your presence on Ivorian territory. They will be able to contact you easily thanks to the common time zone.

Salveo’s expertise to simplify the overall management of your human resources

A subsidiary of the ADIT Group (750 employees, 156M EUR turnover), Salveo is a solid and experienced partner for supporting the development and establishment of companies internationally.

With a local French-speaking team made up of experts and a strong presence in Ivory Coast for 11 years, many companies have already called on our services to entrust us with the management of their employees. From the Salveo West Africa headquarters in the heart of the Abidjan business district, our local experts take care of a dozen employees on a daily basis supported by the Salveo Salary Management offer, a solution in high demand in Ivory Coast. .

Salveo offers pragmatic solutions in Human Resources management for companies, start-ups, SMEs or multinationals throughout the Ivorian territory.

Concretely, we take care of the management of your employees and all associated tasks such as:

Drafting the contract in accordance with local labor law
Support in obtaining a work permit/residence permit (for a foreign employee)
Payment of salary and sending of pay slip
The declaration, monthly payment of social security contributions and income tax deducted at source,
Monitoring paid leave
Control and reimbursement of professional expense reports
Managing the end of the contract (non-renewal or dismissal)
The interface with your company for all questions relating to labor law and the employee contract

Furthermore, other optional services are also offered to you such as the recruitment of your future employees, physical accommodation in our business centers, or the management of the needs linked to the international mobility of your employees (search for apartment, school for children, vehicle rental, etc.).

Overview of the labor code in Ivory Coast

The employment contract in Ivory Coast

There are two types of employment contract in Ivory Coast:

– Determined time
– Indefinite period

Trial period in Ivory Coast

CDI	CDD
Notice period: 1 to 4 months	No notice

Working hours in Ivory Coast:

The legal duration of work in Ivory Coast breaks down as follows:

40 hours / week for non-agricultural businesses
48 hours / week for farms, establishments, agricultural businesses and the like

Public holidays in Ivory Coast:

Public holidays in Ivory Coast are listed in the table below:

Date	Name
January 1st	New Year’s Day
07/08	Independence Day
	Easter Monday
	Labour Day
	Ascension Day
	L’aïd al-Fitr
	Pentecost Monday
	Festival of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
15.08	Assomption
15.11	Peace Day
	Tabaski
	The day after the birth of the Prophet Muhammad
01.11	All Saints’ Day
25.12	Christmas
	Tomorrow night of destiny

Salary in Ivory Coast

In Côte d’Ivoire there is a minimum salary set at 75,000 FCFA per month since 2022 (114.34 euros).

Furthermore, there is a reward. In other words, a 13^th month is mandatory.

Paid vacations

Employees have 31 days of leave per year, these are acquired each month but their number varies depending on seniority as indicated in the table below:

After 5 years	+1 day
After 15 years	+2 days
After 20 years	+3 days
After 25 years	+6 days
This assumes continuous service or not, in the same company.

Minimum age to work in Ivory Coast

Article 23.8 of the Labor Code states that “children cannot be employed in a company, even as an apprentice, before the age of fourteen…”.

Hiring foreign staff

The recruitment of an employee of foreign nationality requires certain precautions: the employer must first ensure that no Ivorian is sufficiently qualified for the position concerned. In addition, his employment contract must be endorsed by the Employment Studies and Promotion Agency (AGEPE).

So, given this specificity, in order to be perfectly supported, it is preferable to call on the expertise of Salveo for your local recruitment.