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How to hire remote employees in
Hiring abroad is difficult: New labor laws, entities, a lot of words you’d rather not hear again. But we’ve got good news. It doesn’t need to be that way. Below, we’ll break down your two main options for hiring in Cameroon (and the one we prefer).
If you want to successfully hire in
Cameroon
, you have two options:
Laws about hiring contractors are significantly more simple in
Cameroon
. Onboarding talent takes days, not weeks or months. Both you, the company, and your talent have more flexibility. And in many cases, since you’re remote, the talent you’re hiring is better classified as a contractor, anyway. Of course, it’s not possible in every case, but it’s what we built Thera for.
This is the long route. You can either establish a physical presence with an entity and register as an employer, or you can use an Employer-of-Record (EOR) solution. Odds are, you’ll find using an EOR to be the easier route. Still, using an EOR in
Cameroon
is expensive—it can often be $500 per month per employee—and sometimes prone to lengthy onboarding times.
Hiring contractors is normally the easier, faster, more flexible choice—but don’t just take it from us. Below are the specific benefits and drawbacks to hiring contractors in
Cameroon
.
Hiring employees takes months, at the minimum. When you hire with Thera's locally-generated contracts, it’s a matter of days or weeks. This means you can hire the best talent, fast, without losing them to a hellish procession of paperwork.
It costs just $0 to sign up for Thera, then $25 per month to hire your contractors with Thera. If you hired employees manually (or did contracting on your own), you’d likely be on the hook for thousands of dollars each month. Setting up an entity alone can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Hiring contractors in
Cameroon
means you’re generally not on the hook for things like health insurance and paid time off. This makes hiring flexible for you, and it gives your talent more options.
Hiring employees is a bigger commitment, and can open you up to increased liabilities and regulations. When you hire contractors overseas, your biggest risk is misclassification—but laws surrounding contractor classification are often significantly more straightforward.
The contractor life isn’t for everyone—some people want the security that being an employee often appears to provide. Though it’s rare, this does happen, and it’s one disadvantage of manage an all-contractor team.
Most countries’ contractor-employer relationship laws stipulate that the employer can’t set fixed working hours, among other things. These laws give contractors more freedom over how and when they do their work than an employee would have. In reality, however, most contractors are willing & able to work on the company’s schedule—it’s a matter of setting expectations beforehand.
If you’re hiring contractors in
Cameroon
, you can pay them with Thera in a single click. You won’t need to worry about complicated wire transfers, fees, or currency conversions. We’ll take care of it all. Just make a click and your contractor will get paid in their currency of choice. This is a valuable bonus for talent in countries where the local currency is particularly weak—most people appreciate the ability to receive their payment in stronger currencies.
If you’ve read up until this point, you’ll know that it’s easier, cheaper, and more flexible to hire contractors in Cameroon than employees. Still, there are valid reasons why you might want to hire employees instead. The content below is for you—we’ll cover employer taxes and obligations in Cameroon.
Employees are therefore entitled to ten days of paid time off during family activities. For any child under the age of six, female employers are entitled to two days of paid leave.
Employees accrue 1.5 days of paid vacation leave for each month worked and after five years of service, employees receive a further two days a month.
There are 11 public holidays.
Employees receive five days of paid sick leave each year and employers are responsible for medical treatment if the employee was injured during work.
The expectant mother's regular rate of pay is compensated after maternity leave by social security. Female workers are entitled to 14 weeks of maternity leave, beginning four weeks before the due date, covered by the CNPS.
Maternity leave starts four weeks prior to the due date of the baby's arrival. If the time of confinement occurs after the due date, the maternity leave will resume in full once the period of confinement starts.
Paternity leave will be taken from the 10 days of voluntary paid parental leave available to fathers.
Other than the already mentioned terms for maternity and paternity leaves, there are no provisions in the Cameroon law regarding parental leave.
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Fixed-term contracts are capped at 24 months and can be extended once and can only be terminated for gross misconduct and mutual consent.
Employers can dismiss employees when a fixed-term contract ends, when the specific work ends, for misconduct, for economic reasons or for just cause.
During the notice period, the employee is permitted to take one day off every week to look for work. The notice period is determined by the Minister of Labor.
In Cameroon, employees qualify for severance pay after two years of service.
Probation period is 6 months.
The standard working hours in Cameroon is 40 hours.
In Cameroon ,overtime pay should not be less than 125% of the regular rate of pay. Employees are permitted to work up to 20 hours of overtime per week.
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