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Burundi is a small, land-locked country in Central Africa surrounded by Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This country was once a German possession as part of German East Africa; however, it gained independence in 1960. Growth is expected at a rate of 4.3% in 2024, and the current value of the economy is around three billion USD. If you’re looking to gain a foothold in Africa by hiring workers from Burundi, you might consider the benefits of a Burundi Employer of Record to help you get your hands on the top talent your enterprise requires.

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What Is a Burundi EOR?

An EOR or “Employer of Record” in Burundi is a service provider in that country that works with foreign-based companies to hire local employees. EORs can hire Burundian workers on behalf of these companies, which typically don’t have their own legal entities in Burundi. They act as recruiters, contract advisors, and human resources (HR) managers and help their clients by managing payroll, benefit administration, and leave schedules for their employees on a long-term basis. Their clients pay them regularly, normally monthly, to provide these services for their employees.

A Burundi PEO, or Professional Employer Organization, is another name for a Burundi Employer of Record.

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What Are the Benefits of a Burundi EOR?

There are many reasons to work with an EOR in Burundi. This collaboration can be very beneficial and create value for foreign companies. Advantages include:

Not needing an entity. Without an EOR, a foreign-based company will need to create and own an entity in Burundi. This can be a difficult, costly, and time-consuming process. However, an EOR can hire employees on behalf of the company, bypassing these difficulties and enabling an efficient hiring process.
Fast recruitment and onboarding. A foreign-based company would normally find itself lost when trying to recruit in Burundi, being unfamiliar with strategies that are effective in this country. With the help of an EOR, however, recruitment can be done much faster and more successfully. EORs have their own talent pools and networks to help them find the top talent that a client company requires.
Affordability. Burundi is a low-income country, and its workers receive low salaries. Social contributions are also lower than the global average and this means that Burundian workers can be highly affordable for foreign-based companies to employ.
Compliance assurance. When a company works with an EOR to hire employees in Burundi, the EOR hires these employees directly. This makes the EOR the sole legal employer in Burundi responsible for their appropriate and legal treatment. The EOR uses its staff’s expertise and experience to create contracts and monitor working conditions to ensure constant compliance with all Burundian tax and labor laws.

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Why Choose Horizons?

Horizons stands out as a Burundi EOR through:

A strong regional presence in Africa, meaning senior management are on the ground to deal with any issues.
Client-focused infrastructure. Horizons won’t oversell you on products and services you don’t need. Horizons offers the easiest platform to compliantly hire and pay people worldwide.
Cost-effective solutions. At $499 per employee, per month, no EOR in Burundi is more affordable. The cost is 100% transparent (onboarding, offboarding, deposit, no extra charges).
A customer-first culture. Horizons is an efficient bootstrapped company. It is not an externally-funded company burning investor cash to aggressively acquire new clients. Horizons is the only EOR that grows with its customer, reflecting the level of care and personal attention provided to each customer. Horizons will carefully advise on the best setup in each country: the type of contract needed, how to structure your benefits, and how to offboard a person while minimizing the risk of conflicts and extra cost
A long-term partnership. Horizons is the only EOR platform with a recruitment arm — a direct response to client demand. If any employee is leaving, or if our clients want to explore a new country, Horizons can recruit new candidates directly for the client. Horizons is:
- The only EOR doing this in-house — no subcontracting
- The only EOR doing this without a retainer — clients are only charged upon success
- The only EOR charging just a 2% fee per month.

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How Does a Burundi EOR Work?

An employer of record is a service provider that helps foreign-based companies hire local employees in Burundi. It performs several human resources (HR) functions for its clients, including the following:

Hire your employees. The EOR will find out the positions that you need to be filled and the requirements you have for the employees that will fill them. It will then turn to its talent pool and use other recruitment strategies to find candidates that match these requirements. It will propose candidates to your company. If they’re accepted, the EOR, and not your company, will sign a contract directly with the employees and become their legal employer. They will still work directly for you, but the EOR is responsible for seeing to their legal and HR needs.
Manage employment contracts and onboarding. Before the hiring happens, your company can negotiate working conditions, compensation, and other terms with the potential employee. The EOR will help by recommending appropriate and attractive compensation packages for these employees. Once terms are agreed, it will prepare the contracts and facilitate their signing. With the employees officially hired, the EOR will collect their information, sign them up for benefits programs and social security, and prepare them to come aboard with your enterprise.
Process payroll and handle employment taxes. The EOR will typically manage payroll and tax payments for your employees every pay period. It will collect data regarding their hours worked and use that to calculate each employee’s gross salary. It will then calculate Social Security and tax deductions and pay these on to the appropriate government offices. The remaining net salaries will be dispersed to the employees. All of these funds are paid from your company to the EOR, which then manages them appropriately.
Administer benefits. If you agree to pay your employees benefits aside from those they receive through Social Security contributions, these, too, will be managed by the EOR on your behalf. They’ll search for providers and sign employees up to appropriate packages. Insurance and pension contributions from both your company and the employees themselves will need to be sent to these benefits providers on a regular basis.
Take care of exit procedures. The EOR takes care of employees on their way into and out of your organization. If employees need to be terminated, the EOR will prepare notice letters and distribute severance as needed.

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Labor Laws

Burundi has extensive labor laws designed to protect both employers and employees alike. These laws are spread over several legislative instruments, including the Burundian Constitution of 2018, the Labour Code of 2020, the Social Security Code of 1999, and various other ministerial orders and international treaties. It can be extremely difficult to keep track of all of these statutes, and this job is best left up to the EOR’s expert staff. However, it’s also important for companies to know some of the basic tenets of the law to know what they need to provide for Burundian workers.

Employment contract types

While daily workers may be hired by oral contract, other contracts must be written in one of the country’s three official languages in duplicate, one copy for each party. Contracts are normally permanent, though fixed-term contracts are possible for non-durable work. Legal contracts must include the names of the worker and employer; the worker’s birth date and place, family composition, and place of residence; the start date and duration of the contract; nature of work; details of the salary, benefits, and family benefits; and any special conditions.

Project-based

Fixed-term

Indefinite

Working hours in Burundi

Workers in Burundi may only work eight hours a day and a total of 45 hours a week under normal conditions. Must Burundians work five and half days per week. Any work done in excess is considered overtime and must be paid at a rate of 135% of normal wages for the first two overtime hours. Any subsequent overtime hours in the same week must be paid at 160% of normal wages. Overtime is limited to 15 hours per week and 150 hours per year.

Overtime must be compensated in the following way:

Holiday Schedule in Burundi [2024]

There are usually 12 or 13 paid public holidays in the Burundian calendar. These holidays are both national days of commemoration and days of both Christian and Islamic observance. In 2024, they include:

Date	Holiday name
1 Jan, 2024	New Year’s Day
6 Apr, 2024	Commemoration of the Assassination of President Ntaryamira
10 Apr, 2024	Eid-el-Fitr
1 May, 2024	Labour Day
9 May, 2024	Day of Ascension
16 Jun, 2024	Eid-el-Hajj
1 Jul, 2024	Independence Day
15 Aug, 2024	Assumption Day
13 Oct, 2024	Commemoration of the Assassination of Prince Louis Rwagasore
21 Oct, 2024	Commemoration of the Assassination of President Ndadaye
1 Nov, 2024	All Saints Day
25 Dec, 2024	Christmas Day

Paid time off

Workers are entitled to a period of 24 hours of rest once each week. This is normally given on Sundays. If an employee works on a rest day, they must be paid at a rate of 200% of normal wages. Breastfeeding mothers are entitled to breaks in each working day up to a total of one hour per day to feed their babies up to the age of six months.

Sick leave in Burundi

Workers are entitled to as many as three months of sick leave in a year. This leave is paid by Social Security at 66.7% of the worker’s normal wages.

Less than 6 months of sick leave

Over 6 months of sick leave

In order for employees to receive the full wages due to them, workers must present a valid medical certificate from a certified doctor to their employer.

Maternity leave in Burundi

Expecting mothers are entitled to 12 weeks of maternity leave, which can start six weeks before their expected dates of confinement. This leave is fully paid – Social Security pays 50%, and the employer shares the other 50%. Maternity leave may be extended to 14 weeks in case of complications.

Annual leave in Burundi

After completing 12 months of service, employees are entitled to 20 days of annual leave. They may accumulate leave for up to two years.

Termination & severance in Burundi

Employees who complete fixed-term contracts are not entitled to any notice or severance pay. Employees on open-ended contracts, however, must be given notice and paid severance if not dismissed for gross misconduct. If the employer has worked less than three years, they need one month’s notice. They should get 45 days’ notice for three to five years of service, two months’ notice for five to ten years of service, and three months’ notice for more than ten years of work.

Severance, too, is based on service periods. For less than three years of service, an employee must be paid half of one month’s average salary. After three to five years of service, they receive double this amount. For five to ten years of service, they receive four times this amount, and six times this amount after more than ten years of service to the employer.

Burundi's compulsory social security contributions

The social security system is administered by the National Social Security Institute (INSS – Institut National de Sécurité Sociale). The system covers various aspects of social protection, including old-age pensions, disability pensions, survivors’ benefits, and health insurance.

Burundi social security for foreigners

The social security system managed by the National Social Security Institute (INSS – Institut National de Sécurité Sociale) typically covers all employees, including foreigners, as long as they are legally employed within the country.

Individual income tax

The progressive income tax system in Burundi is designed to ensure that individuals with higher incomes contribute a larger percentage of their earnings in taxes.

Health insurance

Health insurance is primarily managed through public schemes, but private health insurance options are also available. The INSS is the main body responsible for social security, including health insurance, for employees in the formal sector. Private health insurance is available in Burundi and is often used to complement the public health insurance provided by the INSS.

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Compensation & Benefits

Burundi compensation laws

The average salary for workers in Burundi is roughly 300,000 BIF/month (Burundian francs), equivalent to a little over 100 USD. Wages must be paid within eight days of the end of the month for which the wages are due.

13 month salary in Burundi

A 13th-month bonus is not mandated in Burundi. However, it may be given as a benefit by some employers at their discretion.

Social security for Burundian nationals

Employees pay 4% of their salary to Social Security while employers add another 6%. These contributions pay for pension, maternity, disability, and survivors’ benefits.

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How Does a Burundi EOR Work?

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What is the process for terminating an employee through an EOR in Burundi?

If the client company wants to terminate an employee in Burundi, it can indicate this to the EOR, including the prospective dates for termination and the reason. If the reason is gross misconduct, the EOR may terminate the employee’s contract immediately without giving notice or paying severance. For other reasons, the EOR will provide notice to the employee. At the end of the notice period, the employee will be terminated and paid severance according to their years of service to the employer.

How does an EOR in Burundi handle payroll management?

When you work with an EOR in Burundi, you’ll send your employees’ worked hours data to the EOR every pay period. The EOR’s staff will calculate the employees’ gross salaries and your employer contributions to Social Security. You’ll send these funds to the EOR and they’ll divide them up between tax payments, Social Security payments, and workers’ salaries.

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What Is a Burundi EOR?

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What Are the Benefits of a Burundi EOR?

Horizons is Best IN Class

Why Choose Horizons?

Step-by-step Burundi EOR

How Does a Burundi EOR Work?

stay compliant with Burundi labor laws

Labor Laws

Employment contract types

Project-based

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Termination

Severance

Fixed-term

Probationary period

Termination notice period

Severance

Indefinite

Probationary period

Termination notice period

Severance

Working hours in Burundi

Overtime must be compensated in the following way:

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Sick leave in Burundi

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Over 6 months of sick leave

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Maternity leave in Burundi

Annual leave in Burundi

Termination & severance in Burundi

Burundi's compulsory social security contributions

Burundi social security for foreigners

Individual income tax

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