Free guide series · 2026 edition
Global Employment Guides
Free reference guides covering payroll and employment law country by country. Each guide summarises income tax and social security rates, working hours, leave entitlements, end-of-service benefits and wage protection systems under 2026 legislation. If the country you need is not listed yet, we can still set the payroll up with you.
All countries
Payroll and employment rules, country by country
Income tax, social security, working hours, leave and severance for 17 countries.
Gulf (GCC)United Arab Emirates
0% PERSONAL INCOME TAX48h MAXIMUM WORKING WEEK
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveTax & social securityEnd-of-service (EOSB)+3
Gulf (GCC)Bahrain
0% PERSONAL INCOME TAX18% SIO EMPLOYER RATE · NATIONALS 2026
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveTax & social securityEnd-of-service (EOSB)+3
Gulf (GCC)Qatar
0% PERSONAL INCOME TAX48h MAXIMUM WORKING WEEK
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveTax & social securityMinimum wage & benefits+3
Gulf (GCC)Kuwait
0% PERSONAL INCOME TAX30d ANNUAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENT
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveTax & social securityEnd-of-service (EOSB)+2
North AfricaEgypt
27.5% TOP INCOME-TAX BAND48h MAXIMUM WORKING WEEK
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveTax & social securityMinimum wage & benefits+2
Europe (EU)Romania
10% FLAT INCOME TAX · EU'S LOWEST35% EMPLOYEE CAS + CASS + TAX
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View the guide Working hours & leaveTax & social securityMinimum wage & benefitsHiring & termination+1
Middle EastSaudi Arabia
0% PERSONAL INCOME TAX48h MAXIMUM WORKING WEEK
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveTax & social securityEnd-of-service (EOSB)+3
Gulf (GCC)Oman
0% PERSONAL INCOME TAX48h MAXIMUM WORKING WEEK
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveTax & social securityMinimum wage & benefits+4
North AfricaAlgeria
40h MAXIMUM WORKING WEEKDZD 24,000 2026 MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveMinimum wage & benefitsHiring & termination+1
North AfricaMorocco
44h MAXIMUM WORKING WEEKMAD 17.92 2026 HOURLY SMIG
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveMinimum wage & benefitsHiring & termination+1
North AfricaLibya
48h MAXIMUM WORKING WEEKLYD 1,000 MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE
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View the guide Working hours & leaveTax & social securityMinimum wage & benefitsWork permits & visas
North AfricaTunisia
48h MAXIMUM WORKING WEEK17.07% EMPLOYER CNSS RATE
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View the guide Company setupWorking hours & leaveMinimum wage & benefitsHiring & termination+1
Middle EastIraq
IQD 350,000 FEDERAL MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE5% NORMAL EMPLOYEE SOCIAL SECURITY
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View the guide Company setupTax & social securityMinimum wage & benefits
Middle EastLebanon
LBP 28m AUGUST 2025 MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE~22.5% APPROXIMATE TOTAL EMPLOYER NSSF
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View the guide Tax & social securityMinimum wage & benefitsEnd-of-service (EOSB)Hiring & termination
Middle EastSyria
SYP 750,000 JULY 2025 MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE~14% EMPLOYER GOSI RATE, VERIFY
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View the guide Tax & social securityMinimum wage & benefitsHiring & termination
Middle EastJordan
JOD 290 2025–2026 MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE14.25% EMPLOYER SSC RATE
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View the guide Tax & social securityMinimum wage & benefitsHiring & terminationWork permits & visas
Middle EastYemen
48h STANDARD WORKING WEEK9% PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOYER GOSI
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View the guide Tax & social securityHiring & termination
Topic tags are derived from the chapter structure of the guides, not from the scope of the legislation. A missing tag does not mean the topic does not exist in that country; it means the guide covers it inside another chapter rather than under a heading of its own. End-of-service pay in Egypt, for example, sits inside the payroll operations chapter.
Manage payroll in Turkey and every country you operate in from one center
The guides tell you what is required. Execution is the same rules applied again every pay cycle. Datassist runs payroll and employment for international employers from a single center, in Turkey and wherever else you employ. Our partner network is already live across the MENA region, and for a country outside it we set the local partner up and run the same operating model.
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Payroll & statutory compliance
WPS, EMS, Mudad and AS'HAL wage filings; GOSI, GPSSA, SIO, GRSIA, PIFSS, NOSI and SPF contributions; end-of-service and leave calculations. The operational counterpart of every obligation set out in the guides.
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In-country EOR
Employ people in the target country without incorporating: local contracts, social-insurance registration, work permits and nationalisation-quota tracking (Emiratisation, Qatarisation, Nitaqat, Omanisation). The same set-up applies in countries the guides do not cover yet.
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One compliance operation
One operating model instead of a separate provider, calendar and report format per country: a single point of contact, one payroll calendar and reporting you can compare across markets. Opening a new country extends the scope, it does not change the model.
Need payroll support in a specific country?
Talk to a Datassist specialist and plan your payroll, social security and compliance processes in the target country together.