Eritrea – Employer of Record

Globalization Partners provides employer of record services for clients that want to hire employees and run payroll without first establishing a branch office or subsidiary in Eritrea. Your candidate is hired via Globalization Partners’ Eritrea PEO in accordance with local labor laws and can be onboarded in days instead of the months it typically takes. The individual is assigned to work on your team, working on your company’s behalf exactly as if he or she were your employee to fulfill your in-country requirements.

Table of Contents

• Basic Hiring Facts in Eritrea
• Eritrea Holidays
• Employment Contracts in Eritrea
• Why Globalization Partners

Our Global Employer of Record Platform™ and Global PEO service enables clients to run payroll in Eritrea while HR services, tax, and compliance management matters are lifted from their shoulders onto ours. As a Global PEO expert, we manage employment contract best practices, statutory and market norm benefits, and employee expenses, as well as severance and termination if required. We also keep you apprised of changes to local employment laws in Eritrea.

Your new employee is productive sooner, has a better hiring experience and is 100% dedicated to your team. You’ll have peace of mind knowing you have a team of dedicated employment experts assisting with every hire. Globalization Partners allows you to harness the talent of the brightest people in more than 170 countries around the world, quickly and painlessly.

Basic Hiring Facts in Eritrea

Eritrea is located in Africa and has a population of 6.3 million. The capital city of Eritrea is Asmara which has a population of 805,000. Eritrea doesn’t actually have an official language, however, Tigrigna, Arabic and English are the most commonly spoken.

When negotiating terms of an employment contract and offer letter with an employee in Eritrea, it may be useful to keep the following in mind:

Eritrea Holidays

• New Year
• Orthodox Christmas Day
• Women’s Day
• Good Friday
• Easter Day
• International Workers’ Day
• Independence Day
• Martyrs’ Day
• Eid al-Fitr
• Commencement Day of Eritrean Armed Struggle
• St. John the Baptist Day
• Geez New Year
• Eid al-Adha
• Meskel
• The Prophet’s Birthday
• Christmas Day

Employment Contracts in Eritrea

In Eritrea, employment contracts can be oral or written, but it is best practice to put a strong, written contract in place, in Tigrigna, which spells out the terms of the employee’s compensation, benefits, and termination requirements. An offer letter and employment contract in Eritrea should always state the salary and any compensation amounts in Eritrean Nafka rather than a foreign currency. The employment contract template is part of the service with Globalization Partners; no need to draft a separate template if you use our employer of record and PEO service in Eritrea.

Why Globalization Partners

Establishing a branch office or subsidiary in Eritrea to engage a small team is time-consuming, expensive and complex. Eritrean labor law has strong worker protections, requiring great attention to detail and an understanding of local best practices. Globalization Partners makes it painless and easy to expand into Eritrea. We can help you hire your candidate of choice, handle HR matters and payroll, and ensure that you’re in compliance with local laws, without the burden of setting up a foreign branch office or subsidiary. Our Eritrea PEO and Global Employer of Record Platform provides you peace of mind so that you can focus on running your business.

If you would like to discuss how Globalization Partners can provide a seamless employee leasing or PEO solution for hiring employees in Eritrea, please contact us.