Middle East

Palestine

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Employer of Record (EOR) in Palestine

What you'll learn

  • Country Introduction
  • Employment Terms
  • Minimum Wage and Working Hours
  • Statutory Leave Laws
  • Termination Process
  • Additional Information
Palestine Introduction

Palestine is a sovereign state in the Middle East region that includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The State of Palestine has been recognized by 138 of the 193 United Nations members and has a status of a non-member observer state in the UN.

Employment Terms

The minimum wage in Palestine is around ILS 1,880 per month, with a standard workweek of no more than 45 hours. Overtime is paid at 150% of the regular salary.

Types of Leave

Parental Leave

Pregnant employees who have worked for 6 months before their due date are entitled to 10 weeks of paid maternity leave (at least 6 of which need to be taken after the birth). There is no statutory paternity leave.

Sick Leave

Employees can receive 14 days of sick leave at their full pay, and then another 14 days at half the pay.

Paid Leave

There are 8 public holidays in Palestine, and employees are entitled to at least 14 days of paid time off in the first 5 years of employment, then a minimum of 21 days after that.

Termination Process

Process

An employer can terminate an employment contract for technical or economic reasons

Notice Period

The standard notice period for terminations is 1 month.

Severance Pay

Severance pay is usually calculated as 1 month of wages for each year the employee worked at the company (for employees who have worked at their company for at least 1 year).

Additional Information

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OVERVIEW
Language(s):
Arabic
Currency:
Egyptian Pound (EGP), Israeli New Shekel (ILS), Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
Capital City:
East Jerusalem, Ramallah
Population:
5.33 Million
Cost of Living Rank:
45th
VAT (Valued Added Tax):
16%
Employer TaxES
0%
(estimated)

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Get Started in 3 Steps

1

Remote candidate

You've sourced a full-time employee or contractor located in a country where your company is not incorporated.

2

Cost Calculation

Pass us the details of your candidate and we will let you know exactly what it costs to employ your candidate in that country.

3

Onboarding & Admin

Sit back and relax as we onboard your new team member and take care of all the local compliances and admin work.

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How Remofirst employs in Palestine

It can be prohibitively expensive to establish an entity in every country you want to hire talent in, so Remofirst will hire and pay your employee on your behalf while you manage their daily duties. Remofirst will handle formal HR procedures and employment contracts that adhere to local laws, so that you can simply approve invoices via our platform. When you work with an Employer of Record (EOR) you can compliantly hire the best employees around the world.

How employees in Palestine get paid
Your employee's hours, time off, holidays, bonuses, and commissions are automatically calculated into payroll. Remofirst will invoice you in either US Dollars (USD), Euros (EUR), British Pounds (GBP), Canadian Dollars (CAD), Australian Dollars (AUD), or Singapore Dollars (SGD) around the 15th of each month to make sure your employees in Palestine are paid on time in Egyptian Pound (EGP), Israeli New Shekel (ILS), Jordanian Dinar (JOD). To make it even easier, you can summarize your entire global team's salaries to aggregate them into one payment (instead of many individual payments).
Full-time Employees vs Global Contractors

Unlike full-time employees, contractors work on projects with multiple companies at a given time and are technically self-employed. Full-time employees are solely focused on their employer and usually receive benefits (such as health insurance, equity or stock options, and time off) as an additional form of compensation. While it can be cheaper to work with international contractors instead of paying benefits to a full-time employee, you run the risk of misclassification. It's recommended to work with an EOR for contractor onboarding and payments, so you can know that your international contractors are paid compliantly and on time.

Dependable support for employees
Whenever the employee or employer has a question about benefits, Visas, or anything else related to international employment in Palestine, they can speak with our customer support team to get answers from our team of experts.