Albania
L
ALL
50,000/mo
Min. wage
(x12 payments)
~16.7%
Employer tax
20 days
Annual leave
2 weeks min
Notice period
Updated
Aug 2026
Default. No end date, full Labour Code protections apply
Only where justified by the temporary nature of the work (e.g. seasonal work).
Overtime capped at 200 hrs/year, paid at +25% (weekdays) or +50% (weekends/holidays)
5 days notice during probation
Statutory directors and legal representatives generally cannot be hired under the EOR model in Albania
Social insurance covering pensions, sickness, maternity and work accidents (15%) plus health insurance (1.7%), on salaries up to the monthly ceiling of ALL 186,416
Social insurance 9.5% (capped at ALL 186,416/mo) plus 1.7% health insurance (uncapped). Income tax rate varies by personal situation.
In addition to statutory leave, employees are entitled to the following statutory benefits:
<p>Employers are required to make contributions to social security programs on behalf of their employees. Benefits derived from social security are:</p><ul><li>Old-age, disability, and survivor pensions</li><li>Sickness and maternity benefits</li><li>Work accident coverage</li><li>Unemployment benefits</li><li>Public health insurance</li></ul>
<p>Work accidents and occupational diseases are covered through the employer's mandatory social insurance contributions, with benefits paid by the state scheme.</p>
<p>Employees with at least 3 years of service dismissed without just cause are entitled to a seniority indemnity of 15 days' salary per year of service. Courts may award up to 12 months' salary in additional damages for wrongful dismissal.</p>
<p>There is no statutory 13th salary in Albania. Year-end bonuses may be offered at the employer's discretion or under collective agreements.</p>
P.S. our team speaks multiple languages and we'd love to chat in your preferred language if requested.
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 are paid on time. 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).
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.
Whenever the employee or employer has a question about, or anything else related to international employment, they can speak with our customer support team to get answers from our team of experts.
