RemoFirst

Employer of Record (EOR) in

Barbados

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Here's what you need to know about their employment laws, taxes, termination rules, and more. And many companies choose to work with an Employer of Record in Barbados to stay compliant from day one.

Language(s)

Bajan Creole

Currency

BBD

Capital

Bridgetown

Population

0.3 M

Public holidays

VAT

17.5%

Contract Types

Here's what you need to know about their employment laws, taxes, termination rules, and more. And many companies choose to work with an Employer of Record in Barbados to stay compliant from day one.

DEFAULT

Indefinite contract

Default; after one year of continuous service employees gain unfair-dismissal protection under the Employment Rights Act 2012

REGULATED USE

Permitted for specific tasks, seasonal or project work; repeated renewals can expose employers to unfair-dismissal claims.

Employment basics

Here's what you need to know about their employment laws, taxes, termination rules, and more. And many companies choose to work with an Employer of Record in Barbados to stay compliant from day one.

WORKING HOURS

40 hrs/week

Overtime customarily paid at 150% (200% on public holidays), set mainly by sector wage orders and contracts

PROBATION PERIOD

3 months

Not fixed by statute; set by contract (commonly 3 months) and counts toward continuous employment

13TH / 14TH SALARY

Not Required

JOB TITLE REGULATIONS

Regulated

Company directors and officers, and roles in licensed professions, generally cannot be hired under the EOR model without a local entity

Taxes & employment costs

Here's what you need to know about their employment laws, taxes, termination rules, and more. And many companies choose to work with an Employer of Record in Barbados to stay compliant from day one.

EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

12.75% of insurable earnings to the National Insurance Scheme (pension, sickness, maternity, employment injury, unemployment, severance fund, health service) plus 0.25% Resilience & Regeneration Fund on gross earnings

EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS

11.25

11% NIS on insurable earnings capped at BBD 5,360/mo (2026) plus 0.25% Resilience & Regeneration Fund. Progressive income tax (12.5%/28.5%) withheld separately.

NIS contributions are capped at insurable earnings of BBD 5,360/mo in 2026, but the 0.25% Resilience & Regeneration Fund levy applies to full gross earnings.

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Leave entitlements

Here's what you need to know about their employment laws, taxes, termination rules, and more. And many companies choose to work with an Employer of Record in Barbados to stay compliant from day one.

Type

Duration

Pay During Leave

Annual leave

15 days

100%

Maternity leave

14 weeks

100%

Paternity leave

3 weeks

100% (NIS benefit, capped)

Sick leave (days 1-3)

Days 1-3

Unpaid (statutory); NIS benefit from day 4

Days 4-20

~66.67% (NIS sickness benefit)

(Days 21+)

~66.67% (NIS), up to 26 weeks

Benefits

Here's what you need to know about their employment laws, taxes, termination rules, and more. And many companies choose to work with an Employer of Record in Barbados to stay compliant from day one.

Statutory Benefits

In addition to statutory leave, employees are entitled to the following statutory benefits:

EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

Employers are required to make contributions to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) on behalf of their employees. Benefits derived from national insurance are:

Old-age, invalidity and survivors' pensions
Sickness and maternity/paternity benefits (incl. Family Leave Act 2025 benefits)
Employment injury benefit
Unemployment benefit
Severance fund and health service contributions

WORKPLACE INJURY PROTECTION

Work-injury protection is provided through the employment injury branch of the NIS, funded by an employer-only contribution, covering medical care and injury benefits.

SEVERANCE PAY

Severance under the Severance Payments Act applies to redundancy-type terminations after 2 years' service: 2.5 weeks' pay per year for the first 10 years, 3 weeks for years 11-20, and 3.5 weeks for years 21-33. No statutory severance for dismissal with cause.

13TH SALARY

There is no statutory 13th-month salary in Barbados; year-end bonuses are discretionary or contractual.

Termination & notice

Here's what you need to know about their employment laws, taxes, termination rules, and more. And many companies choose to work with an Employer of Record in Barbados to stay compliant from day one.

Scenario

Severance

Unfair dismissal

Employment Rights Tribunal: reinstatement, re-engagement or compensation (basic award mirrors severance scale)

Objective / fair dismissal

2.5-3.5 weeks' pay per year of service (redundancy); none for cause

During probation

Typically 1 week, or per contract.

After probation

Scales with tenure (~1 week under 1 yr up to 6+ weeks after 10 yrs); pay in lieu permitted

Severance is payable only for redundancy-type dismissals after 2 years' service; employees with 1+ year of service can bring unfair-dismissal claims requiring documented fair procedure.

Content last reviewed Sep 2026. Employment laws change fast, always verify critical hiring decisions, and talk to our team of international experts.

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Hiring in Barbados FAQ

How RemoFirst employs in Barbados

It can be prohibitively expensive to establish an entity in every country you want to hire talent in Barbados, 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 Barbados 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 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).

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, or anything else related to international employment, they can speak with our customer support team to get answers from our team of experts.

More than once, I have had a need or request that was answered not just with a fix, but with a permanent improvement of my service. They go out of their way to give me even better than I ask for, without extra charges. RemoFirst makes it as uncomplicated as possible to have employees in multiple countries. This is a great blessing to our business.

Kenny S.

Co-CEO

Blomberg Music Productions

RemoFirst is an amazing platform, everything is extremely user friendly and easy to use compared to other tools that I have been using in the past. Inna and the team were on point and replying to my questions in a more than timely manner as well as making our life super easy! Great people and platform, I'll highly recommend it to my network.

Hugo D.

Business Ops & Strategy Manager

Aflorithmic

EORs can be really, really complex and there is so many different grey areas involved. But working with RemoFirst, they're able to make things clear and concise. It's been a fantastic relationship and they partner really well with all the teams that need to be involved in our hiring process.

Leanne T.

Manager of HR Business Operations

PandaDoc

RemoFirst enables us to compliantly hire and manage employees in countries where we lack an entity, saving time and costs as we scale Creatio globally. They offered the best pricing among all EORs we considered, and the setup process was smooth despite our many questions. The team has been kind and attentive, and the platform is easy to navigate. We’re excited to have completed our onboarding and to be working with RemoFirst!

Olivia H.

Global HR Manager

Creatio

RemoFirst helps to increase flexibility in the hiring process to ensure remote teams can be successfully onboarded anywhere in the world. Customer service is quick to respond to any queries. Positive onboarding experience. Would recommend to others. Makes hiring smooth and hassle free for remote workers.

Emma T.

Program Lead EMEA

Trust Lab

RemoFirst ensure to provide an easy and smooth transaction in hiring remote workers across the globe; they will take care of all the nitty gritty part of hiring remote workers without having an entity in a country. They also provide a reasonable pricing that is also appropriate for a startup. What I liked most about RemoFirst is their customer service! Special kudos to our account manager, Victor, who has consistently provided us with speedy and prompt responses from initial contact up to now.

G-Anne B.

Recruiter

Portcast

RemoFirst enables me to work remotely and stay compliant in my home country. It’s also very helpful for submitting and managing expenses, making it a great addition to my primary HR platform with its admin features. The platform is simple, intuitive, and easy to navigate, with more than adequate functionality for getting things done efficiently.

Martin P.

Head of Marketing

BetVictor

“We had an entity that was located in a different country that wanted to hire members in the US without affecting the tax status, having RemoFirst help out by being the EOR was the best solution. The setup of the EOR was very easy and we had a dedicated account manger the entire time. Having a dedicated account manager made resolving issues simpler than it would have been otherwise. Nice touch!”

Weston M.

Financial Controller

Truffle Ventures

When we were first looking into partnerships to support our remote team, the complexity and options were overwhelming. RemoFirst was patient and explained how things work, often answering questions that I know were outside of what they technically do. This made me feel informed as a business owner and showed how the team goes above and beyond. Our team members who we've hired using our Remofirst partnership had glowing things to say about the experience.

Rachel W.

CEO

Vinebase

I had some details to be clarified with the contract, but the staff was very helpful in helping me sort it out. Also, the laptop delivery arranged by RemoFirst was a breeze! The device arrived the next day!