Aims to protect employee rights and promote fair labour relations.
Emphasizes consultation and collective bargaining between employers and employees.
Employment Contract Requirements
Contract Types:
Indefinite contracts
Fixed-term contracts (with justification)
Contractual Terms:
Must include details of workplace, salary, identification of employer and employee, nature of work, working hours, commencement and termination dates (if fixed-term).
Language and Currency:
Employment contracts must be in the employee's local language.
Salaries must be paid in Namibian Dollars (NAD).
Working Time Regulations
Standard Working Hours:
45 hours per week, or nine hours per day if working five days or less per week; eight hours per day if working more than five days per week.
Rest Days and Breaks:
At least one rest day per week.
Daily rest breaks are not prescribed.
Leave Policy
Annual Leave:
Entitled to four to 21 days of paid annual leave per year, depending on the number of days worked per week.
Public Holidays:
New Year's Day
Independence Day
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Workers' Day
Cassinga Day
Africa Day
Ascension Day
Heroes' Day
Namibian Women's Day
International Human Rights Day
Christmas Day
Family Day
Special Leave:
Sick Leave:
One day of sick leave accrues for every 26 days worked.
After 36 months of service, employees working five days per week are entitled to at least 30 days of sick leave, and those working six days per week are entitled to 36 days.
Maternity Leave:
14 weeks of maternity leave after six months of service.
Typically, four weeks are taken before the expected date of delivery, and the remainder after childbirth.
Employers pay a portion of maternity leave salaries.
Paternity Leave:
No statutory paternity leave.
Employee Termination and Dismissal
Notice Period:
Ranges from one day to one month, depending on the employee's length of service.
Severance Pay:
After 12 months of continuous service, severance pay is equal to one week's pay for each year of continuous service with the employer.
Unfair Dismissal Protection:
Employers are prohibited from dismissing employees without just cause.
Fair procedures must be followed.
Tax Laws
Personal Income Tax:
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