Employer of Record (EOR) Services in Comoros

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The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is a small country in the Indian Ocean. Made up of three larger islands and several smaller ones, this country is located halfway between continental Africa and the island of Madagascar. It has a small population of 1.027 million people and a small GDP of $1.34 million in 2023. This year, the country expects to see an increase of 3.5% in nominal GDP. Inflation, after peaking in recent years due to the instability of imports and energy supplies, is down to 2.0% this year.

With strong GDP growth and a buoyant labor market, this is as good a time as any to start working with Comorian employees. Partnering with Horizons’ Comoros Employer of Record solution is a great way to get these employees on your payroll fast.

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What Is a Comoros EOR?

An EOR or Employer of Record in the Comoros is a service provider working in that country that helps companies hire local workers. The term Comoros PEO or Professional Employment Organization is often used interchangeably with Comoros EOR. These organizations recruit and hire workers on behalf of their client companies, which typically don’t own legal entities in the Comoros. EORs work as recruiters, contract advisors, and human resources (HR) managers, helping to manage payroll, benefits, and leave schedules for employees long-term. As service providers, they’re paid service fees by their clients to fill positions and manage Comoros workers on their behalf.

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What Are the Benefits of a Comoros EOR?

Working with an EOR in the Comoros can be very beneficial for foreign-based companies. Among the advantages they can receive are:

Not needing an entity: An EOR hires employees in the Comoros on behalf of their clients. This makes the EOR the legal employer of the employees, not the client companies they work for. This saves the clients lots of time, effort, and money that would otherwise need to be spent on registering entities in the Comoros.
Fast recruitment and onboarding: Recruiting in the Comoros can be difficult and time-consuming for a foreign firm with no knowledge of local recruitment processes. By working with an EOR, companies can find top talent quickly and efficiently either from the EOR’s talent pools or by leveraging their knowledge of local recruitment channels.
Affordability: The Union of the Comoros is a low-income country and as such, wages are quite low relative to other nations. This makes Comorian employees very affordable for most foreign-based enterprises. Without the need to set up a separate entity, companies that use an EOR make even more substantial savings using a Comoros EOR.
Constant compliance: When an EOR hires staff on behalf of a client company, it becomes their legal employer in the Comoros. Because of this designation, it’s the EOR, not the client, who is ultimately responsible for maintaining compliance with local labor laws. EOR staff use their expert knowledge of local statutes to ensure that they’re constantly living up to their responsibilities as the employer.

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Why Choose Horizons?

Horizons stands out as a Comoros EOR through:

A strong regional presence in Africa, meaning senior management are on the ground to deal with any issues.
Client-focused infrastructure. Horizons won’t oversell you on products and services you don’t need. Horizons offers the easiest platform to compliantly hire and pay people worldwide.
Cost-effective solutions. At $499 per employee, per month, no EOR in Comoros is more affordable. The cost is 100% transparent (onboarding, offboarding, deposit, no extra charges).
A customer-first culture. Horizons is an efficient bootstrapped company. It is not an externally-funded company burning investor cash to aggressively acquire new clients. Horizons is the only EOR that grows with its customer, reflecting the level of care and personal attention provided to each customer. Horizons will carefully advise on the best setup in each country: the type of contract needed, how to structure your benefits, and how to offboard a person while minimizing the risk of conflicts and extra cost
A long-term partnership. Horizons is the only EOR platform with a recruitment arm — a direct response to client demand. If any employee is leaving, or if our clients want to explore a new country, Horizons can recruit new candidates directly for the client. Horizons is:
- The only EOR doing this in-house — no subcontracting
- The only EOR doing this without a retainer — clients are only charged upon success
- The only EOR charging just a 2% fee per month.

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How Does a Comoros EOR Work?

A Comoros EOR is a great asset because of the indispensable services it provides to client companies. Here are some of the main functions that an EOR can perform for your company:

Hire your employees. An EOR will be introduced to your chosen candidate, or if you don’t have one, act as the recruiter, finding employees for their clients from their talent pools. A client company will express its needs to the EOR, which will find appropriate candidates to fill the client’s open positions. If the client accepts the EOR’s proposed candidate, the EOR, and not the client, hires them. The EOR signs a contract with the employee and thus becomes their sole legal employer in Comoros.
Manage employment contracts and onboarding. The client company and the employee negotiate the terms of their contract between them. However, the EOR advises its client on the appropriate compensation to offer. It usually also prepares the legal contract to ensure it’s in line with all local labor laws and employment statutes. An EOR will also usually onboard employees for the client. This includes gathering their personal and banking information, bringing them into payroll systems, and preparing them to start work for the company.
Process payroll and handle employment taxes. At the end of every pay period, the EOR collects data from the client company and calculates employees’ gross salary. The employee’s salary is paid by the client to the EOR, which must also calculate deductions such as the withholding of income taxes. Income tax ranges from 0% to 30%, depending on a worker’s income. The EOR then pays these taxes to the Union of the Comoros Central Revenue Department while the remainder, or net salary, is paid to the employee.
Administer benefits. Client companies may offer benefits aside from salary to their Comorian workers. These can include medical insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, pensions, and more. The EOR searches for appropriate plans and signs employees up to them, then manages contributions to these plans, which may include both deductions from employees’ salaries and contributions from the client companies.
Take care of exit procedures. When a contract comes to an end or an employee must be terminated, the EOR takes on this function as well. It handles notification of termination and severance pay as contractually agreed.

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Labor Laws

Labor laws in the Union of the Comoros are prepared in French, Arabic, and Comorian. These laws are also spread across different pieces of legislation, such as the Constitution of Comoros, the Labour Code, and other instruments. For these reasons, it can be difficult to gain a full understanding of Comoros labor law, and that expertise can be left to the EOR. However, it’s still useful for companies to know the main points of labor law to help them know what they’ll need to provide for their Comorian workers.

Employment contract types

Employment contracts can be permanent or fixed-term. Fixed-term contracts, however, can only last a maximum of two years. After this, they can be renewed but only for one year for a maximum combined term of three years total. Fixed-term contracts can be used for any reason, however, without limitation. Workers who are required to undergo probationary periods must have these details written into their contracts. Probation cannot exceed six months.

Project-based

Fixed-term

Indefinite

Working hours in Comoros

Regular working hours in the Comoros cannot exceed forty hours of work per week. The daily working time per worker cannot exceed eight hours. However, in agricultural businesses, normal working hours are set at 2,340 hours per year or 45 hours per week.

Any work performed between 19:00 and 05:00 is considered night work. Night work must be paid at a higher rate than day work by at least 130%, and this rate must be higher for work between 23:00 and 05:00.

Overtime must be compensated in the following way:

Holiday Schedule in Comoros [2025]

Comorian employees are entitled to between 12-13 paid public holidays per year. These days include national holidays but are largely related to the religious holidays of the majority religion, Sunni Islam. As such, many of these dates change annually with the lunar calendar. In 2025, workers will receive 12 public holidays. Labor Day, 1 May 2025, is not an official holiday but is granted by many employers as a paid day off work. If an employee works on a public holiday, they must be paid an extra 40% on top of their normal wages.

Date	Holiday name
1 Jan 2025	New Year’s Day
27 Jan 2025	Isra and Mi’raj (Tentative Date)
18 Mar 2025	Cheikh Al Maarouf Day
30 Mar to 1 Apr 2025	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
1 May 2025	Labour Day
6 Jun – 7 Jun 2025	Eid al-Adha Holiday
27 Jun 2025	Muharram (Tentative Date)
6 Jul 2025	National Day
5 Sep 2025	The Prophet’s Birthday (Tentative Date)
12 Nov 2025	Maore Day

Paid time off

Workers are entitled to a period of 24 hours of rest each week. Night workers are entitled to 12 hours of rest between shifts. Nursing mothers are entitled to breaks during the day to nurse their babies that total not more than one hour per day.

Sick leave in Comoros

Employees are entitled to up to six months of sick leave. Sick days are paid by Social Security.

Less than 6 months of sick leave

Over 6 months of sick leave

In order for employees to receive the full wages due to them, workers must present a valid medical certificate from a certified doctor to their employer.

Maternity leave in Comoros

Expecting mothers may leave their contracts without notice. If they choose to continue employment, they are entitled to fourteen weeks of maternity leave, which can start six weeks before their expected delivery date. Maternity leave can be extended for an additional three weeks in the case of complications due to the delivery. Maternity leave is paid at the rate of 100% of normal wages by the employer.

There is no mandatory paternity leave in the Comoros.

Annual leave in Comoros

Comorian workers are entitled to four weeks or 24 working days of paid annual leave. The right to enjoy leave is acquired after one year of service to the employer. In addition, workers are allowed to take up to ten days of additional unpaid leave for family reasons (weddings, funerals, etc.) that directly affect them. These days are not deducted from their annual leave. Workers may roll over unused days of leave to the next year, but their leave entitlement expires after 24 months.

Termination & severance in Comoros

Contracts may be terminated for just cause or for economic reasons. Employers are prohibited from terminating workers based on their race, color, sex, marital status, union membership, HIV status, religion, nationality, or political beliefs. If a worker can prove in court that their termination was unfair, the company may be first pushed to reinstate the worker before the court will order the payment of damages. Women on maternity leave may not be terminated during their leave period. According to the Labour Code, any woman who loses her husband must stop working for four months and ten days and cannot be dismissed during this period. They must be paid 50% of normal wages during this period.

Notice must be given in writing, citing the reason for termination. Severance pay is not officially mandated but instead is determined based on the worker’s tenure and position after consultation with the CCTE (Consultative Council of Labour and Employment).

Comoros' compulsory social security contributions

Social security contributions are mandatory for both employers and employees, and they are primarily managed by the National Social Security Fund (Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale – CNSS).

Comoros social security for foreigners

Social security benefits are generally applicable to both citizens and foreigners who are legally employed and contribute to the National Social Security Fund (Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale – CNSS).

Individual income tax

Individual income tax in Comoros is a progressive tax system, meaning the tax rate you pay increases as your taxable income goes up.

Health insurance

Comoros offers public healthcare services that are accessible to residents, the healthcare system relies significantly on public funding and is supplemented by private healthcare options for those who can afford it. Private health insurance plays a role in providing additional coverage and access to specialized medical services in Comoros.

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Compensation & Benefits

Comoros compensation laws

The minimum salary in the Comoros is set at 55,000 KMF (Comoros Francs) per month (roughly 120 USD/month). Skilled workers can expect to be paid around 300,000 KMF/month (roughly 650 USD/month).

13 month salary in Comoros

A 13th-month bonus is not mandatory in the Comoros but may be given as an incentive by some employers.

Social security for Comorian nationals

Employees and employers contribute to Social Security in the Comoros. Both parties contribute 2.5% of the employee’s salary to programs that provide sickness and family allowance benefits. The employee pays 3% to the national pension program, while employers contribute 5%.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the key responsibilities of an EOR in the Comoros?

The main responsibilities of a Comoros EOR include recruiting employees, hiring them directly, contracting, and onboarding them. EORs also manage payroll, taxes, benefits administration, leave scheduling, and exit procedures on behalf of their clients.

How does an EOR in the Comoros facilitate payroll processing?

When you hire an EOR in the Comoros, it manages payroll for your local staff. As the client, you’ll need to log working hours and share this information with the EOR. Using that data, the EOR calculates gross salary, deductions, and net salary. It distributes payments to workers and files taxes to the local authority.

Employer of Record (EOR) Services in Comoros