Hire and pay employees in
Kenya, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Kenya. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.
The average onboarding time frame in Kenya is 1 day with Deel.
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Devise
Kenyan Shilling (KES)

Capitale
Nairobi
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Langue officielle
Swahili and English,
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Cycle de paie
Mensuel
Onboard, pay and manage employees in Kenya with Deel.
Usually, to hire in Kenya, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.
Deel lets you hire employees in Kenya quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.
All the necessary benefits for Kenya
built right in
Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Kenya within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.
- National Housing Development Fund
- National Industrial Training Fund
- Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale
- Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
- Work Injury Benefits Act (WIBA)
- National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)
- Couverture santé privée - Allianz (facultatif)
Our quickstart guide to hiring in Kenya
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Exigences relatives au salaire minimum
Impôt sur le revenu des particuliers
The individual income tax ranges from 10% to 30%. Income tax is calculated according to progress rates and the government uses a pay-as-you-earn model.
Revenu annuel brut | Taux d’imposition (%) |
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On the first 288,000 | 10% |
On the next 100,000 | 25% |
On all remaining income in excess of 388,000 | 30% |
Coût de la paie
- National Social Security Fund Contribution - 6.0%*
- WIBA (Work Injury Benefits Act) Contribution - 0.91%
- NITA (National Industrial Training Authority) Contribution - KES 50
- Affordable Housing Levy - 1.5%
*up to a maximum salary for the contribution of with KES 36,000.
Ces coûts sont des estimations et ne sont indiqués qu’à titre d’information. Pour comprendre le mode de calcul des coûts et frais inhérents aux termes d’un contrat de travail établi dans ce pays, n’hésitez pas à demander un devis à notre service commercial.
Rémunération des heures supplémentaires et nombre d’heures maximum
Overtime payment is mandatory for junior staff. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 52 hours per week (12 hours of overtime).
For additional hours, employees are paid 1.5 times the regular hourly salary, and 2 times the regular hourly salary if they work overtime on a rest day or public holiday.
Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday.
Congé maternité
Maternity leave cannot be extended.
Congé paternité
The employee cannot extend leave.
Congé parental
Congés maladie
After 2 consecutive months of service with the Company, employees are entitled to sick leave of 30 working days with full pay and thereafter to sick leave of 15 working days with half pay in each period of twelve 12 consecutive months of service with the Company.
Some employers may provide a minimum sick leave of 14 days, depending on the category of the employee.
Conditions de départ
Un licenciement doit respecter des règles complexes et la procédure officielle du pays où travaille la personne concernée. Les conditions du départ sont toujours gérées par l’employeur avec les principales parties prenantes. La procédure peut inclure des frais ponctuels et certaines mesures (obligatoires ou recommandées) dans des cas spécifiques de licenciement.
Terminations in Kenya can be complex. There is no at-will termination in Kenya for employers, outside the probation period, and termination must be done for just cause.
Compliant terminations include:
- Du fait de l’employé
- D’un commun accord
- Unilaterally by the employer based on whether the employee:
- Faute de l’employé
- Incapacity to work (for reasons relating to performance or sickness)
- Redundancy
- By expiration of the contract
Période de préavis
Indemnités de départ des employés
Severance pay is only payable where termination is on account of redundancy, and is paid at the rate of 15 days for every year worked.
Pour vous prémunir des risques financiers imprévus liés à un licenciement, Deel prévoit un cumul d’indemnités de départ dans tous les contrats de travail pour ce pays. Deel possède une grande expérience de la gestion des risques de litige à l’international, et nous calculons le cumul d’indemnités de départ en fonction du droit commun ou des dispositions légales et des meilleures pratiques locales. Si votre employé démissionne ou n’a pas droit à une indemnité de départ, les montants réservés en vertu du contrat et inutilisés vous sont remboursés.
Congés payés
Jours fériés
- Jour de l’an
- Vendredi saint
- Lundi de Pâques
- Fête du Travail
- Id-ul-Fitr
- Madaraka Day
- Idd-ul-Azha
- Utamaduni Day
- Mashujaa Day
- Jamhuri Day
- Noël
- Boxing Day
- Christmas Holiday
Onboarding
Termes du contrat de travail
- Training Fund Contributions - KES 50
- National Social Security Fund - 6.0%
- National Housing Development Fund (NHDF) - 1.5%
Période d’essai
Probation periods help an employer and the employee ensure they're a hiring match, allowing a company to quickly decide if it's a fit or the employee to see if the job aligns with their career goals.
Hiring in Kenya, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Kenya with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Kenya and 150+ countries.
À partir de 599 USD
Management fee
8.41%
Part employeur estimée
* du salaire versé
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