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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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.

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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)

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Exigences relatives au salaire minimum

The minimum wage is KES 13,572 per month.

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 (%)
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

The employer cost is generally estimated at 8.41% of the employee salary.

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 not mandatory for senior staff, as extra work hours are factored in their salaries.
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

Pregnant employees are entitled to 3 months of paid leave. The employee will receive 100% of the salary during this period, and employer will be responsible for this pay.
Maternity leave cannot be extended.

Congé paternité

Employees are entitled to 2 weeks of paid paternity leave. The employee will receive 100% of their average salary during this period, and the employer will be responsible for this pay.
The employee cannot extend leave.

Congé parental

In Kenya, no law covers parental leave. However, employees may be entitled to maternity leave and paternity leave.

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

The minimum notice period is 1 month if wages are paid monthly, and may be increased based. There is no statutory requirement of notice period if wages are paid daily.

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

Both full-time and part-time employees are entitled to 21 days of paid time off (PTO) a year. PTO accrues monthly, with 1.75 days of PTO per month. Employees are eligible for annual leave at the start of their employment as soon as it accrues.

Jours fériés

Kenya celebrates 13 public holidays. National public holidays include:

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

Onboarding takes 1 business day after the client signs the SOW.

Termes du contrat de travail

The employer cost is generally estimated at 6.2% of the employee salary.

Training Fund Contributions - KES 50
National Social Security Fund - 6.0%

An additional employer cost may apply once is legislated. At the moment there is no specific date

National Housing Development Fund (NHDF) - 1.5%

Période d’essai

Employees hired using Deel have a probation period of 90 days, which you can extend up to 180 days. As of January 2022, it's Deel company policy to include probation periods in all employment contracts moving forward.

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.

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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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Hire and pay employees in Kenya, hassle-free