Sudan
Whether you want to hire one person or a whole team, Remote's guide to hiring employees and contractors in Sudan can help you get started. Note that Remote's employer of record services are not yet live in Sudan.
- Capital City
Khartoum
- Currency
Sudanese pound (ج.س., SDG)
- Languages
Arabic & English
- Population size
45,709,353
Facts & Stats
- Capital City
Khartoum
- Currency
Sudanese pound (ج.س., SDG)
- Languages
Arabic & English
- Population size
45,709,353
- Ease of doing business
Below average
- Cost of living index
N/A
- Payroll frequency
N/A
- VAT - standard rate
17%
- GDP - real growth rate
0.5% (2021)
Sudan is a country in Northeast Africa that shares borders with CAR, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Libya. The country has an ancient history dating back to the time of the Pharaohs and more recently, the Ottoman empire.
Sudan has a checkered history of corruption, long-running civil wars, genocide, poverty, famine, and disease. The Sudanese government has also been accused of sponsoring terrorism and crippling economic sanctions have been levied on the country from 2004 to 2020.
All of these have disadvantaged the African nation & Sudan is easily one of the world’s poorest nations.
On the bright side, Sudan may finally have things looking up for its economy: the country has forced a long-standing dictator out of office & since economic sanctions were called off in 2020, Sudan has begun to slowly get reintegrated into the world’s economic and financial networks.
Sudan has witnessed growth in the petroleum, mining, and agricultural sectors, which contribute over $4 billion annually to the nation’s economy.
Grow your team in Sudan with Remote
Note that we are busy building our own entity in Sudan to provide you with the best possible employment solutions for your employees, but our employer of record service is not yet live in this country.
To employ in Sudan, companies must own a local legal entity in the country or work with a global employment solution. Developing the processes required to manage payroll, benefits, taxes, and onboarding in countries like Sudan can get complicated fast, especially without localized expertise.
If you’re looking to start hiring in a country like this, partnering with a global employment solution like Remote makes it easy for your company to employ workers quickly, cost-effectively, and in full compliance with all local legislation.
In the countries where we do offer our EOR services, Remote takes on the responsibility and legal risks of international employment so you can focus on hiring great talent and growing your business.
Risks of misclassification
Sudan, like many other countries, treats self-employed individuals or contractors and full-time employees differently. Misclassification of contractors in Sudan may lead to fines and penalties for the offending company.
Employing in Sudan
Workers’ rights in Sudan are spelled out in several laws, such as:
The Sudan Constitutional Charter for the 2019 Transitional Period
The 1997 Labor Code of the Republic of Sudan
The Sudanian Civil Code of May 24, 1971
— all of which guarantee equal pay for equal work, safe working environements, regular vacations and protections against discrimination based on age, gender, disability, and race although the government is still a long way from enforcing many of these provisions.
Common questions that could come up during the hiring process include the minimum wage, overtime rates, and guaranteed paid time off.
Minimum Wage
Sudan’s minimum wage is fixed at SDG 425 ($0.93) per month. Of course, Sudanese remote workers will negotiate significantly higher than that on a case-by-case basis and you should always aim to pay competitive rates to attract the best talent across the world.
Competitive benefits package in Sudan
At Remote, we’re obsessed with helping you craft the best possible employee experience for your team. We are leading the way in practicing “fair equity”, which means making sure employees everywhere have access to both the required and supplemental benefits they need to thrive (and that will allow you to attract the best local talent).
We are still busy building our own entity in Sudan, but our benefits packages for all countries are tailored to fulfill the local needs of your employees. Typically, our packages contain some or all of the following benefits:
Life and Disability Insurance
Vision Insurance
Mental Health Support
Pension or 401(K)
Dental Insurance
Health Insurance
Taxes in Sudan
Learn how employment taxes and statutory fees affect your payroll and your employees’ paychecks in Sudan.
17%
Old Age, Disability & Survivors contributions
6%
Sickness & Maternity
Types of leave
Sudanese employees are entitled to 20 - 30 days of paid annual vacation, depending on their tenure.
Employment termination
Termination process
Workers can be terminated with notice for incapacity, insolvency, a mutual agreement, or the death of the employee. Employees can equally be dismissed without notice for serious misconduct such as fraud, dishonesty, disclosing trade secrets, assault, or inebriation.
Notice period
Unless they’re terminated for severe misconduct, workers are entitled to varying notice periods depending on the terms of their employment:
One month for workers who’re paid monthly
Two weeks for workers who’re paid half-monthly — provided they've been employed for less than five consecutive years
One week for workers who’re paid half-monthly who have been employed for up to two years but less than five years
Anywhere from one day to two weeks for daily-paid workers, depending on their tenure
One month for workers who’re paid daily, weekly, or half-monthly that have been employed for more than five consecutive years
Severance pay
Under Sudanese law, workers who have been employed for three years, but less than years are entitled to a month’ wages for each year of service.
If the employee has been employed for more than 10 years, the severance pay increases to 1.5 month’s pay per year, or 1.75 month’s pay if the worker has served for up to 15 years.
Severance payments are capped at 36 months basic pay.
Probation periods
Sudanese law limits probations to three months in addition to any training period required.