Yemen
With localized contracts, easy invoice management, and best-in-class compliance, you can grow your team in Yemen with confidence. Currently, you can hire and manage contractors in Yemen through Remote, but our EOR services are not yet live.
- Capital City
Sanaa & Aden (capital-in-exile)
- Currency
Yemeni rial (﷼, YER)
- Languages
Arabic
- Population size
30,491,000
Employment termination in Yemen
Termination process
Yemeni law stipulates that an employer can dismiss a worker for harassment, incompetence, fraud, divulging company secrets, assault, disregarding safety rules, or such similar acts of gross misconduct.
Notice period
Employees are only entitled to prior notice of termination if they’re dismissed because of medical incapacity, absenteeism, retirement, redundancy, or if they fail to abide with the terms of the employment contract.
In such cases, the notice period (or payment in lieu of notice) depends on how often the worker is paid, that is:
30 days for workers who’re paid monthly
15 days for workers who’re paid half-monthly, and
One week’s notice for hourly, daily, and weekly workers
There’s no notice required from both employer and employee if:
Both parties agree to end a contract
The contract expires without renewal
A labor arbitration judgment terminates the contract, or
If the worker dies
Severance pay
Employees who’re dismissed without just cause are entitled to severance benefits that will be decided by an Arbitration Committee, up to a limit of six months’ wages.
Probation periods
Probation periods must be stated in the employment contract and must not exceed six months. An employer cannot hire the same worker to work on a probationary basis more than once.