Remote’s guide to employing in

Papua New Guinea
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With localised contracts, easy invoice management, and best-in-class compliance, you can grow your team in Papua New Guinea with confidence. Currently, you can hire and manage contractors in Papua New Guinea through Remote, but our EOR services are not yet live.

Services available in this country:
Contractor Management
  • Capital City

    Port Moresby

  • Currency

    Papua New Guinean kina (K, PGK)

  • Languages

    PNG Sign Language, Hiri Motu, and English

  • Population size

    8,935,000

Services available in this country:
Contractor Management
A small town on a hill overlooking the ocean.

Facts & Stats

Papua New Guinea
  • Capital City

    Port Moresby

  • Currency

    Papua New Guinean kina (K, PGK)

  • Languages

    PNG Sign Language, Hiri Motu and English

  • Population size

    8,935,000

  • Ease of doing business

    Medium

  • Cost of living index

    N/A

  • Payroll frequency

    N/A

  • VAT - standard rate

    10%

  • GDP - real growth rate

    5.9 (2019)

Grow your team in Papua New Guinea with Remote

You can pay contractors now in Papua New Guinea with Remote in some currencies (talk to an expert now for full details).

Note that we are busy building our own entity in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea can get complicated fast, especially without localised 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

Papua New Guinea, like many other countries, treats self-employed individuals or contractors and full-time employees differently. Misclassification of contractors in Papua New Guinea may lead to fines and penalties for the offending company.

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Competitive benefits package in Papua New Guinea

At Remote, we’re obsessed with helping you craft the best possible employee experience for your team. We are leading the way in practising “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 Papua New Guinea, but our benefits packages for all countries are tailored to fulfil the local needs of your employees. Typically, our packages contain some or all of the following benefits:

  • Health Insurance

  • Dental Insurance

  • Vision Insurance

  • Mental Health Support

  • Pension or 401(K)

  • Life and Disability Insurance

Fair Pricing in Papua New Guinea

Contractor Management

Compliantly onboard and pay contractors

€27

per contractor/month

Top features

  • Only pay for contractors you actively work with

  • Work with contractors in 200+ countries

  • Create, edit, and sign tailored, localised contracts

  • Approve contractor invoices with one click or auto-pay

  • Transparent payments with complete visibility

Global Payroll

Consolidate your multi-country payroll

€27

per employee/month

Top features

  • Reduce costs by centralising payroll management

  • Direct support from in-house local payroll experts

  • Accurate, on-time, compliant payroll to level-up your employee experience

  • Ensure local compliance for every country

  • Tax and labour authority reporting handled for you

HRIS

Manage all of your employees in one place

Free

Top features

  • Guided onboarding and offboarding

  • Employee profile and document management

  • Time and attendance (time off and tracking)

  • Expense management and reimbursement

  • Employee self-serve on the platform and mobile app