Angola

• New Year
• Liberation Movement Day
• Carnival
• International Women’s Day
• Southern Africa Liberation Day
• Southern Africa Liberation Day Holiday
• Angolan Peace Day Holiday
• Angolan Peace Day
• Good Friday
• Labour Day
• National Heroes Day
• All Souls’ Day
• All Souls’ Day Holiday
• Independence Day
• Christmas Day

Working Hours

Employees can work 8 hours a day, up to 44 hours a week. Working hours can increase to nine hours a day if the work is intermittent and employees work no more than five days in a row.

Minimum Wage

Starting September 2024, the national minimum wage is set at 70,000 Angola Kwanza (AOA) per month for workers in general.

However, it is slightly lower for micro enterprise and startup employees whose national minimum wage is set at AOA 50,000 per month.

Employee Tax

Annual income	Tax rate
Up to AOA 70,000	0%
AOA 70,001 - 100,000	10% + AOA 3,000
AOA 100,001 - 150,000	13% + AOA 6,000
AOA 150,001 - 200,000	16% + AOA 12,500
AOA 200,001 - 300,000	18% + AOA 31,250
AOA 300,001 - 500,000	19% + AOA 49,250
AOA 500,001 - 1,000,000	20% + AOA 87,250
AOA 1,000,001 - 1,500,000	21% + AOA 187,250
AOA 1,500,001 - 2,000,000	22% + AOA 292,250
AOA 2,000,001 - 2,500,000	23% + AOA 402,250
AOA 2,500,001 - 5,000,000	24% + AOA 517,250
AOA 5,000,001 - 10,000,000	24.5% + AOA 1,117,250
More than AOA 10,000,001	25% + AOA 2,342,250
Social security contribution	3% of the basic salary

Bonuses

Employers must pay a 13th and 14th month salary to employees. This includes a 50% vacation bonus and a Christmas bonus.

Contracts in Angola are almost always for indefinite work, whether it's part-time or full-time.

Fixed-term contracts aren't usually allowed, except in specific circumstances such as replacing an employee who's temporarily absent; seasonal work; or employing a foreign national.

Annual Leave

Minimum of 22 days' paid holiday per year.

Sick Leave

Employees on sick leave receive full payment from the employer for the first six (6) months of absences. Thereafter, the relevant social protection entity takes over.

Parental Leave

• Maternity leave: three months' paid leave.
• Paternity leave: seven (7) days of unpaid paternity leave.
• Parental leave: after maternity leave an with the agreement of the employer, a female employee can take an additional four weeks of supplementary unpaid leave to take care of the child. Parents can take three days off each month to care for children, up to 12 days per year.

Termination Process

Grounds for termination in Angola include:

• Mutual agreement
• Redundancy
• Constructive dismissal with a just cause
• End of permitted fixed-term contract.

Employees are also entitled to give notice of termination in line with the terms of their contract.

Severance Pay

For dismissal based on redundancy or collective dismissal, employees are entitled to one month’s pay per year of service for each of the first five years, plus 50% of monthly pay per additional year of service.

For dismissal based on disciplinary process, there is no service pay provision.

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