Global Employment Solutions & PEO in Nigeria

Omnipresent provides global employment solutions and professional employment organisation (PEO) services for companies looking to grow and build out a global team in Nigeria. Traditional methods of establishing global employment and subsidiaries in Nigeria typically take months and can incur heavy costs. Omnipresent’s global employment solutions and PEO services is helping hundreds of organisations onboard new employees in Nigeria in a matter of days with full compliance of local labour laws. We use a tech-forward approach to streamline the process. 

• Your company conducts the hiring and candidate selection process in Nigeria.
• Omnipresent hires the selected candidate through our local professional employment organisation in Nigeria.
• We take care of ensuring your new employee is hired in compliance with local labour laws, payroll regulations, benefits and more -- all without needing to set up a subsidiary in Nigeria.
• The individual is legally contracted by Omnipresent but assigned to work for your company and reports to a manager or team in your organisation as your full-time employee.

Employer costs include Pension and Nigerian Social Insurance. Use the OmniCalculator to estimate costs, or contact us for further information.

The rate of personal taxation varies depending on the income tax bracket the individual belongs to. This ranges between 7% - 24%.

Employee contributions include Pension, National Health Insurance Scheme, and the National Housing Fund.

Standard working hours in Nigeria are 8 hours per day - or 40 hours per week.

Employees are entitled to a minimum of 12 days' sick leave paid by the employer.

Employees are entitled to a total of 12 weeks' paid maternity leave - 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after birth.

For our client employees, the terms and conditions of employment are primarily subject to the terms of their respective contracts of employment. In practice it is usually 15 to 20 working days during each 12 months of service, plus public holidays.

There is no law requiring severance pay, it is often regulated by the employment contract or sectoral collective agreements.

The general position is that Nigerian employers may terminate a contract at any time, and without stating the reason of cause by providing the appropriate notice or payment in lieu.