Find your employer of record in Saint Lucia

Among the advantages are various types of leaves. In Saint Lucia, statutory benefits can include social security benefits. Once the NIC is in place, employers are not compelled to furnish health insurance plans. Employee contributions to the national fund are required to be matched. Workers in Saint Lucia are not entitled to any bonuses or other benefits under the country's labor laws.

In the last several years, Saint Lucia has swiftly become one of the most sought-after locations for many people. It has stunning landscape, pleasant residents, and an easygoing way of life.

If you intend to work in Saint Lucia, you must first apply for a work visa before traveling there. After you receive your work permit, the Immigration Service will stamp your passport and enable you to stay in the country for the duration of your permission.

Visitors to Saint Lucia must get a visa unless they are from a visa-exempt country or a country that may receive a visa on arrival. Foreign nationals from certain countries who wish to visit Saint Lucia for business, leisure, or study must have a valid passport from their home country as well as a valid Saint Lucian visa.

A non-immigrant visa requires the following documents:

• 2 passport-sized pictures that have been certified.
• A passport that is legal for a minimum time of six months.
• A return flight to the port of origin.
• Travel itinerary copy.
• Evidence of hotel/private lodging.
• Invitation letter (if invited by friend or relative with 2 certified passport size photographs).
• Foreigners wishing to work in Saint Lucia must first get a work permit.
• A non-refundable charge of one hundred dollars ($100.00) must be paid to the Accountant General at the Government Treasury before an Application for a Work Permit may have an approbation.
• Payment is acceptable upon presentation of the required "A" Form, which has been officially complete by the Work Permit Officer.

The following documents must be in the application:

• A police record from the country in which the applicant most recently resided.
• Documentary proof of qualifications that has been certified.
• Trade Permit (where applicable).
• Copy of the job adverts.
• one (1) passport-sized picture.

VAT has a regular rate of 12.5%. Some goods and services are also subject to a 0% tax rate. A lower rate of 10% applies to the hotel industry and related services.

Termination Process

An EOR has the right to fire an employee who has committed substantial misbehavior of such a sort that it would be unreasonable to force the employer to continue the employment relationship.

• Serious misconduct includes, willful disobedience of lawful orders issued by the employer; repeated substantial neglect of duties; repeated absences from work without the permission of the employer or without reasonable excuse; refusing to follow health and safety measures instituted at work, thereby endangering the health and safety of employees or members of the public.
• Theft or willful damage to the employer's or another employee's property at work; or behavior inconsistent with the fulfillment of the written or implied requirements of the employee's employment contract.

Except during the probationary period, an employer may terminate a contract without regard to time limits by providing the employee with the following minimum durations of written notice.

If the period of continuous employment exceeds twelve weeks but is less than two years, one week's notice is required; two weeks' notice is required if the period of continuous employment is two years or more but less than five years; four weeks' notice is required if the period of continuous employment is five years or more but less than ten years; and six weeks' notice is required if the period of continuous employment is more than ten years.

When an employee's employment is terminated due to redundancy, he or she is entitled to redundancy pay equivalent to one week's basic pay for each completed year of service up to the initial three years; two weeks of basic payments for each complete year of service in additional of three years and up to seven; or three weeks' basic pay for each one of the complete year of service in extra of seven years.

Notice Period

Except during the probationary period, an employer may terminate a contract without reference to time limits by giving the employee the following minimum periods of notice in writing: one week's notice if the period of continuous employment is more than twelve weeks but less than two years; two weeks' notice if the period of continuous employment is two years or more but less than five years; four weeks' notice if the period of continuous employment is five years or more but less than ten years.

The Employee must provide the Employer with written notice (Section 153).

If the person has worked consistently for more than 12 weeks but less than 5 years, the time limit is one week.

Not less than 2 weeks if the person has worked consistently for more than 5 years.

Severance Pay

When an employee's employment is terminated due to redundancy, he or she is entitled to redundancy pay equivalent to one week's basic pay for each completed year of service up to the initial three years; fourteen days of basic pay for each complete year of service in additional of three years and up to seven.

Probation Period

A new employee may have to serve a probationary term of up to twelve weeks, or for a shorter or longer amount of time if the employer and the employee agree.

Paid Time Offs

Vacation leave shall be calculated in working days: Mondays to Fridays excluding Holidays. Time off to attend to urgent private matters should be taken from accumulated vacation leave. Where there is no accumulated leave, the Employer may agree to give time off not exceeding five (5) working days without loss of pay, in any one (1) year.

Public Holidays

There are 11 national holidays throughout the year.

Vacation Holidays

There are 5 vacation holidays throughout the year.

Sick Days

The employer agrees to pay full wages for the first three (3) days of absence from work, if a medical certificate appears on the third day, and the employee who is sick and unable to report to work must make every reasonable effort to notify his/her foreman or supervisor on the first day of absence, in whatever way possible.