Chad employment facts
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These are the 13 statutory values we hold for Chad in Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless), 0 of them read from a statute or the government that administers it. Each row names the page it came from, the date the figure took effect and the date a person last checked it. They are legal minimums, not what employers in Chad actually offer, and they are what our three published indexes score Chad on.
Robbin Schuchmann
Co-founder, Employ Borderless
What the law requires in Chad
TD| Field | Value | Unit | Tier | Source | Effective | Verified | Caveats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory paid annual leaveannual_leave_days | 24 | working days a year | Official | ILO EPLEX | 2026-01-01 | - | - |
| National public holidayspublic_holidays | 9 | days a year | Calendar | nager | 2026-01-01 | 2026-09-02 | - |
| Statutory notice periodnotice_weeks | 6.5 | weeks | Official | ILO EPLEX | 2025-01-01 | 2026-06-22 | - |
| Statutory severanceseverance_weeks | 5.8 | weeks | Official | World Bank Employing Workers | 2019-05-01 | 2026-06-22 | - |
| Employer social contributionsemployer_ssc_rate | 16.5 | % of gross pay | Official | ISSA country profiles | 2024-01-01 | 2026-06-20 | - |
| Employee social contributionsemployee_ssc_rate | 3.5 | % of gross pay | Official | ISSA country profiles | 2024-01-01 | 2026-06-20 | - |
| Statutory minimum wagemin_wage_monthly | XAF 60,000 | a month | Official | ilostat | 2024-01-01 | 2026-09-01 | - |
| Top personal income tax ratepersonal_income_tax_top_rate | 30 | % | Secondary | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries | 2024-08-12 | 2026-08-03 | - |
| Corporate tax ratecorporate_tax_rate | 35 | % | Secondary | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries | 2024-08-12 | 2026-06-23 | - |
| Standard VAT ratevat_rate | 18 | % | Secondary | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries | 2024-08-12 | 2026-08-03 | - |
| Statutory maternity leavematernity_leave_weeks | 14 | weeks | Official | world_bank_wbl | 2026-02-23 | - | - |
| Statutory paternity leavepaternity_leave_weeks | 0.1 | weeks | Official | world_bank_wbl | 2026-02-23 | - | - |
| State pension ageretirement_age | 60 | years | Official | SSA Social Security Programs Throughout the World | 2026-01-01 | 2026-06-23 | - |
Where a field is missing from this table, we hold no sourced value for Chad and publish the gap rather than filling it. Where a statute and a compilation disagree, the statute wins.
Source tiers on this page: Official is official multilateral compilation · Calendar is open holiday calendar · Secondary is secondary compiler.
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Schuchmann, R. (2026). Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless) [Data set]. Employ Borderless. https://employborderless.com/hiring-intelligence/global-employment-facts/
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