Laos employment facts
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These are the 11 statutory values we hold for Laos in Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless), 4 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 Laos actually offer, and they are what our three published indexes score Laos on.
Robbin Schuchmann
Co-founder, Employ Borderless
What the law requires in Laos
LA| Field | Value | Unit | Tier | Source | Effective | Verified | Caveats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory paid annual leaveannual_leave_days | 15 | working days a year | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-01-01 | - | - |
| Statutory notice periodnotice_weeks | 6.4 | weeks | Official | World Bank Employing Workers | 2019-05-01 | 2026-06-22 | - |
| Statutory severanceseverance_weeks | 27.7 | weeks | Official | World Bank Employing Workers | 2019-05-01 | 2026-06-22 | - |
| Employer social contributionsemployer_ssc_rate | 6 | % of gross pay | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Employee social contributionsemployee_ssc_rate | 5.5 | % of gross pay | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Statutory minimum wagemin_wage_monthly | LAK 2,500,000 | a month | Secondary | wageindicator | 2024-10-01 | 2026-07-27 | - |
| Corporate tax ratecorporate_tax_rate | 20 | % | Secondary | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries | 2026-02-06 | 2026-06-23 | - |
| Standard VAT ratevat_rate | 10 | % | Secondary | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries | 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-03 | - |
| Statutory maternity leavematernity_leave_weeks | 13 | weeks | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | benefit duration not leave entitlement |
| Statutory paternity leavepaternity_leave_weeks | 0.4 | weeks | Official | world_bank_wbl | 2026-02-23 | - | - |
| State pension ageretirement_age | 60 | years | Official | SSA Social Security Programs Throughout the World | 2018-01-01 | 2026-06-23 | - |
Where a field is missing from this table, we hold no sourced value for Laos and publish the gap rather than filling it. Where a statute and a compilation disagree, the statute wins.
Source tiers on this page: Statute is statute or government source · Official is official multilateral compilation · 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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