Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha employment facts
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These are the 8 statutory values we hold for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless), 8 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 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha actually offer, and they are what our three published indexes score Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha on.
Robbin Schuchmann
Co-founder, Employ Borderless
What the law requires in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
SH| Field | Value | Unit | Tier | Source | Effective | Verified | Caveats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National public holidayspublic_holidays | 9 | days a year | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-16 | - |
| Statutory severanceseverance_weeks | 0 | weeks | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Statutory minimum wagemin_wage_monthly | 840.04 | a month | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-07-01 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Income tax bracketsincome_tax_brackets | 2 bands | - | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Top personal income tax ratepersonal_income_tax_top_rate | 31 | % | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Corporate tax ratecorporate_tax_rate | 25 | % | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Statutory maternity leavematernity_leave_weeks | 14 | weeks | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
| Statutory paternity leavepaternity_leave_weeks | 2 | weeks | Statute | National statutes and government sources | 2026-09-12 | 2026-09-17 | - |
Where a field is missing from this table, we hold no sourced value for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 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.
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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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