{"id":4894,"date":"2026-08-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/?p=4894"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:58:07","slug":"hiring-first-employee-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Your First Employee in Belarus: The Contract, the Registration, and the Real Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/div>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#The_employment_contract_and_the_Belarusian_contract\" >The employment contract, and the Belarusian contract&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#Putting_the_employee_on_the_books\" >Putting the employee on the books<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#What_it_really_costs_the_employers_on-costs\" >What it really costs: the employer\u2019s on-costs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#What_the_employee_takes_home_and_the_wage_floor\" >What the employee takes home, and the wage floor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#What_the_numbers_look_like\" >What the numbers look like<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#A_local_hire_or_a_foreign_hire\" >A local hire or a foreign hire<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#What_recurs_every_month\" >What recurs every month<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#The_fully-loaded_cost_of_a_first_hire_at_a_glance\" >The fully-loaded cost of a first hire, at a glance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#Frequently_asked_questions\" >Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/hiring-first-employee-belarus\/#The_threshold_you_cross\" >The threshold you cross<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A foreign investor whose Belarusian company is up and running usually approaches the first hire with a single number in mind: the salary they have agreed with the person they want to employ. It is the natural place to start, and it is also where the budgeting most often goes wrong, because the salary is only a part of what employing someone actually costs. The larger lesson, and the one this article is built around, is that the real cost of an employee in Belarus is not the wage but the wage plus everything that sits on top of it \u2014 chiefly the employer\u2019s own social contributions, which add roughly a third again. Hiring a first employee here comes down to three things: putting the right employment contract in place, registering and insuring the person properly, and budgeting for that fully-loaded cost rather than the headline figure. You do all of this through your Belarusian entity, which we assume is already established \u2014 the subject of our writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/register-belarus-company-remotely\/\">registering a Belarusian company remotely<\/a> \u2014 so what follows begins the moment you have a company and someone you want to hire into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will take the three parts in turn, and add the details a foreign employer tends not to anticipate. First the contract, including a distinctively Belarusian form that will be new to most; then the sequence of putting an employee on the books; then the costs, both the employer\u2019s and the employee\u2019s, with the current figures; and finally the wage floor beneath it all and the one extra question that arises when the person you are hiring is not Belarusian. The aim is a clear-eyed picture of what a first hire commits you to \u2014 in obligation and in money \u2014 so that it is a planned step rather than a series of surprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_employment_contract_and_the_Belarusian_contract\"><\/span><strong>The employment contract, and the Belarusian<\/strong> <strong><em>contract&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employment here rests on a written contract, and there are two forms of it \u2014 one of which foreign employers rarely see coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An employment relationship in Belarus is founded on a written employment contract under the Labour Code, drawn up on an officially approved form and setting out the mandatory terms: the job, the pay, the working time, the date the work begins. That much will feel familiar. What tends not to is the second, distinctively Belarusian form \u2014 the <em>contract<\/em> , a fixed-term employment contract, usually for a period of one to five years, drawn up on its own officially established form and carrying mandatory guarantees for the employee, with particular rules governing how it is renewed. Many Belarusian employers use the <em>contract<\/em> &nbsp;as their standard instrument rather than the exception, and the choice between an open-ended employment contract and a fixed-term <em>contract<\/em> &nbsp;is a real one, with consequences for both employer and employee in how the relationship can be ended and renewed. Two features are worth flagging in particular. Either form can include a probation period \u2014 an initial period, of up to three months, during which either side can end the employment on short notice if it is not working out, which is worth using deliberately for a first hire. And the two forms end very differently: an open-ended contract runs until it is terminated on one of the grounds the Labour Code allows, whereas a <em>contract<\/em> &nbsp;runs to its fixed end date and then either expires or is renewed, under its own rules and notice periods. That difference \u2014 dismissal on grounds against expiry and renewal \u2014 is much of what the choice between the forms actually turns on. It is worth deciding between them deliberately, with advice, rather than reaching for whichever template appears first \u2014 because the form you choose, and getting its mandatory content right, is the foundation on which a compliant hire is built, and the place where unfamiliarity with Belarusian practice most often shows. The Labour Code itself is published on <a href=\"https:\/\/pravo.by\/\">pravo.by<\/a>, and the model forms and employer guidance are issued by the <a href=\"https:\/\/mintrud.gov.by\/\">Ministry of Labour and Social Protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Putting_the_employee_on_the_books\"><\/span><strong>Putting the employee on the books<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the contract is signed, the hire has to be registered and recorded, and the steps run in a set order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signing the contract is the start, not the whole of it. The hire is then formalised by an order issued by the employer. The employee is registered and reported to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ssf.gov.by\/\">Social Protection Fund<\/a>, through which their social insurance is accounted for; they are insured with <a href=\"https:\/\/bgs.by\/\">Belgosstrakh<\/a> against workplace accidents and occupational disease; and the employer takes on responsibility for withholding income tax, administered through the <a href=\"https:\/\/nalog.gov.by\/\">tax authority<\/a>, from the wage each month. There are personnel records to open and keep, including the work record book that a company employer maintains. None of this is heavy once it is set up, but none of it is optional, and \u2014 the point worth absorbing \u2014 it is administered by the employer rather than by the state, so a modest but real payroll and HR function comes into being with your very first employee. It also presupposes that you have the corporate bank account through which wages and contributions are actually paid, which, as our writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/corporate-bank-account-belarus-slower-than-registration\/\">why the corporate account takes longer than the company<\/a> explains, is worth having in place well before the first payday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6548-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6548-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6548-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6548-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6548-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6548.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_it_really_costs_the_employers_on-costs\"><\/span><strong>What it really costs: the employer\u2019s on-costs<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the part to budget with care. On top of the gross wage you agree with the employee, the employer pays social insurance contributions to the Social Protection Fund amounting to about a third of the wage again \u2014 the employer\u2019s share is in the region of 34 per cent \u2014 together with a small, risk-based premium to Belgosstrakh. This is money the employer pays over and above the salary, not something deducted from it, and it is easy to overlook precisely because it never appears on the employee\u2019s payslip. The consequence is simple but often missed: the true monthly cost of an employee is not the wage but the wage plus roughly a third, before you count the administration around it. For an investor working a budget backwards from the salary alone, this is the number that changes the picture, and the one most likely to throw out an early plan if it is discovered late. It also sits inside the wider fiscal reality of operating in Belarus, which we set out in our writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/corporate-tax-belarus\/\">corporate tax in Belarus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_the_employee_takes_home_and_the_wage_floor\"><\/span><strong>What the employee takes home, and the wage floor<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the other side of the same wage, three different numbers are in play, and it pays to be clear which one you mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What the employee actually receives is the gross wage less two withholdings: income tax, charged at a flat rate \u2014 currently 13 per cent, though rates are a matter to confirm as current \u2014 and the employee\u2019s own social contribution of 1 per cent. So the gross wage, the employer\u2019s total cost, and the employee\u2019s take-home pay are three distinct figures, and a great deal of avoidable confusion in planning and negotiation comes from using one when another is meant. Beneath all of it sits the statutory minimum wage, a monthly floor the employer must at least meet, whose value is revised periodically and so should always be checked as current rather than assumed. Alongside it stand the Labour Code\u2019s other floors \u2014 a standard working week of 40 hours, and a minimum annual leave entitlement of 24 calendar days \u2014 none of which can be reduced by agreement, and all of which form the baseline that every employment in Belarus is built upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_the_numbers_look_like\"><\/span><strong>What the numbers look like<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It helps to set the three figures side by side with a worked example \u2014 using an index rather than a currency amount, since the actual sums turn on the wage and the current rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a gross wage of 100. On top of it, the employer pays social contributions of about 34 to the Social Protection Fund, plus a small Belgosstrakh premium \u2014 call the employer\u2019s total outlay somewhere around 135. Out of the same 100, the employee has income tax of about 13 and their own contribution of 1 withheld, and so takes home around 86. In other words, a single wage of 100 costs the employer roughly 135 and reaches the employee as roughly 86 \u2014 a spread of nearly 50 between what the employee costs and what they receive, the whole of it accounted for by tax and contributions rather than lost anywhere. Scale that index to a real salary and the lesson holds unchanged: the employer\u2019s budget line sits materially above the wage, the employee\u2019s take-home materially below it, and treating any one of the three numbers as if it were another is precisely how a hiring budget comes undone. The figures here are illustrative and the rates should be confirmed as current, but the shape of the gap does not change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_local_hire_or_a_foreign_hire\"><\/span><strong>A local hire or a foreign hire<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For most first hires the picture above is complete; hiring a foreigner adds a single further question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where the person you are employing is a local hire \u2014 as a first employee often is \u2014 everything set out so far is the whole of it. Employing a foreign national adds one layer on top: as a general rule, a work permit is required before a non-Belarusian may be employed, unless an exemption applies. The exemption that matters most to many investors is that citizens of the Eurasian Economic Union \u2014 a group that includes Russia, as well as Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan \u2014 do not require a work permit to work in Belarus, a point we take up in our writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/news\/open-company-belarus-russian-citizens\/\">opening a Belarusian company for Russian citizens<\/a>. Whether the foreign-hire layer applies at all therefore depends entirely on the nationality of the person concerned: for a local or an EAEU hire it does not arise, and for others it is a step to build into the timing. It is worth settling this question early, because it is far easier to plan a permit around a start date than to discover the need for one after it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_recurs_every_month\"><\/span><strong>What recurs every month<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Setting an employee up is a one-off; keeping them employed is not \u2014 and the recurring side is worth seeing before you are in the middle of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the first payday, a monthly cadence of obligations begins. Each month the employer calculates and pays the wage, withholds and remits the income tax, remits both its own and the employee\u2019s contributions to the Social Protection Fund, and reports the employee\u2019s earnings and contributions to the Fund in the prescribed form; the Belgosstrakh premium is paid on its own schedule. Personnel records have to be kept current as things change \u2014 an address, a role, leave taken. And because the <em>contract<\/em> &nbsp;is time-limited, its expiry and renewal are events to be tracked and handled on time and in the correct form, not allowed to lapse. For a single employee none of this is heavy, but all of it is continuous, and all of it is the employer\u2019s responsibility rather than the state\u2019s \u2014 which is, in practical terms, what it means to have become an employer rather than merely a company. Most foreign investors run this cadence through an accountant or a payroll provider from the outset rather than in-house, precisely because it is ongoing and rule-bound; the point is to plan for it as a standing function from the first hire, not to treat it as a task that ends once the employee has started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_fully-loaded_cost_of_a_first_hire_at_a_glance\"><\/span><strong>The fully-loaded cost of a first hire, at a glance<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Component<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>On top of \/ out of gross<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Rate<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Employer social contributions (Social Protection Fund)<\/td><td>On top of gross<\/td><td>About 34%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Accident insurance (Belgosstrakh)<\/td><td>On top of gross<\/td><td>Small, risk-based<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Income tax<\/td><td>Withheld from gross<\/td><td>A flat rate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Employee social contribution (Social Protection Fund)<\/td><td>Withheld from gross<\/td><td>1%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The employer\u2019s real cost is roughly the gross wage plus a third; the employee nets the gross less income tax and the 1% contribution \u2014 three different numbers from one wage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"hfaq\">\n    <div class=\"hfaq__container\">\n        <div class=\"hfaq__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t            <h2 class=\"hfaq__title title title-lg\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_asked_questions\"><\/span>Frequently asked questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t            <div class=\"hfaq__items\">\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">What kind of contract do I use to hire an employee in Belarus?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A written employment contract under the Labour Code, on an officially approved form, setting out the mandatory terms \u2014 job, pay, working time, start date. There is also a distinctively Belarusian form, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contract <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a fixed-term employment contract used very widely. Which you use is a deliberate choice with real consequences, so it is worth taking advice on the form before you hire rather than defaulting to a template.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">What is a contract , and how is it different from an employment contract?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contract <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a fixed-term employment contract, usually for one to five years, on its own officially established form and carrying mandatory guarantees for the employee, with specific rules on renewal. An ordinary employment contract can be open-ended; the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contract <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is time-limited and comes with its own protections and formalities. Many Belarusian employers use it as standard, so a foreign employer will encounter it, and the choice between the two matters for how the relationship can be ended and renewed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">What does it actually cost to employ someone, on top of the salary?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of the gross wage, the employer pays social contributions to the Social Protection Fund of about 34 per cent, plus a small risk-based premium to Belgosstrakh. So the real cost of an employee is roughly the wage plus a third again, before administration \u2014 money paid over and above the salary, not deducted from it. This is the figure first-time employers most often miss when budgeting from the salary alone. Rates should be confirmed as current.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Who do I have to register my employee with?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The employee is registered and reported to the Social Protection Fund, through which their social insurance is handled, and insured with Belgosstrakh against workplace accidents. The hire is formalised by an order, and the employer keeps personnel records, including a work record book. The employer also withholds income tax from the wage. In short, a modest payroll and HR function comes into being with the first hire, administered by you rather than the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">How much income tax and social contribution comes out of the wage?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the employee\u2019s side, the wage is reduced by income tax at a flat rate \u2014 currently 13 per cent, subject to confirmation as current \u2014 and by the employee\u2019s own 1 per cent social contribution. Those are the deductions from the gross that determine take-home pay. They are separate from the employer\u2019s own contributions, which are paid on top of the wage rather than taken out of it, so the employee\u2019s deductions and the employer\u2019s cost are two different things.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Do I need a work permit to hire someone?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a Belarusian employee, no. For a foreign national, a work permit is generally required before they can be employed, unless an exemption applies \u2014 and the key exemption is that citizens of the Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Russia, do not need one. So it depends on the nationality of the person you are hiring: for a local or EAEU hire the question does not arise; for others, the permit is a step to plan around the start date.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Is there a minimum wage?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. There is a statutory monthly minimum wage that the employer must at least pay, and it is revised periodically, so its current value should be checked rather than assumed. Alongside it, the Labour Code sets a standard 40-hour working week and a minimum of 24 calendar days\u2019 annual leave. These are floors that cannot be reduced by agreement, and they apply to every employment, including your first hire.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">Is there a probation period?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. An employment contract or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contract <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0can include a probation period \u2014 an initial period of up to three months during which either side can end the employment on short notice if it is not working out. For a first hire it is worth using deliberately, as it gives both sides a defined window to confirm the fit before the fuller protections settle in. It has to be agreed in the contract itself rather than assumed, so it is a term to set consciously when the contract is drawn up.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"accordion\">\n                        <div class=\"accordion__head\">What do I have to do every month once I have hired someone?<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__body\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion__inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recurring cadence begins from the first payday: calculate and pay the wage, withhold and remit income tax, remit the social contributions to the Social Protection Fund, and report the employee\u2019s earnings and contributions to the Fund in the prescribed form, with the Belgosstrakh premium on its own schedule. Personnel records are kept current, and the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contract <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s expiry and renewal are tracked. It is continuous and rule-bound, which is why most foreign investors run it through an accountant or payroll provider rather than in-house.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <script>\n        document.querySelector( '.hfaq__items' ).addEventListener( 'click', function ( e ) {\n            if ( e.target.classList.contains( 'accordion__head' ) ) {\n                let root = e.target.closest( '.accordion' );\n                let body = e.target.nextElementSibling;\n\n                if ( body.style.maxHeight ) {\n                    body.style.maxHeight = null;\n                    root.classList.remove( 'accordion--expanded' );\n                }\n                else {\n                    body.style.maxHeight = body.scrollHeight + 'px';\n                    root.classList.add( 'accordion--expanded' );\n                }\n            }\n        } );\n\n        document.querySelectorAll( '.hfaq' ).forEach( node => node.querySelector( '.accordion__head' ).click() );\n    <\/script>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_threshold_you_cross\"><\/span><strong>The threshold you cross<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is worth seeing the first hire for what it is. Up to that point, a foreign investor\u2019s Belarusian company is, in operational terms, a registered shell \u2014 an entity on the books, capable of acting, but not yet doing very much. The first employee changes that. From the day someone is hired, the company has people, obligations that recur every month, a payroll to run and contributions to remit, records to keep and a real presence to maintain. It has become, in the fullest sense, an operating business rather than a registered one. 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If you are approaching that step and want it done as a planned transition rather than a set of surprises \u2014 the contract chosen well, the registrations in order, and the real cost known in advance \u2014 our team can take you through it. When you are ready, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/opencompanyinbelarus.com\/eng\/contacts\">contact our team<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A foreign investor whose Belarusian company is up and running usually approaches the first hire with a single number in mind: the salary they have agreed with the person they want to employ. 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