Employer of Record in Belize

Real HR and legal experts manage every Belize hire, and a designated person runs your first hire from signed terms to first payslip. There is no setup fee and no exit fee. Employer costs pass through at cost, itemised on every invoice.

Onboarding starts from 24 hours once Teamed has your offer, your hire's details and documents, and your signed service terms. Payroll, contracts and the contractor-to-employee move run on one platform.

A Belize contractor who becomes an employee keeps their record, and the same employee can graduate to your own Belize entity later. Run the Crossover Calculator to see the month the model flips. EOR is the right model for a first Belize hire, until it isn't.

Social Security is banded and weekly. The top band starts at BZD 500 a week, and no employer pays more than BZD 28.60 a week for one employee. The Labour Act sets no thirteenth-month payment. Paid leave, sick pay, maternity pay and severance from five years of service all add to the cost of the job.

Teamed's Belize fee is a starting rate, with zero FX markup in any currency. Gross pay, taxes and benefits pass through at cost, itemised on every invoice.

The cost guide has worked examples at three pay levels.

Hiring directly means taking on the employer's duties yourself: Social Security payments, tax withholding and the Labour Act's rules on hours, leave and termination. An employer of record carries those from the first day.

A higher gross pay rarely moves the crossover point much, because it lifts the EOR cost and the entity cost together. The EOR vs entity guide shows what changes in Belize.

You progress from contractor to EOR to your own Belize entity on one platform under Teamed's Graduation Model.

The 2024 Act sets employment income tax at 25% and allows a BZD 20,000 basic deduction above the threshold. A tapering credit softens the step between BZD 29,000 and BZD 32,000.

The Government of Belize announced a full review of the Labour Act in February 2024. We found no replacement Act when we checked on 20 October 2026, so the Labour Act figures in these guides are the ones in force. The minimum wage remains BZD 5.00 an hour until an order says otherwise.

Sick pay needs 60 days of service in the preceding twelve months. A mother must have worked 150 days for the same employer in the twelve months before her expected confinement to take paid maternity leave. The Labour Act sets no statutory paternity leave.

Where Social Security benefits are also payable, the employer pays the difference up to the Act's level. The hiring guide sets out each rule.

The combined Social Security rate is 10% at the top band, split 5.5% employer and 4.5% employee. The employer pays the month's contributions to the Social Security Board within 14 days after the month ends. The employee's share is deducted from pay when it is paid.

The tax and payroll guide has the full 13-band schedule and worked tax examples.

The first two weeks of any job are probationary and either side can end them without notice. Dismissal without notice needs good and sufficient cause, and the Labour Act lists reasons that never count, including pregnancy and union membership.

Where a dismissal is challenged, the Labour Complaint Tribunal considers reinstatement first. The termination guide covers notice, severance, redundancy and the process.

The minimum wage has no monthly figure. At the 45-hour maximum week, BZD 5.00 an hour works out at BZD 225 a week. That is arithmetic, not law, so check the contracted hours before you compare an offer with the floor.

Severance has a five-year trigger and a reinstatement risk. Below five years there is no statutory severance, but notice and the Tribunal's remedies still apply. Budget for both before you end a contract.