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Argentina
What is the minimum Work from Home Allowance in Argentina?
Is a Health Check-Up mandtory for new employees in Argentina?
Is Private Health Insurance mandatory for employees in Argentina?
Can Employment Agreements be signed digitally in Argentina?
What is the Probation Period for new employees in Argentina?
What is the standard Notice Period in Argentina?
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Armenia
How are Annual Leave Payments calculated in Armenia? Can Unused Leave be rolled over?
Are any allowances mandatory in Armenia?
What are the Working Hours and Overtime rules in Armenia?
How as Annual Leave structured in Armenia?
What are the Public Holidays in Armenia?
What are the Paid and Unpaid Leaves in Armenia?
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Australia
What is the standard employment agreement Horizons offers in Australia?
Why doesn’t Horizons offer Fixed-Term Employment Agreements in Australia?
What mandatory clauses must be included in an employment agreement in Australia?
What are the mandatory benefits for employees in Australia?
Does Horizons recommend private or public Medical Insurance in Australia?
What are the working hours and overtime rules in Australia?
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Austria
What type of employment agreement is recommended in Austria?
What is the standard probation period in Austria?
What are the annual leaves in Austria?
What are the standard working hours in Austria?
What are the public holidays in Austria?
Can employees work on public holidays in Austria?
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Bangladesh
How are salaries prorated in Bangladesh?
What are the standard probation periods in Bangladesh?
What is the recommended type of employment agreement in Bangladesh?
What are the leave entitlements in Bangladesh?
What are the public holidays in Bangladesh?
Can employees work on public holidays in Bangladesh?
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Belgium
Is a Probation Period allowed in Belgium?
How is Annual Leave structured in Belgium?
What is the process for Sick Leaves in Belgium?
What are the Public Holidays in Belgium in 2024?
What are the statutory types of Paid Leaves in Belgium?
How are Salaries and Mandatory Payments structured in Belgium?
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Brazil
What are the Public Holidays in Brazil?
What are the Vacation and Leave Entitlements in Brazil?
What are the Sick Leave regulations in Brazil?
What are additional Paid Leaves in Brazil?
Are Medical Examinations mandatory for employees in Brazil?
What is the Carteira de Trabalho e Previdência Social (CTPS) in Brazil?
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Canada
Payroll & Invoicing Calendar for Canada & USA 2025
What types of employment contracts does Horizons offer in Canada?
What are the standard benefits packages in Canada?
What makes an employment agreement invalid in Canada?
What is the minimum wage in Canada?
What is the standard working hours in Canada? How is overtime compensated?
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China
Thanks for hiring with Horizons EOR in China
Welcome onboard to Horizons in China
What resident status does Horizons EOR cover in China?
What are the statutory compensations in China?
What are open-end employment agreements in China?
How are expenses managed in China?
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Colombia
What is the Expenses-Process in Colombia?
What are the bank holidays in Colombia?
Can employees work on bank holidays in Colombia?
What are the standard probation periods in Colombia?
How are sick leaves handled in Colombia?
What are the standard working hours in Colombia?
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Czech Republic
What is the Standard Contract Offered by Horizons in the Czech Republic?
What is the Probation Period for Employees in the Czech Republic?
What Are the Public and Bank Holidays in the Czech Republic?
What is the Annual Leave Policy in the Czech Republic?
What is the Overtime Pay Policy in the Czech Republic?
What is the Sick Leave Policy in the Czech Republic?
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Denmark
What constitutes as working hours during a business trip? - Denmark
What are paid and unpaid leave entitlements in Denmark?
What are the standard allowances in Denmark?
What are the Annual Leave entitlements in Denmark?
What are the standard working hours in Denmark? How is Overtime compensated?
What are the Sick Leave regulations in Denmark?
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Egypt
When Does Horizons Pay Salaries in Egypt in 2025?
What are the public holidays in Egypt in 2025?
What is the format and date of Employment Agreements in Egypt?
What are the Working Hours and Overtime Rules in Egypt?
How is Annual Leave regulated in Egypt?
What are the Sick Leave Regulations in Egypt?
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Ethiopia
How are expenses managed in Ethiopia?
What is Maternity and Parental Leave regulated in Ethiopia?
What are the leaves entitlements in Ethiopia?
What are the public holidays in Ethiopia?
What are the mandatory benefits in Ethiopia?
When and how are salaries prorated in Ethiopia?

Finland
How does Horizons handle employee expenses in Finland?
What types of Employment Agreements does Horizons typically use in Finland?
What are the probation periods like in Finland?
What are the regulations on Working Hours in Finland?
What are the Sick Leave regulations in Finland?
What are the Public Holidays in Finland for 2024?
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France
What are the Public Holidays in France?
What happens if a Public Holiday falls on a weekend in France?
How are Working Hours regulated in France?
What are the Sick Leave Entitlements in France? What Process should employees follow?
What are the Annual Leave entitlements in France?
How are Probation Periods regulated in France?
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Germany
Can employees work on public holidays in Germany?
What happens when an employee is sick during a holiday in Germany?
When are salaries paid out in Germany?
How are sick days handled in Germany?
How is overtime handled in Germany?
What are the public / bank holidays in Germany?
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Georgia
What employment agreement types does Horizons offer in Georgia?
Can employment agreements be backdated in Georgia?
What are the standard probation periods in Georgia?
What are the annual leave rules in Georgia?
What are the working hours and overtime rules in Georgia?
Can Russian Nationals Work without a visa in Georgia?
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Ghana
What are the Maternity Leave rights in Ghana?
What are the Leave Entitlements for employees in Ghana?
What are the Mandatory Benefits for employees in Ghana?

Greece
Can employees work onsite in Greece?
What is the standard employment agreement Horizons offers in Greece?
Can Horizons offer ESOP to employees in Greece?
What is the required format and timeline for employee onboarding in Greece?
What is the probation period for employees in Greece?
What are the working hour rules in Greece?
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Hongkong SAR (China)
What are the mandatory employer burdens in Hong Kong?
What are the public holidays in Hong Kong for 2025?
Horizons Payroll Calendar - Hong Kong SAR (China) 2025
How as annual leave regulated in Hong Kong?
How is sick leave regulated in Hong Kong?
What is the notice period for employment termination in Hong Kong?
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Hungary
How are business expenses managed in Hungary?
What is the standard employment agreement Horizons offers in Hungary?
How are Probation Periods structured in Hungary?
What are the Paid and Unpaid Leaves in Hungary?
How is Annual Leave regulated in Hungary?
How is Sick Leave regulated in Hungary?
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India
How many public holidays are there in India?
How are salaries prorated in India?
How are income taxes on salaried income calculated in India?
Is health insurance a mandatory benefit in India?
What is the standard probation period in India?
How is overtime handled in India?
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Indonesia
What are the standard working hours and overtime regulations in Indonesia?
Can employees work on public holidas in Indonesia?
What are the regulations on annual leave in Indonesia?
How is sick leave regulated in Indonesia?
What leave entitlements exist in Indonesia?
What are the public holidays in Indonesia in 2024 and 2025?
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Ireland
What are the key details of Maternity Leave in Ireland?
What are sick leave entitlements and processes like in Ireland?
What is the Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) in Ireland?
What is the paternity leave entitlement and process in Ireland?
What are leave entitlements like in Ireland?
What are the public holidays in Ireland?
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Italy
What are the employee classifications in Italy?
Why does Horizons prefer indefinite Employment Agreements in Italy?
What are the annual leave entitlements in Italy?
What are the sick leave entitlements like in Italy?
What are paid and unpaid leaves in Italy?
What are the public holidays in Italy?
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Japan
Bank Holidays & Horizons Payroll Calendar - Japan
What are the annual health check-ups in Japan?
How Are Employee Expenses Reimbursed in Japan?

Kenya
What are the sick leave regulations in Kenya?
What are the Maternity and Paternity Leave regulations in Kenya?
What are probation periods like in Kenya?
What are the Leave Entitlements in Kenya?
When and how are salaries Prorated in Kenya?
What are the Employer Burdens in Kenya?
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Latvia
What employment agreement types does Horizons offer in Latvia?
Is it possible to backdate an employment agreement in Latvia?
Can employees work from a client or distributor’s office in Latvia?
Can Horizons facilitate granting ESOP to employees hired in Latvia?
What are the probation period rules for employment agreements in Latvia?
What are the standard working hours and rest days for employees in Latvia?
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Lebanon
What are the sick leave entitlements in Lebanon?
How is maternity leave structured in Lebanon?

Liberia
What are the Maternity Leave rights in Liberia?
How is Paternity Leave regulated in Liberia?
What are the Leave Entitlements for employees in Liberia?
What are the Mandatory Benefits for employees in Liberia?

Luxembourg
What is the salary indexation in May 2025 in Luxembourg?

Malaysia
What type of employment agreements does Horizons offer in Malaysia?
Employer Social liability in Malaysia
Public Holiday in Malaysia
What is the annual leave entitlement in Malaysia?
What is the sick leave entitlement in Malaysia?
What are the maternity/pregnancy and paternity leave entitlements in Malaysia?
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Mexico
How are expenses processed and reimbursed in Mexico?
What are the public holidays in Mexico?
Are home office allowances mandatory in Mexico?
How are salary payments processed in Mexico?
What are additional mandatory payments in Mexico?
What annual leaves are employees entitled to in Mexico?
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Mauritius
Horizons Payroll Calendar - Mauritius 2025

Mozambique
How are expenses managed in Mozambique?
What are the Maternity Leave regulations in Mozambique?
What are the Paternity Leave regulations in Mozambique?
What are the Leave Entitlements in Mozambique?
When and how are salaries Prorated in Mozambique?
What are the Rules for Expenses and Per Diems in Mozambique?
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Netherlands
What are the standard annual leaves in the Netherlands?
What is the Horizons Payroll Calendar in the Netherlands (2025)?
What is the standard Sick Leave Pay in the Netherlands?
What are the salaries and wages like in the Netherlands?
How Does the 30% Ruling Work in the Netherlands?
Can Horizons support the 30% ruling application in the Netherlands?
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Nepal
How to submit Expenses and request Reimbursements in Nepal?
What are the Probation Periods like in Nepal?
What are the public holidays in Nepal?

New Zealand
How is mileage reimbursement calculated in New Zealand?
What type of employment agreement does Horizons offer in New Zealand?
Is a trial period allowed for new employees in New Zealand?
What are the standard working hours and overtime rules in New Zealand?
How does annual leave work in New Zealand?
How does sick leave work in New Zealand?
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Nigeria
How are expenses managed in Nigeria?
What are the public / bank holidays in Nigeria?
What are the Maternity Leave entitlements in Nigeria?
What are the Paternity Leave entitlements in Nigeria?
What are the Sick Leave regulations in Nigeria?
What are the Annual Leave entitlements in Nigeria?
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North Macedonia
Is there no employer burden in North Macedonia?

Pakistan
How is salary calculated in Pakistan?
How many public holidays are there in Pakistan?
How are statutory contributions calculated in Pakistan?
How is Severance Pay calculated in Pakistan?
What is the standard notice period in Pakistan?
What is the standard probation period in Pakistan?
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Philippines
How are salaries prorated in the Philippines?
Public holidays and Calendar in the Philippines
How do I submit expenses in the Philippines?
Can employees work during national holidays in the Philippines?
What is the mandatory 13th-month salary in the Philippines?
How is overtime handled in the Philippines?
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Peru
What is the expenses and reimbursement process in Peru?
What is the Family Allowance in Peru?
[WIP to be published once own entity is live] What is a business expense? What documentation is required in Peru?
What types of employment agreements does Horizons offer in Peru?
Is a written employment contract required in Peru?
Can employment agreements be backdated in Peru?
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Poland
What should you know about Trial Period Contracts in Poland?
What are the Annual Leave regulations in Poland?
What are the Holiday Regulations and Payment Rules in Poland?
What are the mandatory allowances in Poland?
What are the Medical Checkup Requirements for new employees in Poland?
What are the Per Diem Rates for Polish Employees on International Business Trips?
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Portugal
What is the Payroll Cost in Portugal?
How to apply for an NIF number in Portugal?
When and how are salaries prorated in Portugal?
How are the 14 Pay Periods managed in Portugal?
Can employment agreements be backdated in Portugal?
Can employees work during public holidays in Portugal?
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Romania
Can Employment Contracts be backdated in Romania?
Are pre-employment medical checkups required in Romania?
What is the standard Employment Agreement offered by Horizons in Romania?
What are the probation period rules in Romania?
What are the standard working hours and overtime rules in Romania?
What are the sick leave rules in Romania?
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Singapore
Understanding Income Tax in Singapore: What Horizons Does and Your Role
How is CPF being caculated in Singapore?
How are salaries prorated in Singapore？
How is the social security system set up in Singapore?
What are the standard probation periods in Singapore? What about notice periods?
What are the national and bank holidays in Singapore?
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South Africa
What is the process to take Maternity Leave in South Africa?
What is the process to take Paternity Leave in South Africa?
What are the Annual Leave Entitlements in South Africa?
What are Sick Leave and Family Responsibility Leave (FRL) Entitlements in South Africa?
What are the Mandatory Benefits in South Africa?
What is the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) in South Africa?
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South Korea
What Onboarding Documents shall Employee provide for enrollment？
What are required for your reimbursement claming on expense In Korea？
What items of remunerations are tax exemptions in Korea？
Horizons Payroll Calendar - Korea
What are the Horizons Work Rules in South Korea?
What is the minimum wage notice in South Korea?
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Spain
Can employees work during national holidays in Spain?
Can employees have more than one job in Spain?
What are the national and bank holidays in Spain in 2025?
Is there a mandatory 13th or 14th-month salary in Spain?
How is Sick Leave regulated in Spain?
What type of leaves are employees entitled to in Spain?
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Sri Lanka
Salary Calculation in Sri Lanka?
Severance Pay in Sri Lanka?
Horizons Payroll Calendar - Sri Lanka 2025

Sweden
Horizons Payroll Calendar - Sweden 2024
What are the Parental Leave Benefits in Sweden?
What are the Public Holidays in Sweden in 2025?
What are the Annual Leave entitlements in Sweden?
How are Sick Leaves regulated in Sweden?
What are the Paid and Upaid Leaves in Sweden?
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Switzerland
Salary Payments in Switzerland
Expense Reimbursement Process in Switzerland
How to use the Time Tracking Feature in Switzerland

Taiwan
Welcome onboard to Horizons in Taiwan
Statutory Compensation in Taiwan
What is the Horizons Payroll Calendar in Taiwan?
What is the standard employment agreement Horizons offers in Taiwan?
How are salaries prorated in Taiwan?
Mandatory Employer Burden in Taiwan
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Tanzania
What are the Employer Burdens in Tanzania?
How does Medical Care work under the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in Tanzania?

Thailand
How are Expenses and Per Diems processed in Thailand?
What is the standard Employment Agreement Horizons offers in Thailand?
What are the standard Probation Periods in Thailand?
What are the standard Working Hours in Thailand? How about Overtime?
What are the Annual Leave Entitlements in Thailand?
What are the Sick Leave policies in Thailand?
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Turkey
What is the Standard Employment Agreement Horizons offers in Turkey?
What are the Probation Periods Horizons offers in Turkey?
What are the Working Hours and Overtime Rules in Turkey?
What are the Annual Leave Regulations in Turkey?
What are the Public Holidays in Turkey for 2024?
What are the Sick Leave Regulations in Turkey?
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UAE
Horizons Payroll Calendar - UAE 2025

United Kingdom
How are Expenses and Per Diems managed in the United Kingdom (UK)?
What do I need to know about my Tax Code in the United Kingdom (UK)?
What is a P45 and what if I don't have one in the United Kingdom (UK)?
What are the mandatory benefits for employees in the United Kingdom (UK)?
How can an employee opt-out of the Pension Scheme in the United Kingdom (UK)?
How can an employee retrieve Pension Account Details in the United Kingdom (UK)?
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United States of America
What is At-Will Employment? What are the Termination Notice Periods in the US
What are the public holidays in the USA?
What are Paid and Unpaid Time Off (PTO) in the USA?
What are the mandatory benefits in the USA?
Payroll & Invoicing Calendar for Canada & USA (2024 & 2025)
Are there insurance Benefits for Part-Time Employees in the USA?
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Vietnam
How are Employee Expenses reimbursed in Vietnam?
What are the mandatory and optional benefits in Vietnam?
What are the public holidays in Vietnam?
What are the Annual Leave Entitlements in Vietnam?
What are the Sick Leave policies in Vietnam?
What are the Social Security contributions in Vietnam?
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Oman
What is the 1% Employer PASI Contribution in Oman?

Israel
Is 18% VAT charged as part of the employer burden in Israel?
What is the Study Fund (Keren Hishtalmut) in Israel?

Cyprus
What type of employment contract does Horizons offer in Cyprus?
What is the probation period for employment contracts in Cyprus?
Does Horizons offer night work in Cyprus?
What are the standard working hours for employees in Cyprus?
What are the annual leave entitlements for employees in Cyprus?
What are the sick leave policies for employees in Cyprus?
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Saudi Arabia
How to register a rental agreement on the EJAR Portal in Saudi Arabia?