Any new employee should provide the following documents:

1. Job offers accepted and signed
2. Detailed CV
3. Copy of identity card
4. Copy of "Chifa" social security health insurance card
5. Full bank details (document provided by the bank)

The general probation period in Algeria is 6 months.

Algeria recognizes nine public holidays, paid by the employer, and specified in the law on hours of work, weekly rest, and paid leave.

Algeria's public holidays are:

• Jan. 1: New Year's Day.

• Mawlid Ennabaoui (anniversary of the birth of the Prophet).

• May 1: Labor Day.

• July 5: Independence Day and FLN.

• Idul Fitr (the end of Ramadan).

• Idul Adha (Sacrifice Feast).

• Awal Muharram (Islamic New Year).

• Nov. 1: Feast of the Revolution.

• Ashura (10th day of Muharram).

Employees that work a legal holiday are entitled to a compensatory rest of equal length and overtime pay.

Sick leave can be used by employees by submitting relevant documents as proof of their illness. Sick pay is provided by social security as per below:

• From the 1st to the 15th day of the sick leave, the amount of daily allowances is equal to 50% of the salary taken as a basis for contributions, after deduction of contributions and taxes.

• From the 16th day of sick leave, in the event of long-term illness or the possibility of hospitalization, this amount amounts to 100% of the reference salary.

After two consecutive months of service with his employer, an employee is entitled to sick leave of not less than seven days with full pay and, after that, seven days with half payment in each period of twelve consecutive months of service, subject to production by the employee of a certificate of incapacity to work signed by a duly qualified medical practitioner or a person acting on the practitioner's behalf in charge of a dispensary or medical aid center.

It is required to provide maternity leave for all pregnant female employees. They should receive 14 weeks of paid maternity leave at their normal wage (could be 6 weeks before the expected date of delivery and 8 weeks after).

Male employees can take three days of paid paternity leave as long as they submit a written notice and reason.

Compassionate Leave

Under the Regulation of Wages (General) Order, subsidiary to the Regulations of Wages and Conditions of Employment Act, compassionate leave is granted to allow an employee to attend to personal misfortunes such as death, accidents, or sickness concerning relatives and friends. The number of days he or she gets is deducted from the annual leave entitlement for the year.

Study Leave

Under the Civil Service Code of Regulations, public employees are entitled to study leave. Neither the Employment Act nor the Regulations of Wages and Conditions of Employment Act provide for an equivalent. But in practice, many companies and employers grant employees time off to go for courses, or to prepare for examinations.

Subject to prior notification and justification to the employer, absences without loss of remuneration for the following reasons:  

• To perform tasks related to union representation or employee representation, according to the durations set by legal or contractual provisions;
• To follow vocational or trade union training courses authorized by the employer and to take academic or professional examinations;

On the occasion of each of the following family events: the marriage of the worker, marriage of one of the worker's descendants, death of ascendant, descendant, and collateral to the 1st degree of the worker or his spouse, death of the worker's spouse, circumcision of a child of the worker, they benefit from three (3) paid working days.

However, in cases of birth or death, the justification comes later.

The statutory notice period is 6 months (increased to 12 months for skilled employees), plus five days for each year of service up to a maximum of 30 days.

Under the Algerian Labor Law, an employer may terminate employment on redundancy grounds only if economic reasons justify such a measure and once all alternatives aimed at avoiding redundancy have been exhausted. A redundancy is subject to a mandatory procedure, decided after collective bargaining, involving the local labor administration.

The Severance Pay in Algeria depends on the Duration of Employment, as below:

• Mandatory -1 month

• Collective Agreement – 1 month

• Minimum Employment Period – 12 months

The choices are limited for international employers under Algeria's immigration system.

Visitors on business are advised to keep their stay to no more than 15 days, even with a 90-day business visa. Foreign nationals who stay for longer than 90 days must get a Residence Permit.

In Algeria, there are two routes one can take to obtain a work permit:

• Annex 13 Declaration: With a 15 day validity, extensions are possible for a maximum stay of 90 days per calendar year.

• Work Permit: One-Year Validity with Possible Extensions.

Both permissions are issued locally, and each province also called a wilaya, is free to interpret the rules however it sees fit.