Guide to Doing Business
in Suriname

Employment

A large part of the working population in Suriname is employed on the basis of an employment agreement. Employment law can be found in various labour regulations:

1. the Suriname Civil Code;
2. separate Labour laws;
3. the Personnel Act (Personeelswet) for civil servants (the largest segment of the Surinamese workforce); and
4. the minimum hourly wages act.

(Suriname is member of the International Labour Organization (I.L.O.)).