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Employment contracts in Angola can be in any format such as verbal, written or implied. When a written contract is required by the employer or employee, it must contain:

• full name and habitual residence of the parties,

• employee's job classification and occupational category,

• place of work,

• duration of the normal work week,

• the amount and period of payment of the salary, and mention of additional or complementary salary benefits and those paid in kind,

• date work begins, and

• place and date where the contract is signed.

Employers can use fixed-term employment contracts which can be six to 36 months long, depending on the type of contract, and must contain an end date. They can also use indefinite contracts, which must contain a start date.

The standard workweek in Angola is capped at 44 hours per week and eight hours a day. The workweek can be extended to nine hours a day and/or 54 hours a week in some cases. Overtime can be two hours a day and/or 40 hours a week and/or 200 hours in a year.

In Angola, the public holidays are:

• New Year’s Day

• Liberation Day

• Carnival Tuesday

• Women’s Day

• Peace Day

• Good Friday

• Easter

• Labor Day

• National Heroes’ Day

• All Souls’ Day

• Independence Day

• Christmas Day and Family Day

The termination notice period in Angola is 30 or 60 days, depending on the employee. Severance pay for redundancy is between one and 12.5 months.

Angola has a minimum wage. Bonuses are common in Angola.