Hire in Papua New Guinea,
compliantly,
without the complexity.

Papua New Guinea combines mega-scale LNG export terminals with world-tier gold, copper, and forestry extraction.

Key Economic Clusters

• Liquefied Natural Gas (PNG LNG & Papua LNG): Multi-billion dollar upstream gas extraction and LNG liquefaction in Port Moresby.
• Gold & Copper Mega-Mining: Lihir island open-pit gold mine and Ok Tedi copper/gold operations.
• Forestry, Coffee & Fisheries: Premium Arabica highland coffee and Pacific tuna transshipment.

Regulated by the Employment Act 1978.

• Written Contracts: Mandatory in English detailing remuneration, benefits, and job terms.
• Probation Period: Statutory probation is 3 months.

• Standard Hours: 44 hours per week (typically 8 hours/day Monday to Friday + 4 hours on Saturday).
• Annual Leave: Minimum 14 working days (or 3 weeks) paid vacation per continuous year of service.
• Paid Sick Leave: 6 paid days per year.
• Public Holidays: ~11 official national public holidays.
• Maternity Leave: 6 weeks (42 calendar days) statutory maternity leave.
• Mandatory Superannuation: Employers contribute 8.4% and employees contribute 6.0% of basic salary (14.4% total).

Personal Income Tax (Salary Wages Tax): Progressive rates: 0% (up to PGK 20k/yr), 30% (PGK 20k–33k), 35% (PGK 33k–70k), 40% (PGK 70k–250k), and 42% on excess over PGK 250k/yr, remitted to IRC.

Severance Pay: Calculated based on length of service under Section 34 of the Employment Act.

• Rapid Energy & Mining Deployment: Onboard petroleum engineers and logistics coordinators in Port Moresby or Lae in days.
• Nasfund Superannuation & IRC Compliance: Automated management of 8.4% employer superannuation contributions and IRC Salary Wages Tax withholdings.