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Country comparison
Brazil vs Colombia
Compare payroll, employer obligations, leave, working time and employment requirements using Ivvora's structured country datasets.
At a glance
Hiring environment
Metric
Brazil
Colombia
Payroll frequency
Monthly
Not fully modeled yet
Salary convention
Monthly gross salary commonly used
Not fully modeled yet
Standard workweek
44 hours standard; ordinary overtime framework can add up to 2 hours/day
42 hours
Annual leave
30 days standard after 12-month accrual, subject to absence-related reductions
15 business days
Maternity leave
120 days standard; 180 days with qualifying Empresa Cidadã extension
18 weeks
Paternity leave
5 days
2 weeks
Probation
Experience contract up to 90 days total
Up to 2 months
Employer costs
Cannot be represented honestly as one universal percentage because social security, RAT/FAP, FGTS, terceiros, employer regime and sector rules vary
Not fully modeled yet
Required annual compensation
13th salary: 1/12 of December remuneration per qualifying month
Not fully modeled yet
Vacation premium
One-third of vacation remuneration
Not fully modeled yet
Notice
Employer notice generally 30–90 days based on tenure
Not fully modeled yet
Payroll complexity
High because employer regime, occupational risk, CBA, benefits and temporal tax rules can change outcomes
Multiple required components
Termination complexity
High; multiple components including notice, vacation, 13th salary and FGTS-related amounts
Not fully modeled yet
Employer costs
Brazil employer contributions
Employer social-security contribution
20% of Employee And Worker Remuneration
Calculation data ready
Occupational-risk contribution (RAT)
Employer / scenario-specific
Scenario-dependent
Accident Prevention Factor (FAP)
Employer / scenario-specific
Scenario-dependent
Financial-sector additional social-security contribution
2.5% of Employee And Worker Remuneration
Scenario-dependent
FGTS employer deposit
8% of Qualifying Remuneration
Calculation data ready
Third-party payroll contributions
Employer / scenario-specific
Scenario-dependent
Employer costs
Colombia employer contributions
Régimen Contributivo de Salud
8.5% of IBC
Calculation data ready
Sistema General de Pensiones
12% of IBC
Calculation data ready
Sistema General de Riesgos Laborales
Employer / scenario-specific
Calculation data ready
Caja de Compensación Familiar
4% of Payroll Contribution Base
Calculation data ready
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje contribution
2% of Payroll Contribution Base
Calculation data ready
Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar contribution
3% of Payroll Contribution Base
Calculation data ready
Required compensation
Brazil additional compensation
13th salary
Formula-based
Calculation data ready
Vacation one-third premium
33.33% of Vacation Remuneration
Calculation data ready
Required compensation
Colombia additional compensation
Prima de servicios
Formula-based
Calculation data ready
Auxilio de cesantía
Formula-based
Calculation data ready
Interest on cesantías
12% of Accrued Cesantias
Calculation data ready
Research quality
What backs this comparison
Ivvora keeps source coverage, research gaps and unresolved contradictions attached to each country rather than hiding them behind one headline score.
Brazil
Sources
23
Known gaps
14
Tracked conflicts
3
Last verified
2026-09-20
Colombia
Sources
44
Known gaps
55
Tracked conflicts
3
Last verified
2026-09-20
Why Ivvora does not rank these countries with one score
Hiring cost and compliance depend on employee type, salary, employer structure, location and other scenario inputs. Ivvora therefore compares the underlying rules instead of declaring one country universally cheaper or easier.