When to use an employer of record?

Benefits every employer should know about EOR
These services can be especially helpful to stay updated on the state and local laws. It may then be the best option for achieving your global growth objectives. Here 5 reasons why you should do it.

Hiring an EOR gives the client’s company the opportunity to manage their time more efficiently and effectively. So, if you want to find new markets, lower risks, facilitate an acquisition and simplify things and costs: EOR is the answer.

1. A vehicle for exploring new markets.

An EOR lets you evaluate the readiness of an international market by hiring workers for you in your targeted country. You can see if it works in the country by starting operations with your new workers, without having to commit the time and money required to establish an entity.

2. Lower risks

Employer of record can handle all payroll, benefits, tax and compliance requirements for your new global workers, so you can focus on their contributions to your organization—not on their risk.

3. Facilitate an acquisition

If your organization has recently acquired a workforce in a new country but does not have a way to compliantly pay the new employees because the deal does not include the legal business entity. An EOR would be a great solution to pay the employees compliantly on your behalf indefinitely, or until you set up an in-country entity.

4. Simplify things

One has to consider the complexity of payment schedules, the number of jurisdictions, and insurance policies involved in your current staff. With that, you can weigh the sums that will be invested in the service provision offered versus the stress and money of doing so by yourself

5. Mind the costs

Keep also in mind the costs, both in time and money, of setting up companies overseas. These sets of actions will extend the scope of liability, the jurisdictions where you can be sued, and will, most likely, exceed the difference in the price for an EOR service provision.

Now that you know that you should hire your employees with an EOR, the questions we need to answer is: What to look for in an EOR provider?

When it comes time to evaluate employer of record providers, there are some qualities to keep in mind to help protect your organization. The utmost importance is the extent of the provider’s knowledge in the countries you are targeting for expansion. One way to gauge this is by finding out how long the provider has been in the country and whether it has a direct entity and is not just relying on local partnerships.

Roots EOR brings your company the tool to allocate staff abroad being compliant with labour requirements, but without having to form a local legal structure. 

With our services our client no longer needs to own a local entity to employ talent compliantly. We offer the most cost-effective way of growing internationally while maintaining legal compliance within the countries your experts work. Want to contact us? Click here