Owns the work.
Sets the responsibilities, directs the day-to-day work, manages performance, and brings the employee into the culture of the company.
EOR explained
What is an Employer of Record?
An EOR gives a company a local employment route in a country where it does not yet have its own entity. The EOR becomes the legal employer; your team still directs the work.
In simple terms
You manage work+EOR manages local employment
The responsibility split
Two roles. One employee experience.
An EOR model works best when the responsibilities are explicit from day one.
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Owns the agreed local administration.
Coordinates the local employment contract, payroll administration, statutory employment obligations, and agreed employee support.
EOR vs local entity
Different options for different stages of expansion.
An EOR is commonly used when a company is testing a market, making early hires, or wants local employment support before operating an entity directly.
Local employment route
Useful when you want to employ locally without initially establishing your own local employer entity.
Direct employment route
Useful when your company has a long-term local operating plan and wants to employ people directly.
Independent service route
Useful only where the role and working relationship are genuinely independent and appropriate for that country.
Questions about the model?
Tell us where you want to hire and what the role looks like.