Global Employer of Record: Your Legal Infrastructure in 150+ Countries

With Worksome, talent can be "Project Ready" in as little as 72 hours. We provide the infrastructure that replaces months of local entity setup, allowing you to hire in 150+ countries almost instantly.

Yes. We manage all jurisdiction-specific requirements, including localized employment contracts, mandatory social contributions, and statutory benefits (such as pension schemes or private health insurance) tailored to the hire's specific country.

Global compliance is built into our core. We use a localized classification engine to ensure every worker is hired under the correct legal framework for their region, backed by our internal legal expertise and full indemnification against local tax and labor risks.

We simplify your back-office by consolidating your global team into one monthly invoice. You pay in your preferred currency (USD, GBP, or EUR), and we handle the conversion and distribution to your employees in their local currency, ensuring they are paid accurately and on time.

A global Employer of Record (EOR) is a third-party organization that legally employs workers on your behalf in countries where you don't have a local entity. The EOR becomes the legal employer for tax, payroll, and compliance purposes — while you retain full control over the employee's day-to-day work, projects, and performance.

An EOR handles:

• Employment contracts drafted to comply with local labor laws
• Payroll processing in the employee's local currency
• Tax withholding and filing in each jurisdiction
• Statutory benefits administration (health insurance, pensions, paid leave)
• Regulatory compliance with country-specific employment regulations
• Onboarding and offboarding in line with local requirements

Without an EOR, hiring internationally requires establishing a local legal entity in each country — a process that typically takes 2–6 months. Worksome's Employer of Record eliminates that barrier, enabling you to hire compliantly in 150+ countries within days, not months.

Worksome's Employer of Record enables you to hire full-time employees in 150+ countries across every major region — without setting up local entities.

Our coverage includes key markets such as:

• Europe: United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Ireland, Switzerland
• Asia-Pacific: India, Singapore, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, Japan
• Americas: United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina
• Middle East & Africa: UAE, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Israel

Each country comes with localized employment contracts, statutory benefits, and payroll in local currency.

An Employer of Record (EOR) and a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) both help companies manage HR functions, but they differ in a critical way: legal employment structure.

Choose an EOR when you want to hire employees in a new country without establishing a local entity. Choose a PEO when you already have a local entity and want to outsource HR administration like benefits and payroll.

Worksome's Employer of Record goes further — combining EOR and Agent of Record (AOR) capabilities on a single platform, so you can manage both employees and contractors in 150+ countries from one place.

Most Employer of Record providers focus exclusively on full-time employees. Managing contractors typically requires a separate platform, a separate vendor, or direct contracts — creating compliance gaps and administrative overhead.

Worksome is different. Our platform combines EOR (Employer of Record) for full-time employees and AOR (Agent of Record) for contractors in a single solution. This means you can:

• Hire employees in 150+ countries through our EOR — with compliant contracts, local payroll, and statutory benefits
• Engage contractors through our AOR — with compliant agreements, automated payments, and tax documentation
• Convert contractors to employees (or vice versa) seamlessly when roles evolve
• Classify workers correctly using Worksome's AI-powered worker classification engine, which analyzes engagements against local labor laws to determine the correct worker status

This matters because misclassification is the #1 compliance risk in international hiring. Worksome is the only EOR provider that includes misclassification indemnification — meaning we assume the financial liability if a classification determination is challenged.

No — eliminating the need for a local entity is the primary purpose of an Employer of Record. When you use an EOR, the provider's own legal entity in the target country serves as the official employer for your workers. You don't need to register a company, open a local bank account, or navigate foreign incorporation requirements.

Here's how it works:

1. You select the employee — choose your candidate in any of Worksome's 150+ supported countries
2. Worksome becomes the legal employer — we draft a locally compliant employment contract through our EOR entity
3. You manage the work — direct the employee's day-to-day tasks, projects, and performance as usual
4. Worksome handles the rest — payroll, tax withholding, benefits administration, and regulatory compliance

The employee works for you in practice, but the EOR relationship ensures full legal compliance without entity setup costs or the 2–6 month incorporation timeline.

This makes Employer of Record services ideal for companies testing new markets, hiring remote talent globally, or scaling international teams quickly.