#1 Global EOR Solutions Provider in Southeast Asia

Q: How fast can employees be onboarded through your EOR?

Most employees can be onboarded within 5–10 business days, depending on the country and how quickly documentation and background checks clear. Contracts, registrations, and payroll setup run in parallel from day one.

Employ your team across 9 Asian markets without opening a local entity. Second Talent is an AI-Native talent platform that becomes your legal employer, handling contracts, payroll, tax filings, statutory benefits, and termination compliance under our own entities.

Why companies choose an Employer of Record

No local entity required

Employ legally from day one under our entity.

Compliance owned end to end

Labor law, tax and benefits are our liability.

One invoice, every market

Nine countries, one monthly USD invoice.

Misclassification risk removed

Turn contractors into compliant employees.

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Employ across Asia without a single local entity

Asian markets covered

4.9

avg client rating

200 +

teams building with us

92 %

employee retention rate

Results from teams that hired with us

Faster hires, lower burn, more shipped.

$200K

saved in hiring costs

24 d Avg time to hire 2 Engineers hired

A social polling platform that needed two senior engineers in place within weeks of launch.

$27M

Series A raised

6 Specialists hired 27 d To fill AI brief

An industrial AI company that filled three briefs from one pipeline, then raised a $27M Series A.

engineers hired

22 d Avg to hire 3 Disciplines

The freight company behind the internet's first load board, adding capacity outside the US.

developers hired

60-70% Cost saved 5+ Role types

A global real-estate coaching company that built its first engineering function from zero.

70%

productivity boost

10 Engineers 2 mo To scale

A Web3 education platform that hired ten engineers to accelerate its product roadmap.

$1.5B

acquisition outcome

70% Growth 4 mo To scale

A machine-learning car marketplace that grew its Taiwan team and was acquired by Carro.

70%

labor cost saved

30% Revenue up 14 d To hire

A luxury jewelry retailer with 870 stores across Asia, staffing its e-commerce push.

70%

efficiency gain

5 Team members 2 Countries

A digital health platform that moved delivery to Vietnam and Malaysia without slowing down.

50%

productivity uplift

20% Team growth 40% Capability

A Bitcoin restaking platform that added frontend and design capacity as it scaled.

role types staffed

10 Engineers 2x Dev speed

A luxury retail group in Asia that stood up a Vietnam tech team in two months.

3 days

to first SDR hire

3 SDRs hired ID Hiring market

An omnichannel chat platform that built its lead generation team out of Indonesia.

2 mo

hiring time saved

1 Lead engineer HK Hiring market

A blockchain wellness platform that hired the lead engineer anchoring its offshore team.

Trusted by teams that ship fast

Founders and engineering leaders on hiring with Second Talent.

Partnering with Second Talent has been a game-changer for our tech expansion.

Their ability to source top-tier talent from Vietnam helped us scale rapidly while maintaining quality. Their pre-vetted candidates integrated seamlessly, and their account management ensured smooth onboarding.

Tom F.

Co-founder (#1 US Real Estate Coach)

Second Talent played a key role in our tech expansion, quickly providing high-quality frontend talent that integrated seamlessly into our projects.

Their pre-vetted candidates, smooth onboarding process, and excellent support helped us build a strong, cost-effective team that drives our success.

Marco A.

Co-founder & CTO

Thanks to Second Talent, Open Campus quickly built a skilled tech team of 10 within two months, boosting productivity by 70% and accelerating our Web3 platform's development.

This success has strengthened our role in decentralized education and fueled our market expansion, highlighting our leadership in Web3 innovation.

Jonah L.

Head of Portfolio (raised US$100m)

Second Talent helped Beyond Cars (acquired by Carro) swiftly build a top-tier tech team in just a month, accelerating our platform's development and boosting productivity.

This success allowed us to expand into new markets, ultimately leading to our acquisition by a major automotive e-commerce company.

Garry Y.

Co-Founder (acquired by Carro)

Second Talent built our team of pre-vetted engineers who made our hiring decisions straightforward.

Once onboarded, our tech team saw a significant boost in productivity and development speed. Their excellent account management and responsive customer service also ensured smooth handling of all post-onboarding HR matters.

Jack N.

Director of IT (10,000+ employees)

Second Talent helped us rapidly scale by sourcing top-quality SDR talent from Indonesia.

Their pre-screened candidates fit perfectly, and their smooth onboarding and support built a strong, cost-effective team that helped to test and experiment sales with another market.

Leo W.

Co-founder (raised US$5m)

What's included in our EOR service

Everything a local legal employer is required to do, handled for a single monthly fee per employee.

Employment contracts

Country-specific contracts in the local language where required, covering probation, notice, working hours, IP assignment, and confidentiality.

Payroll & tax filing

Monthly gross-to-net calculation, salary disbursement in local currency, income tax withholding, and filing with local authorities.

Statutory benefits

Social insurance, health cover, pension and provident funds (BPJS, CPF, EPF, SSS, MPF and equivalents), enrolled and remitted every month.

Leave & HR administration

Annual, sick, maternity and paternity leave tracked to local entitlement. Payslips, employment letters, and HR records in one workspace.

Mandatory bonuses

13th month pay, THR, Tet and year-end bonuses calculated and paid on the statutory deadline in each market.

Offboarding & severance

Notice periods, final settlements, statutory severance, and de-registration handled to the letter of local law, so exits stay clean.

How our EOR works, step by step

Tell us who you want to employ, and where

Share the role, country, salary, start date, and any benefits you want to offer. We confirm what local law requires and send an all-in monthly quote.

We issue a compliant employment contract

Your team member is employed under our owned entity in-country, on a contract that meets local labor law and assigns IP to you.

They join your team, you direct the work

Day-to-day management, reporting lines, tools, and performance stay entirely with you. We are the legal employer, not the manager.

We run payroll, taxes, benefits and filings

Salary, withholding, social contributions, statutory bonuses and leave are handled monthly. You pay one USD invoice.

EOR vs setting up your own entity

An entity makes sense at scale in a single market. Below that, an EOR is faster, cheaper, and reversible.

Factor

Own legal entity

Employer of Record

Time to first employee

3–6 months (incorporation, tax and social security registration)

5–10 business days

Upfront cost

Registration, legal, registered capital, local director

None. Monthly fee per employee

Ongoing admin

Local accountant, payroll vendor, company secretary, annual filings

Included in the EOR fee

Compliance liability

Sits with your company and its local directors

Sits with us as the legal employer

Exit / wind-down

Deregistration can take 6–12 months

End the contract, settle notice and severance

Best for

20+ employees concentrated in one country, long-term commitment

Testing a market, small teams, or hiring across several countries at once

Run the numbers with our EOR vs entity cost calculator.

One workspace for EOR + payroll

Contracts, statutory benefits, payslips, leave, and monthly USD invoicing. Every step lives in one workspace your team and ours share. No email threads. No spreadsheets.

Country-specific employment contracts auto-generated and e-signed
Statutory benefits, social insurance, and tax filings handled monthly
Leave tracking, payslips, and HR documents in one place
One USD invoice per month. No FX juggling, no per-country admin

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Second Talent

Team
Payroll
Contracts
Invoices
Compliance

Active employees · 4 countries

Team · 12 employees

On payroll

Maria R. 🇵🇭

Finance Analyst · Manila

$2,400/mo

SSS · PhilHealth

On payroll

Thanh N. 🇻🇳

Operations Manager · Hanoi

$3,100/mo

Social insurance

On payroll

Adi S. 🇮🇩

Customer Success · Jakarta

$2,200/mo

BPJS enrolled

Onboarding

Countries

Next payroll

28th

Filings

Current

Pricing

Pricing built around your requirements

EOR pricing depends on the country, headcount, and benefits scope. Tell us where you're employing and we'll send an all-in per-employee quote, with no upfront fees, no hidden costs.

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EOR services across 9 Asian markets

Open any country for local employment law, payroll contributions, leave entitlements, and severance rules.

Vietnam Philippines Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Singapore Hong Kong Taiwan China

Frequently asked questions

Answers about entity-free employment.

What does an Employer of Record (EOR) do?

An EOR is the legal employer of your team in a country where you have no entity. It issues the employment contract, runs payroll, withholds and files income tax, enrolls employees in statutory benefit schemes, and carries the compliance liability. You keep full day-to-day direction of the work.

What roles can I employ through an EOR?

Any role you would hire onto your own payroll: engineering, finance, marketing, sales, operations, customer support, HR, design, and management. An EOR is a legal employment arrangement, not a role-specific service. The only limits are roles that local law reserves for licensed or entity-employed staff.

How fast can employees be onboarded through your EOR?

Most employees can be onboarded within 5–10 business days, depending on the country and how quickly documentation and background checks clear. Contracts, registrations, and payroll setup run in parallel from day one.

What makes EOR ideal for Asian markets?

Labor law, social insurance schemes, mandatory bonuses, and severance formulas differ sharply between the nine markets we cover, and entity setup rules vary just as much. An EOR gives you one commercial relationship and one invoice across all of them, without registering a company in each.

Can I offer localized benefits through an EOR?

Yes. As the legal employer we enroll your team in the statutory schemes their country requires (social insurance in Vietnam, SSS and PhilHealth in the Philippines, CPF in Singapore, BPJS in Indonesia) and administer local norms such as 13th month pay and Tet bonuses. Supplementary benefits like private medical cover, equipment stipends, or learning budgets can be layered on top and billed through the same monthly invoice.

Who owns the IP my EOR employees create?

You do. Every employment contract we issue includes IP assignment and confidentiality clauses drafted to be enforceable under local law, so work product and inventions transfer to your company.

Can I convert existing contractors to EOR employees?

Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons companies come to us. Long-term contractors who work fixed hours under your direction are a misclassification risk in most Asian jurisdictions. We move them onto compliant employment contracts with the statutory entitlements they are owed.

Do I still control the work my team does?

Absolutely. You maintain full control over responsibilities, reporting lines, performance management, tools, and team culture. We handle the legal and administrative backend only.

What happens if I later open my own entity?

We transfer the employees across. Their tenure, accrued leave, and statutory entitlements are preserved, and we co-ordinate the timing with your local registrations so there is no gap in employment or payroll.

Costs, comparisons and country rules

Model the numbers before you commit to a market.

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All-in monthly employment cost by country

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Break-even headcount for your own entity

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What each new hire costs to onboard

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How our per-employee fee is structured

Employ anywhere in Asia, fully compliant, no entity required.

$0 upfront costs, one monthly fee per employee

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