Employ your team across 9 Asian markets without opening a local entity. We become the legal employer — contracts, payroll, tax filings, statutory benefits, and termination compliance handled under our own entities.
Skip 3โ6 months of incorporation, registered capital, and local director requirements. Employ legally from day one under our entity.
Compliance owned end to end
Local labor law, employment contracts, social insurance, tax filings, and statutory benefits are our legal responsibility, not yours.
One invoice, every market
Nine countries, nine currencies, one monthly USD invoice. No local bank accounts, no FX handling, no per-country payroll vendors.
Misclassification risk removed
Convert contractors to compliant employees. Statutory entitlements, IP assignment, and severance obligations are all covered by the employment contract.
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
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 — no upfront fees, no hidden costs.
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, enrols 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 enrol 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.
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