International Payroll

Yes, Any Hire will determine when a non-U.S. talent should be classified as an employee. And if we recommend employment, you can always override our recommendation (in which case we cannot legally protect the classification).

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In cases where Any Hire recommends hiring as employment, following our recommendation helps avoid legal risk around worker misclassification. Other benefits include: less risk around intellectual property, and more control over the work being done, such as which hours are being worked. Your talent also benefits from receiving employment benefits, such as health insurance.

Keep in mind, International laws and regulations can be quite different than your native country - our team will help you navigate all of the complexity.

We provide the trusted, third-party EOR partner for you, who will be the employer of the talent in the talent’s country.

Each country, and in many cases regions within a country, have their own laws and regulations which influences the employer burden for payroll contracts. Since Any Hire is a global product offering, it is difficult for us to provide a more detailed estimate until you provide Any Hire with more details

The specifics of the employer burden vary by location, however it will include items such as: payroll taxes, benefits and insurance. Details will be made available should you choose to proceed with an international payroll quote.

An Employer of Record (EOR) is an organization that takes legal responsibility for employing people — taking on the responsibility for things like paying employees internationally, organizing taxes, and handling benefits and insurance — on your behalf. The EOR has expertise, legal standing and staffing in place to maintain compliant working relationships in the location where they employ.

No. When you sign up with Any Hire, you’ll give us information about your business and how you work. If you need an EOR, we’ll work with one of our third-party vendors.

The talent will be an employee of the EOR partner, and the EOR partner will assign the employee to provide services to you. The talent will need to log their hours with the EOR partner. They will receive employment benefits based on their local requirements.

An Employer of Record (EOR) is an organization that takes legal responsibility for employing people — taking on the responsibility for things like paying employees internationally, organizing taxes, and handling benefits and insurance — on your behalf.

The EOR partner will handle all of the withholding and payment of employment taxes, and they will provide the worker with required forms. We are unable to provide tax advice to clients.

You are not required to follow Upwork’s classification recommendation, but if you choose not to do so, Upwork cannot offer the indemnification against misclassification claims.

The EOR partner will provide required benefits to your talent. They will work with you if you want to provide any benefits beyond what is required in your talent’s locale.