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Global Hiring Explained: EOR vs Entity, Compliance & Costs
Global hiring is no longer optional — it’s a competitive necessity. This full-length webcast breaks down how to hire employees in other countries: through an Employer of Record, contractors, or your own entity — and what each route really costs.
We handle global payroll, compliance, and HR while you build your team.
Channel
RemotePeople
Format
HR.com Webcast
Duration
57 min 33 sec
Published
July 2026
About This Webcast
Recorded as an HR.com webcast, this hour-long session is a practical masterclass in global hiring compliance. It walks through the three main routes to employing people abroad — an Employer of Record (EOR), engaging contractors, or establishing your own legal entity — and compares them on speed, cost, risk, and long-term flexibility.
Along the way it covers the traps that catch growing companies most often: contractor misclassification, permanent establishment risk, hidden employment costs, and the compliance obligations that vary country by country.
What You'll Learn
- EOR vs entity setup: when each model wins on cost, speed, and control.
- The real, all-in cost of employing someone abroad — beyond gross salary.
- Contractor compliance and how to avoid misclassification penalties.
- How statutory benefits, payroll taxes, and termination rules differ across markets.
- A framework for choosing the right hiring model as you scale internationally.
EOR vs Entity: The Core Decision
Setting up a legal entity gives you maximum control, but it can take months, cost tens of thousands of dollars, and create ongoing filing and payroll obligations before your first hire ever starts. An Employer of Record flips that equation: the EOR already owns compliant entities, so you can employ someone in a new country in days, with local contracts, payroll, and statutory benefits handled for you.
The webcast shows how companies use EOR to test new markets first — and graduate to their own entity only once headcount justifies it. That is precisely the model RemotePeople supports across 150+ countries, with owned entities and pricing from $199 per employee per month.
Who Should Watch
HR directors, CFOs, founders, and legal or people-operations teams planning their first international hires — or auditing an existing global workforce for compliance gaps. If you need to defend a build-vs-buy decision on entities to your board, this session gives you the numbers and the framework.
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