How UK companies can hire employees in India starts with a question that comes up almost every time: does IR35 apply? The direct answer is no. IR35 fundamentally depends on UK tax and National Insurance liability. An India-based worker who is not UK tax resident, and who performs all their duties from India, sits outside […]
How US companies can hire employees in India usually starts with a wrong assumption, not a wrong answer. Most US finance and HR teams already know the domestic PEO model well, Insperity, TriNet, Justworks. As a result, they assume an equivalent exists internationally under a different name. It does not, at least not in the […]
Can a foreign company hire contractors in India? Yes. In one specific scenario, it is genuinely simpler than most people expect. Paying an individual contractor directly from abroad, with no Indian entity of your own, typically does not require you to withhold any Indian tax at all. The contractor handles their own advance tax and […]
EOR Payroll and Tax Compliance in India runs on a fixed monthly rhythm. It does not bend for holidays, weekends, or a busy quarter. Employers must deposit tax deducted from salaries with the government by the 7th of the following month. Provident Fund and Employees’ State Insurance contributions are due by the 15th. Miss either […]
EOR vs PEO vs Staffing Agency in India comes down to one question most people skip past too quickly: who actually finds the person, and who actually employs them once found. An Employer of Record employs someone you have already identified, without needing an Indian entity of your own. A staffing agency finds and employs […]
EOR Pricing Models in India usually follow a few core structures: a fixed monthly fee per employee, a percentage of payroll, or a customised enterprise arrangement. In practice, however, the quoted EOR fee is only one part of the employer’s total cost. Salary, statutory contributions, employee benefits, insurance, onboarding, payroll administration, and other services can […]
Employer of Record Services in India has become an important consideration for companies that want to hire employees in India without immediately setting up their own legal entity. A founder in Austin, a finance director in London, or an HR lead in Singapore may all need the same answer: how does hiring in India actually […]
Maternity, paternity and parental leave rules in India catch more global employers off guard than almost any other compliance topic. The numbers are simply bigger than people expect. Indian law entitles a woman with fewer than two children to 26 weeks of fully paid maternity leave. That makes it one of the most generous statutory […]
Stock options for employees hired through an EOR in India come up in almost every early conversation with a startup that wants to build a team here without opening a local entity first. The direct answer is yes, an employee engaged through an Employer of Record can legally receive stock options or other equity awards […]
Employer of Record Benefits and Risks sit at the centre of one of the more consequential decisions a growing company will make this year: how to put people on the ground in a country you do not yet understand well enough to hire in directly. The short answer, before anything else, is this. An Employer […]
