Hire globally with Oyster Employer of Record
Access Oyster’s all-in-one employer of record solution for seamless, automated and compliant employment, including payroll and benefits for distributed teams. Skip setting up entities and try Oyster's global employment platform instead.
Meet the easiest solution to global employment
Found amazing talent across the globe? Oyster Employer of Record allows companies to expand globally without the headache. As your EOR partner, we’ll legally employ workers on your behalf, managing onboarding, payroll, taxes, and benefits. With support from our trusted local experts, we ensure compliance with local laws and regulations, so you can spend more time supporting and retaining top talent
- Hire and pay compliantly in 120+ countries
- Generate 100% legal-reviewed compliant agreements
- Onboard new talent in as fast as 48 hours
- Pay global team members with >99% accuracy
- Offer competitive salary, equity, and benefits
- Receive expert support with >90% satisfaction rate
Simplify hiring, payroll compliance & benefits for talent anywhere
- Eliminate barriers to global hiring
- Streamline global payments in 120+ currencies
- Offer competitive and compliant total rewards
- All your global talent management needs in one place
Manage global teams from one single platform
- Global onboarding
- Compliant payroll and compensation
- Total rewards and global benefits
- Talent mobility
- Salary insights
- Specialized support
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How to get started
Whether you’re kickstarting your global employment journey—or need help turning it around—we’re here to make the transition easy.
- 1Sign up for a free Oyster account
Explore the platform and tools for free—including the Employment Cost Calculator.
- 2Receive immediate guidance when you hire
When you submit a new hire in the platform, you’ll have a virtual hiring assistant to guide you through local compliance.
- 3Access continued support from a dedicated team
The Oyster team (yes, humans!) will review your drafted agreement, send it to you for approval, collect signatures, and handle employee onboarding.
Trusted by teams and partners
We help teams grow faster across borders
David Dawoud
Head of People at Demodesk
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Oyster has it down in terms of its simplicity, but it’s genius at the same time. It’s simple enough that you don’t need to feel the burden of maintaining numerous systems. That’s the beauty of it."
Ally Fekaiki
CEO and founder of Juno
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Prior to using Oyster, employing anyone outside the UK was a nightmare for us... now it's super fast and painless.”
Tyler Parson
VP of People at Chili Piper
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The biggest impact that Oyster has had on our team is certainly efficiency and speed. We’re able to onboard employees a lot faster and with a lot less anxiety about whether we’re doing it right. With Oyster, we trust that we did do it right."
What is an EOR?
An employer of record (EOR) is an entity that legally employs workers on behalf of another business. An EOR takes full responsibility for all aspects of employment, including compliance, payroll, taxes, and benefits.
What’s the difference between an EOR and a PEO?
An employer of record (EOR) directly employs workers on behalf of another company, while a professional employer organization (PEO) co-employs workers with the employer.
Professional employer organizations manage specific HR tasks like payroll, taxes, and employee benefits, while the employer retains control over day-to-day operations and employee management.
With PEO services, the employer shares liability with its professional employer organization partner. In contrast, an EOR assumes full liability for compliance with labor laws, payroll, taxes, and benefits management.
What is an EOR in payroll?
An employer of record is an entity that employs workers on behalf of another business. An EOR partner takes on the responsibility of many HR services, including payroll administration. When you work with an EOR partner to employ global talent, you provide funds to the EOR and they will handle salary disbursement, ensuring proper tax withholding, social security contributions, and retirement account funding.
Is using an employer of record (EOR) legal?
Using an employer of record (EOR) is legal, and helps businesses manage distributed teams without setting up local entities which can be costly and time-consuming.
Is it hard to switch from another EOR provider?
Switching from one employer of record partner to another can be seamless with the right planning and support.
Oyster offers a dedicated team of specialists who guide you through the process compliantly, while keeping your team members’ experience at the center.
Can you employ international workers without an EOR?
Yes, but it requires establishing a local legal entity in each country where you want to hire. This involves hiring local experts—such as lawyers, payroll specialists, and benefits administrators—to navigate complex labor laws, manage payroll, handle taxes, and ensure compliance with all employment regulations.
Establishing local entities can be time-consuming and costly. With a global employment partner like Oyster, you can skip setting up entities and scale your team through our seamless, automated, and compliant all-in-one employer of record solution.
Free global employment resources? Shuck yeah!
Don’t go without checking out these tools, resources, and guides. (Or, at least bookmark ’em for later.)
