Hire Employees and Contractors Globally Through One System

An international contractor is a self-employed professional who offers services to clients on a project-based or fixed-term basis. International contractors can be located anywhere in the world and are responsible for their own taxes and benefits.

Hiring international contractors offers flexibility and scalability to companies who want to expand globally as it allows them to quickly source, hire and onboard critical talent around the world.

An EOR is a third-party organization that employs and pays one or more individuals on behalf of your business. EOR services let your company hire domestic or international employees without setting up your own local entities and navigating the complex compliance requirements in the employee's country.

EORs officially assume the role of the legal employer for any individuals you hire. These employees enter into contracts with the EOR instead of your own company. You maintain control over setting the employees’ salaries, defining their daily tasks, and assessing their job performance. The EOR takes on all legal responsibilities and manages all employment aspects like creating employment agreements, handling salary and benefits administration, and managing payroll tax obligations.

Imagine you're a UK-based company looking to employ a skilled professional residing in Brazil. By partnering with an EOR that has a Brazillian entity, you can lawfully employ the Brazillian worker. The new hire works in Brazil while effectively contributing to your operations.

Deel Contractor provides compliant onboarding, misclassification assessments, and compliance monitoring. During onboarding, you can create, send, and sign locally compliant agreements in seconds. Unlike other systems, we collect country-specific documents and ensure contacts are always up-to-date in 150 countries. Our AI-powered misclassification tool uses relevant local case law to help you classify your workers with 90% accuracy. To keep you ahead of regulatory changes, The Deel Compliance Monitor automatically flags changes in local labor laws, tax laws and possible compliance issues—with a recommended action plan.

We also provide Deel Contractor of Record so you can confidently and compliantly engage contractors and manage them under the same global platform alongside your Employer of Record employees and direct employees. We'll take on the classification risks and liability so you can focus on growing your team.

With Deel, you can pay global teams in 200+ countries in 120+ currencies and 8+ preferred payment methods.

EORs cater to businesses aiming to build and manage a global workforce without bearing compliance liabilities. PEOs are tailored for companies seeking domestic HR services and workforce management support willing to accept a shared responsibility for any instances of non-compliance.

Unlike EOR, who are the sole legal employers of your workers, PEOs provide co-employment services. A co-employment relationship means you and the PEO share legal liabilities and management responsibilities related to your employees. Another crucial difference is that PEOs operate locally, so you can’t hire international employees through a PEO.