Remote is planning to launch a Community Hub for remote-minded leaders in spring of 2022, which will be packed full of resources, discussions, and activities to support global leaders as they navigate the challenges — and joys — of leading a distributed workforce.

We are on the search for strategic Community Partners to build our new community! We want our community to encompass voices and resources from other leading organizations that are supporting remote leaders. We believe that by collaborating with other organizations that are experts in specific topics, we will be able to create the most engaging and resourceful community for remote leaders around the world.

This community will launch using an exciting set of tools that allow for gamification. Members will be able to participate in challenges to earn points, which they can cash in to receive exclusive community rewards. 

Selected partners will have the opportunity to join the community hub and post an educational resource in the form of a challenge, incentivizing members to engage with that resource. In turn, our community partners will also provide a reward on the hub for our members to claim. This new and exciting type of partnership will allow your organization to generate high-quality leads while positioning yourself as a thought leader in the industry.

If you are interested in being a Remote Community Partner, apply today!

Remote is planning to launch a Community Hub for remote-minded leaders in spring of 2022, which will be packed full of resources, discussions, and activities to support global leaders as they navigate the challenges — and joys — of leading a distributed workforce.

Introducing Community Partnerships

As 2021 comes to a close, I want to take a moment to thank our customers, partners, investors, and of course, the whole team at Remote for helping us achieve incredible things this year. 

In 2019, we started Remote to bring better opportunities to people and companies around the world. I’m proud to say that Remote’s internal team now includes more than 600 employees in 59 countries on six continents. We have been able to expand at this rate because we can hire the best talent from anywhere in the world, enabled by our own global infrastructure and technology platform. 

This growth, fueled by our Series B funding in July, has enabled us to scale our operations globally. We opened in dozens of new countries in 2021, which means Remote can now help employers hire employees and contractors in 150 countries. Our commitment to excellence demands ironclad compliance with every opening. The ability of our teams to scale so quickly without sacrificing rigor have been remarkable, and their efforts continue to ensure Remote’s customers and their employees receive a first-class experience all over the world.

None of this would have been possible without our customers. Because of the companies that have chosen Remote, thousands of people around the world now have access to better opportunities. Thank you for helping us build a world where everyone has equal access to great jobs, pay, benefits, and the freedom to live the way they want. 

A huge thank you to all of our partners who have been instrumental to our growth this year. In 2021, we launched integrations with Greenhouse and BambooHR to help more companies accelerate their global hiring plans. We are working closely with Rippling as we launch the first Global Employee API, which will allow HR businesses to offer Remote's global employment solutions from within their own platforms. We have also added more than 90 new partners to our roster, launched a dedicated marketplace to make finding the right partner a breeze, and signed on more than 380 affiliate partners. 

As part of our mission and values, we are always looking for ways to give back. I’m proud that we were able to launch our Remote for Good initiative to help companies focused on social impact grow their global teams. We also launched Remote for Refugees to offer our EOR service free to employers hiring refugee talent. Last but not least, we know remote work has a positive impact on the environment, but that impact alone is not sufficient to curb climate change. We are committed to doing more and are quickly growing our Remote forest with more than 10,000 trees planted, offsetting one ton of CO2 so far.

We have ambitious goals in 2022 to open our services in more countries, expand our offerings, and make an even greater impact on the lives of people across the globe. The last year has been one of great progress at Remote, but this is just the beginning. Thank you for joining us on this journey, and I can’t wait to share with you what will be coming next.

Giving thanks to all who helped Remote grow in 2021

The Remote Marketplace is your brand new one-stop-global-growth-shop.

We know that building a globally distributed team demands a world of help. Remote is committed to simplifying the way you hire, pay, and manage your contractors and employees, but the challenge doesn’t stop there. Many of our customers also face hurdles when it comes to international banking, talent sourcing, equity management, remote teaming productivity, and so much more.

That’s why we built the Remote Marketplace in two sections: the Remote Partner Marketplace and the Remote Talent Marketplace. 

This is a high-end boutique of handpicked providers in business categories most challenging for international companies. Our team of global HR experts have carefully curated a selection of the most powerful apps, tools, and service providers to help you supercharge your company’s global growth plans, no matter what you need. 

We’ve taken the hard work out of the research for you so you don’t have to waste weeks on vendor vetting. All of our Marketplace partners have been carefully analyzed and validated to ensure they meet Remote’s highest quality standards, so you can confidently browse our collection to find the specific type of support you need. 

The Remote Marketplace is broken out into two areas to simplify your search: the Remote Partner Marketplace and the Remote Talent Marketplace. Let’s take a look at each section in more detail.

The Partner Marketplace is a collection of the most helpful business services and software partners designed to simplify and supercharge your growth. We’ve selected industry-leading partners to help you with some of the most common and significant challenges of growing a global business:

Improving your employee experience to attract and retain top class talent

Seamlessly connecting all of your HR and business operations system

Automating time-consuming manual workstreams

Building the foundation for global remote-first collaboration 

Maximizing productivity for your globally distributed workforce

How to use the Remote Partner Marketplace

Use the search filters to narrow down your results to discover exactly what you need. You can browse by category, languages supported, region, industry, and more. 

The Remote Partner Marketplace is split out into a shortlist of categories to help you narrow down your search with ease:

Click through any option to view more information about each company and their products, where you will also find the special discounts available to Remote customers. You can even request a demo with partners to speak directly with a salesperson, right from the marketplace.

The Remote Talent Marketplace pulls together best-in-class international talent sourcing firms, recruiting agencies, job boards, and more to help you discover and hire the best candidates from all corners of the globe.

Sourcing the best global talent is one of the most important challenges for any growth-focused business — and the world’s best talent simply doesn’t just congregate in their nearest urban metropolis. The next generation of global leaders and innovators might work from anywhere. 

Instead of confining your search to the Londons, Singapores, New Yorks, and Tokyos of the world, we want to empower you to find the superstars hidden in all pockets of the world. Our team of global HR experts have been working tirelessly to bring you the best talent sourcing firms, recruiting agencies, job boards, executive headhunters, background check platforms, and so much more. 

You can use these talent-focused partners to get the jump on your competition to attract and retain a truly global team of the best talent in your industry.

The Remote Talent Marketplace works much the same way as the Remote Partner Marketplace. You can filter your search by category, candidate type (full-time, contractor, etc.), experience level, skill set, industry, diversity focus, and other options.

Like the Partner Marketplace, the Talent Marketplace is split into a shortlist of categories:

How can your company join the Remote Marketplace?

If you want your company to be featured in either the Remote Partner Marketplace or the Remote Talent Marketplace, we’d love to hear from you. To get things started, visit our Contact page and fill out the form titled "Partner with Remote." 

Once you submit your application, one of our partnerships team members will reach out to learn more about your business. We’ll work with you to determine if your company qualifies to be listed on our Remote Marketplace.

Browse the Remote Partner Marketplace and Remote Talent Marketplace now

The Remote Marketplace is 100% free to access. Anyone can take advantage of this specially curated global growth library and start browsing right now.

Remote customers also gain access to exclusive discounts and offers. So when you browse, make sure you also sign up with Remote to fast-track your global growth and score some serious savings.

The Remote Marketplace is a high-end boutique of handpicked providers in business categories most challenging for international companies. Our team of global HR experts have carefully curated a selection of the most powerful apps, tools, and service providers to help you supercharge your company’s global growth plans, no matter what you need. 

Introducing Remote’s Partner and Talent Marketplace

We created Remote to eliminate the frustrations and hidden costs associated with employing people in other countries. I am pleased to say that we have recently taken another step in our continued commitment toward transparency and fairness in our pricing.

Remote customers are no longer required to pay a deposit to use our global employment services. This new policy — in addition to our existing policies of zero hidden fees, zero commitments, and zero surprise bills — makes it easier than ever for companies to employ and pay their international teams.

As one of the original team members at GitLab, I saw firsthand how frustrating extra fees and deposits can be in scaling a global team. When you want to hire the best people in the world, you should not have to worry about extra costs. By removing deposits, we are eliminating another barrier between businesses and the people they wish to employ.

Our Fair Price Guarantee is straightforward. You pay one flat rate to employ someone, and we don’t add anything on top of that flat rate. You always know what your bill will be. We also never require long-term commitments or exclusivity agreements.

Here’s what the Fair Price Guarantee looks like in action:

Flat, transparent pricing. You pay us a monthly service fee to manage payroll, benefits, taxes, equity, and compliance for your international team members. And that’s all. You know exactly what your bill will be each month, and you know exactly what you’re paying for: the most reliable global employment solution in the business.

No hidden fees or deposits. Our flat-rate pricing means you can set salaries for your international employees without worrying about extra costs. For example, some providers charge you more for employees with higher salaries. Remote does not. Whether you employ a software engineer, a marketing designer, or your own CEO through Remote, we never charge extra fees — and no deposits, either! You can sign up and start onboarding employees and contractors in minutes.

No minimum commitments. You never know what the future holds, which is why Remote requires no minimum commitments. Pay one contractor for one month or 100 employees for 100 years: the choice is yours, and there is never a fee for canceling early. We offer monthly and annual pricing to help you choose the plan that’s right for your business.

No exclusivity agreements. We want you to love working with Remote, and we believe you will. That’s why we never require exclusivity agreements for our customers. While we hope you will work with us for as long as you have international employees, we will not force you into staying with fine print. We are committed to you and your team, and our pricing and contracts reflect that commitment.

The price you see on our pricing page is the price you pay for our services. You will never see an extra “employment fee” or “salary percentage fee” or “this country has complicated laws” fee. We take care of the hard stuff for one flat customer-friendly price, so you can focus on growing your team.

Oh, and if you have contractors, we offer contractor management and payment services in more than 100 currencies — for free.

Remote’s unique model of global employment is what allows us to guarantee consistent flat-rate billing for our customers, a promise no other company can make. Our fully owned infrastructure ensures Remote will never pass on third-party costs or markups to our customers.

We own our own entities in every country where we offer employer of record services. If we don’t own our own entity, we don’t operate in that country yet. That means we never rely on third parties to employ workers on your behalf, because doing so could create a bad experience for your employees and unpredictably high costs for you.

Refusing to rely on third parties means we are not available in every country in the world yet, but we believe it’s better to take the time to get it right. You can always see where we’re available and where we’re going next in our Country Explorer.

Employ your global team with Remote today

We want to make it easy for companies of all sizes to employ and pay global teams. With our Fair Price Guarantee, Remote provides the reliability and peace of mind you need to grow with confidence.

Get started today to begin onboarding your first employee in minutes. Have questions? Contact us and we will help answer all your questions on how to employ workers in other countries. With our flat-rate pricing and commitment to excellence in everything we do, it’s never been easier — or more affordable — to grow your global team with Remote.

Introducing the new Remote Fair Price Guarantee. You pay one flat rate to employ someone, and we don’t add anything on top of that flat rate. You always know what your bill will be. We also never require long-term commitments or exclusivity agreements.

Remote's Fair Price Guarantee means no fees, deposits, or surprises

You've spoken. We've heard you. Today we are excited to introduce our new Remote Relocation service, a program to make it easy for your employees to relocate and stay with your company. 

Relocating to another country can be complicated and stressful. Not only for the individual, but the team supporting them. There are many steps to complete and trying to find resources for every task is time consuming. Not to mention the complication when reviewing how the move will affect tax situations for both you and your team member. Every detail matters. Our team thoroughly understands employment and has the tax, immigration, and legal expertise to help mitigate risks when employees relocate to new destinations. 

We’re starting this service in 5 countries and for the first 50 companies that sign up. If you're keen to learn more, talk with your account representative today. Please also consider completing the survey below and we'll plant some trees.

With our in-house team of immigration and tax experts, we can help your employees discover and apply for the best work visa for their situation.  

Initial visa guidance: we help you determine which visa is best for your employee.

Visa application support and sponsorship: ready for your employee to move? We’ll help them through the visa application process and depending on their situation, we may even sponsor their visa.

Localized immigration and taxation guidance: each country is different, so we’ll help navigate these tricky areas.

Moving and relocation services: Coming soon

We can provide visa application support and sponsorship for the following countries and will be adding more countries soon.

Discover if one of these countries is in your Best Destinations for Remote Work custom list.

Employee retention and attraction. We help you become more competitive in the global employment space by allowing you to open up the world for your current and prospective talent.

White glove service. You are not left to your own devices. We proactively guide you through the immigration and tax complexities as your team member moves through the stages. If you have questions, we will have answers. 

Compliance. We’re meticulous in our approach and ensure you are protected and guided through local laws, country transfer regulations and the nitty gritty of staying compliant in the host and anchor countries. You can confidently allow a relocation and know you are covered.

Each country has different costs for their visa applications. During the pre-visa check, we can help guide you to an option that's viable for your employee. Criteria varies by visa, so it's a good idea to be prepared for additional costs, like background checks and medical checks.

Help us make Remote Relocation even better for you

We want to hear from you. How can we make this service stronger and better meet your needs? Bonus: for every response, we will plant 50 trees in our Remote Forest. 

If you are an employer, please complete this 2 minute survey.

If you are an employee, please complete this 2 minute survey.

Today we are excited to introduce our new Remote Relocation service, a program to make it easy for your employees to relocate and stay with your company. 

Relocate and work from anywhere

"Remote is a great fit to be our first employer of record (EOR) integration because their local infrastructure offers HR teams globally a scalable, affordable, and flexible option with full transparency into the onboarding process." - Shama Madhvani, BambooHR

Automation and accuracy are the keys to stress-free global hiring. Our new integration has you covered on both counts! 

With this new integration, shared customers will be able to securely sync essential new hire information — like their name, start date, job title, and email address — automatically and seamlessly between the BambooHR and Remote platforms. This means increased productivity across your entire HR team and the automation of repetitive tasks (e.g., no more double data entry!)

What will you do with all that extra time? Just think of all those strategic HR initiatives on your wish list that you can finally get to…

Plus, by minimizing manual data entry, the integration also reduces the risk of errors within HR processes that could delay onboarding timelines and jeopardize that must-have hire. This new partnership will help you keep all your employee information accurate and up to date.

With the new integration, customers can look forward to:

Streamlining and accelerating how they build global teams

Automatically syncing new hire profiles into Remote directly from BambooHR’s platform

Saving time and avoiding duplicate tasks across platforms

Faster onboarding times with accurate data

Sounds too good to be free, right? Great news — this integration is 100% free for customers of both BambooHR and Remote!

Set up in less time than it took to read this blog

Looking for an easy button when it comes to setting up the integration? We’ve got you covered. Getting started is simple and doesn’t require any technical skills or coding experience.

Current Remote and BambooHR customers can follow these simple instructions to activate the integration in under 60 seconds. 

If you’re a BambooHR customer but new to Remote, you can learn more about us or request a demo of the integration with our team here.

Once the integration is activated, you can automatically import new employees from BambooHR into your Remote account with just a few clicks! This means faster onboardings and fewer headaches.

Remote was purpose-built for companies of all sizes to help manage their global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance with ease. As we continue to grow our platform, we’re excited to partner with HRIS, ATS, and payroll solutions that share our relentless focus on bringing the power of global employment to even more businesses around the world.

To learn more about integrations with Remote or to reach out to our team, visit integrations.remote.com.

Remote joins forces with BambooHR to make global hiring easier for everyone.

Remote Partners with BambooHR

When your HR tools don’t talk to each other, one task can quickly become hundreds. A human resources information system (HRIS) can help streamline things by acting as the single source of truth for employee information, but if your other HR applications don’t connect to your HRIS, it still means hours lost to duplicate data entry.

We get it. Accelerating your global growth is easier when all your tools are connected. Today’s HR leaders need tools that connect the dots on employee data.

That’s why we’re excited to announce our new integration with BambooHR, a leading HR software provider and HRIS. This new partnership will simplify HR management of distributed teams for companies of all sizes.

Joining forces to streamline HR data management

You’re probably familiar with BambooHR’s hiring, onboarding, and Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software — you may have even used it when onboarding at your current company! But if you look deeper, BambooHR brings so much more to HR teams. They’ve built seamless compensation, engagement, and analytics tools that help millions of teams and their employees do great work.

Through this new partnership, two best-of-breeds in HR are joining forces to help companies fuel their growth through connected data and greater access to global talent. Together, we aim to further simplify global employment and empower HR teams with the most innovative tools to meet their needs.

“For companies looking to scale internationally, it’s crucial to empower their HR teams to take action quickly and provide them with integrated tools that drive efficiency,” said Shama Madhvani, Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at BambooHR.

Remote is excited to announce our new integration with BambooHR, a leading HR software provider and HRIS. This new partnership will simplify HR management of distributed teams for companies of all sizes.

Remote integrates with BambooHR to accelerate access to global talent

At Remote, we believe honest conversations about mental health in our workplaces are a good thing. This has always been true, but now more than ever in light of the hardships in the workforce and our personal lives due to Covid-19. This is a crucial time for companies everywhere to ensure that their employees feel supported and have access to the care they need.

To this end, we are thrilled to announce our recent partnership with Modern Health! This post will share many of the ways Remote supports mental health and wellness for our 400+ team members globally.

Modern Health is a leading workplace mental health platform providing everything from digital content to a global network of certified coaches and licensed therapists, all in a single app. 

Since September 2021, our people team at Remote has been rolling out new offerings to our employees in dozens of countries across the globe. We selected Modern Health as a partner due to the breadth of their offerings and coverage as well as their ability to provide culturally-centered care. 

Nadia Vatalidis, Remote’s VP of people, was a driving force behind this program. “We evaluated 15 amazing vendors before deciding on Modern Health. We really wanted to explore what was out there, since we had this unique opportunity to prioritize wellness and mental health while the company is still relatively young,” she shared. “Ultimately, there wasn’t another offering that could serve employees in 50+ countries and in different time zones with therapy, coaching, and extras like meditation. Modern Health checked every box for us.” 

Remote employee experiences with Modern Health

Since launching Modern Health, more than 74% of Remote employees have registered. “I'm absolutely blown away by the amount of registrations, I have never seen a signup this large,” says Vatalidis. “The metrics around session attendance have also been insirpring.”

Amanda Rock, an employee on the growth team, says that the therapy sessions have already been transformative for her. “For years I was looking for a therapist specializing in the type of support I need, but I was never able to find one until now. I had actually given up on looking until I signed up for Modern Health. I’m so happy that I’m finally getting the exact kind of help I’ve been looking for my entire life!” 

For Keah Nguyen, a people specialist at Remote, it’s reassuring to know that resources are available to her whenever she needs them. “I feel supported just knowing that Modern Health is there,” she says. “So that if something does come up for me, access to a one-on-one session to talk to a professional is just a few clicks away.”

Beyond offering Modern Health to our internal employees, Remote’s benefits team is exploring future opportunities to offer mental health care and wellness to all employees hired by Remote. As an employer of record helping companies hire employees and contractors globally, our team is constantly expanding the benefits we can offer to create trusting workplaces for all of our customers and their team members around the world. 

“We are thrilled to see companies such as Remote paving the way when it comes to employee wellbeing,” says Lorna Henri, VP of Client Success at Modern Health. “We believe that every employee, wherever they may be working across the globe, should have access to evidence-led mental health support that meets their specific needs.”

Remote and Modern Health share values beyond the belief that employees should have access to mental health and wellness support. Modern Health also believes in the importance of remote and flexible work. In fact, Remote and Modern Health have both been named as best medium-sized companies for remote employees by Quartz. 

As we know, remote work offers numerous benefits to employees, but those benefits also bring unique challenges. According to Nadia Vatalidis, “In a remote environment, it’s so easy to just work around the clock when you’re at home. That’s not going to create wellness for employees or a good employee experience. In fact, it's going to turn into burnout, attrition, and toxicity in the workplace. Remote workers need support to understand boundaries and build a healthy work-life balance.”

How Remote supports our employees' mental wellness

In addition to offering Modern Health’s therapy, coaching, and other services to our employees, Remote has a variety of initiatives to help employees prioritize their mental health and wellness.

One is quarterly self-care days. Each quarter, the whole company takes a day off to recharge and refresh. This is in addition to Remote’s unlimited PTO policy, with 20 days minimum each year, and parental leave policies. 

Our people team is also working on new leadership training. “We are adding more components to our leadership onboarding experience focused on mental health, because it's important that we all speak the same language,” says Vatalidis. “From our executive team to middle managers and people leaders, we all need to work together to make this a people-first and health-first environment. It can be hard to do this in a hyper-growth startup environment, but it just takes a lot of communication and reminders to really get the message across about why everyone needs to take care of themselves first and foremost.” 

And of course, our asynchronous work policy at Remote empowers employees to manage their work responsibilities around their personal lives and wellness — not the other way around. 

Does your organization also offer unique benefits related to mental health and wellness? Share with us on Twitter @Remote to join the conversation!

We are thrilled to announce our recent partnership with Modern Health! This is a crucial time for companies everywhere to ensure that their employees feel supported and have access to the care they need.

Remote partners with Modern Health for employee mental health care

Remote is now available in over 50 countries!

That's over 25% of the planet, but we aren't stopping there because every company deserves the chance to build amazing, global teams. Our team of HR and employment law experts will continue to establish our own legal entities without outsourcing or working with third parties. All of these country launches involve a huge amount of work as each country has unique labor laws and regulations that we must adhere to. Our teams of local experts sift through all the nitty gritty details to make sure your company stays 100% compliant. 

Our fully owned local entities allow us to give you the best possible service. We eliminate the risk of third party handoffs, keeping your data safe at all times. We can now handle payroll, tax, benefits, and compliance in each of these new markets so you can focus on what matters most — growing your international workforce. 

We’re so excited to be able to help you pay and manage your team in 9 new countries!

Remote Country Celebration Q3

Remote is all about rigor. We only offer a new country once we have opened a fully owned legal entity and performed an intensive compliance review to ensure you and your team receive world-class service, support, and peace of mind.

Over the last few months, we have completed this process in several new countries around the world to help you grow your global team. 

We are excited to welcome these new countries to Remote’s global HR management network:

🇦🇺 Australia [2 additional states - Victoria, Queensland]

🇨🇦 Canada [Now available in all 10 provinces]

What happens when Remote opens a new country?

If you follow Remote, you know we never work through third parties. We own and operate our own local legal entities in every country we cover, and we take the time to make sure our operations are more compliant, more efficient, and more sustainable than anyone else’s.

Currently using another employer of record or contractor management platform for your team? Ask your provider about their local entities and compliance in the countries where your team members live. We guarantee no one provides a better experience for your team, more knowledge about local compliance, or stronger protections for your intellectual property and invention rights.

While we only offer employer of record services in countries where we have opened entities, our robust international infrastructure allows us to help you pay and manage contractors all over the world, right now. If you have contractors in other countries, you can onboard and start making payments in minutes. Sign up now to get started!

When you use Remote, you show your team you are committed to growing your business the right way. And because we own our own infrasturcture, we can offer what no one else can — reliable, flat-rate pricing with no hidden fees and no surprises.

The year is drawing to a close, but we are not slowing down. We have already begun opening more new countries in October, with several more on the way!

View our roadmap for new countries in our Country Explorer, where you can also get information on things like public holidays, taxes, benefits, and more for each country. 

If Remote isn’t in the country you’re looking for yet, we will be soon! Select any page in our Country Explorer to be notified when we open our local entity in that country. Once we launch, you can begin onboarding new full-time employees there in minutes. Remember: we can already help you manage and pay international contractors everywhere in the world!

Remote’s own team includes more than 400 people living and working in more than 50 countries all around the world. We are working around the clock to bring you the best employer of record and contractor management services on the planet — and never compromising on quality, compliance, or care.

To stay up to date with our new country announcements as they happen, follow Remote on Twitter and LinkedIn!

If you have questions about country availability or your global employment plans, we’re happy to help. Chat with us online, contact one of our teams, or reach out on social media. No matter where you live and work, we are ready to help you grow.

Remote is heating up and we're excited to announce that we have opened fully owned entities in a stack of new countries (and a few new Australian states and Canadian provinces)

Remote adds owned local entities in a stack of new countries

Remote adds a stack of new countries in Q3 2021

Contractors make up a large portion of today's global workforce. Hiring contractors is a great way to test international markets as you begin your global hiring journey. It can also create questions about compliance, cross-border payments, and more. 

That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of our latest Contractor Management capabilities that enable you to onboard, pay, and manage contractors anywhere in the world. 

Working with international contractors does not have to be an administrative minefield! 
Remote’s Contractor Management capabilities helps you reduce manual admin work and makes it simple for contractors to get paid compliantly and on time. 

Forget the hassle of understanding local labor and tax laws, keeping up-to-date with misclassification rules, and working out how to manage international payments. We can do all that for you and help you build trust and connection with a distributed workforce, made up of both contractors and full-time employees.

Find out more at remote.com/hire-international-contractors

Remote Contractor Management

Hiring contractors is an easy way to grow your business, add extra bandwidth, and move faster. Overall, contracting provides flexibility to both workers and employers. 

Working with contractors can also be an administrative minefield! Not only do you need to understand local labor and tax laws, keep up-to-date with misclassification rules, but also work out how to manage international payments. There’s also the question of how you build trust and connection with a distributed workforce, made up of both contractors and full-time employees. 

Remote’s Contractor Management capabilities helps companies reduce manual admin work and makes it simple for contractors to get paid compliantly and on time. Let’s find out how.

Onboard contractors compliantly in minutes, with customizable contracts

Operating without legal agreements between you and your contractors could leave both parties open to risks. If you’re using generic contracts for your international contractors today, you may not have adequate protection - leaving you open to unnecessary risks.

Remote now offers 17 customizable contracts directly in our platform, localized to meet each country’s labor laws. These protect your business against legal claims, intellectual property transfers, and potential misclassification disputes. 

In addition to our localized contracts, our in-house legal experts have created companion guides to help you understand the laws in each country in language you can understand. Each guide details relevant laws regarding contractor employment, plus information on each country’s misclassification rules. Our guides save you time and money that would be spent working with outside counsels on legal contracts and advice. 

Where necessary, contracts are available in multiple languages and can be completed in Remote for a seamless signing experience. Just complete the fields, sign, send to your contractor, and receive back your fully executed contract. 

Save time with automated invoicing approvals and payments

Whether you work with one contractor or 500 contractors, invoice approvals and payments require a lot of effort to ensure they’re paid on time and in the correct currency. 

We’ve made this process effortless. Remote invoice automation makes it easier than ever to manage your invoices and payments and put them on autopilot. 

Your contractors can create their invoices inside Remote, so there’s no need to use spreadsheets or separate software. They can also be set up to recur on a regular basis—perfect for long-term contracts.

Invoices are then ready for approval in your Remote dashboard. Approve with one-click and they’re added to your next payment request. Soon, you’ll be able to set up automatic approvals, with payments linked to credit cards or direct debit payments methods.

Processing international payments is usually more difficult than it needs to be. Even the smallest payments are hit with hidden transaction charges and inflated conversion rates.

With our financial network, Remote removes the complexities of international payments. 

Send one payment request to Remote in your preferred currency, and we’ll automatically distribute funds to pay your contractor invoices. Paying contractors in more than 170  countries really is that simple. 

Did we mention that managing contractors through Remote is completely free? 

NB: For transparency, credit card payments are subject to a 3% surcharge to cover payment processing costs. 

Focus on your business, not contractor administration

Remote makes contractor management fast, flexible, and free for businesses of all sizes. 

Whether you’re growing your business with contractor support, or looking to simplify your existing contractor management process, get started with Remote today. 

We’re excited to announce the launch of our latest Contractor Management capabilities that enable you to onboard, pay, and manage contractors anywhere in the world. 

Fast, free, flexible contractor management with Remote

Today we are introducing Remote for Refugees, a program that makes it easy and cost effective for businesses to invest in refugee talent. Remote now offers FREE global employment for all refugees who reside in countries where we have an entity. If you are hiring refugee talent, talk to our team and learn more about our program here.

We have been working with governments and organizations that provide resources to refugees to come up with joint solutions that will directly help refugees rebuild their lives. This work is more urgent than ever, with millions of people being displaced from Afghanistan, Syria, and other war-torn countries.  As a company that enables global employment opportunities, we feel it is our moral responsibility to help refugees get back on their feet through dignified employment.

Our mission is to open the vast potential of every person, business, and country, building a world where we can all thrive. Dignified employment is a force multiplier, enabling refugees to rebuild their lives and contribute to the communities where they live. Better employment opportunities also enrich communities by making room for more diverse perspectives.

More organizations supporting global refugees

We also want to highlight some of the amazing organizations that have been providing resources for refugees, including training, job placement, and advocacy:

1. For refugee remote-readiness training, we recommend:

Na'amal, which partners with leading organizations to support refugees and other vulnerable populations through skills training, mentorship and remote work placement opportunities. Please contact the team at naamal@naamal.org to recruit skilled refugee talent.

2. For finding refugee talent and refugee-seeking employers, we recommend:

FlexJobs, the number one job site to find remote, work-from-home, and flexible job opportunities since 2007. Special offers are available for authorized refugee organizations or governments supporting refugees. Please contact Julie at julie@flexjobs.com and mention this initiative.

Jobs for Humanity, whose Jobs for Refugees connects refugees, displaced individuals, and asylum seekers with welcoming employers across the world. For a limited time, job listings and applications are ​​free.

Talent Beyond Boundaries, which is unlocking skilled migration pathways for refugees.

3. For company leaders who want to connect with other like-minded businesses, we recommend:

Tent, the company mobilizing the business community to improve the lives and livelihoods of over 30 million refugees forcibly displaced from their home countries.

4. For refugees from Afghanistan in need of housing, check out Airbnb’s pledge. 

Only together will we achieve our goal of extending the world of opportunity to everyone, regardless of where they are, where they’ve come from, or where they’re going.

Have comments or an idea to help us support refugee talent around the globe? Please reach out to us on Twitter, LinkedIn, or growth@remote.com.

Who qualifies for the Remote for Refugee rate?

This offer is available for all refugee talent who can show documentation of their refugee status and have the right to work or a work permit in their host country. 

For as long as a person holds refugee status, this special discount will apply. 

Today we are introducing Remote for Refugees, a program that makes it easy and cost effective for businesses to invest in refugee talent. Remote now offers FREE global employment for all refugees who reside in countries where we have an entity. If you are hiring refugee talent, talk to our team and learn more about our program.

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