Simplifying global benefits

Administering employee benefits across countries is frequently complex and often operates separately from payroll. Handling distinct platforms for benefits and payroll, together with multiple suppliers and differing national regulations, makes providing appropriate benefits for your staff challenging. Without an integrated solution, organisations find it hard to control costs, reduce administrative burden, and attract and retain top talent.

Remote customers can access benefits straight from the payroll system, making cross-border administration far simpler. With everything held in one place, you can deploy a complete benefits package that cuts down on administrative time, keeps you compliant, controls costs and supports your international team.

For multinational companies, putting together a strong benefits offering can be a real headache. Co‑ordinating several brokers and negotiating different contracts consumes time and energy, and it results in fragmented systems and scattered information.

Administer all your employee benefits worldwide from one unified platform. This centralised approach makes it easier to run benefits across multiple jurisdictions, saves time and expense, and improves transparency—providing a seamless, consistent experience for both employers and employees.

Simply offering base pay is no longer enough to win top candidates. To stand out, organisations need a competitive benefits package that appeals to a diverse, global workforce and meets a wide range of needs and expectations.

A single platform makes it straightforward to deliver tailored, competitive local benefits at scale. Companies can more effectively attract and retain staff by offering regionally relevant benefits, while simplified compliance and employee self‑service for viewing and editing benefits create a more personalised employee experience.

Managing benefits for staff across different countries brings complex regulatory demands. Each country has its own rules and standards, which can quickly overwhelm HR teams and increase the risk of errors, fines or legal issues.

Our priority is to keep you aligned with local legislation, wherever your people are based. We take care of the detailed compliance work so you can offer meaningful benefits to your staff without the usual regulatory burden.

If payroll is disconnected from your employee benefits, inconsistencies can appear quickly. Differences in benefit allocations, deductions and contributions create confusion, frustrate staff and add unnecessary work for your administrators. Manual fixes take time and increase the risk of expensive mistakes. With payroll and benefits integrated, everything synchronises automatically. That means fewer errors, less manual intervention and a smoother process overall. Employees receive the correct benefits when they should, boosting satisfaction, and your HR and payroll teams are freed from constant double‑checking so they can focus on more strategic tasks.

Relying on multiple providers and systems for global benefits can quickly become expensive. Fees from each supplier add up, squeezing your budget, lowering the quality of benefits available to staff and complicating administration.

Moving to a single point of contact simplifies everything. One provider managing all your global benefits reduces costs, eases administration and lets you concentrate on what matters most—looking after your people.

• Access a personalised, integrated and user-friendly portal to manage benefits information and transactions

• See an instant, consolidated view of employee benefits and enrolment, making it simple to onboard or offboard staff in just a few clicks

• Obtain a full, real‑time snapshot of costs, employee engagement, plan performance and more.

• Enrol themselves and dependants easily, update details and make changes during enrolment — all online with no paperwork or confusing forms

• View health plan information, including cover options, costs and benefits, so employees can make better informed choices about healthcare

• Keep all health benefits information in one place without searching through emails or paperwork, and track health history and claims

The collaboration between Kota and Remote delivers comprehensive, instant‑enrolment health insurance directly to Remote Payroll customers. This integration enables organisations to set up and scale competitively priced health plans from reputable local providers within the Remote platform. By using this solution, companies can simplify the process of offering compliant, localised benefits so staff across regions receive the cover they need without navigating complex regulations.

About Kota

Kota is the simplest way to manage employee benefits for your team. We connect directly with insurance and retirement providers so you can avoid traditional brokers and set up, administer and pay for benefits from one command centre. HR and Finance teams value the reduced time, cost and complexity, while employees appreciate our easy‑to‑use app where they can personalise and control their benefits. Proudly founded in Ireland, Kota supports hundreds of businesses and is backed by some of Europe’s leading investors such as EQT Ventures, Northzone and Frontline, with €7.6M raised to date. For more information, visit Kota.io.

Our partnership with SimplyInsured provides instant access to comprehensive, compliant benefits directly within the Remote platform. Through this integration, our US payroll clients can easily offer competitively priced, personalised insurance plans from trusted US carriers, ensuring employees receive the cover they need, all inside a single system.

Managing US health benefits can be complicated, with strict local regulations and State‑by‑State compliance requirements. By using Remote’s platform, companies can integrate benefits into payroll operations and ensure compliance with US healthcare laws and local labour regulations. This integration streamlines the process from enrolment to ongoing management.

With Remote and SimplyInsured working together, offering compliant, localised benefits is now simpler and more efficient, delivering a better employee experience across every State.

About SimplyInsured

SimplyInsured aims to remove the fear from buying and navigating health insurance in the United States. By changing how small business owners purchase health insurance with a fully online platform, they are transforming a $20 billion industry and have served over 100,000 customers in the last decade. Putting the customer first is central to what they do, and their customer stories show the impact: by improving health insurance they are literally saving lives. Based in San Francisco, SimplyInsured was founded in 2012 and is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Polaris Ventures and Y‑Combinator.