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The global HR platform your organisation deserves
Use Remote to onboard, pay, and manage employees and contractors worldwide. You concentrate on hiring the best — we’ll take care of everything else, in a flash: eins, zwei, drei.
Global companies expand with Remote
Hire
Hire top talent with ease
Find standout candidates and turn them into productive team members with confidence. We support you at every stage of hiring — from sourcing the right people and advising on decisions to preparing persuasive offers and smoothing onboarding. Give new hires what they need to hit the ground running, helping them feel included and begin contributing straightaway. Our tools let you focus on building a team that matches your vision and moves your organisation forward.
Hire the best, wherever they are: locate the right candidates more quickly. Availability: Now
Global reach, local opportunities: linking talent with companies around the world.
Post a role and let AI instantly surface the best-fit candidates for your vacancy.
Hire strategically: use market data from 55+ countries to identify the best places to recruit.
Pay
Navigate global compensation
Pay your people around the world accurately and on schedule. Handling payroll and benefits correctly goes beyond compliance — it shows you value your team. Doing this well raises employee satisfaction and strengthens your business processes, helping you keep a motivated workforce.
Insights at your fingertips: access detailed payroll reports customised to your needs.
Navigate compliance clearly: access detailed statutory payment insights across regions.
Pay in crypto: give contractors flexible, modern payment options.
Pay contractors without delay: guarantee prompt payments using pre-funded contractor invoices.
Review & reward
Enhance total rewards
Redesign your approach to compensation so it goes beyond salary alone. Our platform helps you provide a broad mix of financial and non-financial rewards that reflect the varied needs of your workforce. From comprehensive health cover to competitive equity programmes, design rewards that not only pay employees but also show you’re investing in their future. That commitment builds loyalty, boosts engagement, and creates a more motivated workplace.
Boost contractor engagement: offer tailored benefits to support and attract leading freelance talent.
Drive success with targeted incentives: design rewards that motivate and sustain team engagement.
Support team growth: track and improve employee performance with ease.
Manage
Centralise your workforce operations
Manage your team efficiently with tools that streamline core workforce tasks. From keeping precise employee records and monitoring attendance to meeting local regulatory requirements, we provide what you need to keep operations running smoothly. Focus on what matters most — your people — while we handle the essential work that supports your growing organisation.
Control costs: simplified expense management for clearer spending visibility.
Scale
Expand with confidence
Get your business ready to grow at each stage. Our solutions simplify expansion from day one — whether that’s setting up new entities or handling intellectual property. With features built for now and the future, such as contractor management and ongoing compliance, you can ensure your organisation grows sensibly as well as rapidly. Choose scalable support that matches your changing business needs and helps deliver long-term success.
Automate with confidence: simplify HR processes across your organisation.
Optimise team operations: manage and deploy your global workforce with greater precision.
Unlock data-driven insights: inform decisions with comprehensive reports and real-time analytics.
Expand your footprint: make setting up entities in new markets simpler.
Hire contractors
Use Remote to onboard, manage and pay contractors worldwide with a single click. Completely free, with zero hidden fees.
Invite individual contractors to Remote so they can finish onboarding.
Use our localised, compliant contract agreements or bring your own.
Your independent contractor submits their invoice via Remote.
Remote generates a single payment request for all your contractors.
Remote pays your international contractors using their local currency.
Offer best-in-class local benefits for your remote team
67% of global workers expect benefits comparable to those of other professionals in their country or city, and 60% have chosen one job over another due to better benefits. With Remote, you won’t lose out on top talent because of lacklustre benefits.
- Health Insurance <br>Provide local healthcare for your global team without the hassle. Remote’s flexible, comprehensive plans will ensure your employees have the cover they need while helping you attract top talent — from enrolment to administration, we handle it for you.
- Pension & 401(K) plans<br>Nearly two-thirds of workers worldwide consider retirement plans an essential benefit. With Remote, you can provide competitive localised plans in numerous leading markets.
- PTO and sick leave<br>Manage PTO and sick leave for your global team in Remote with ease. From local public holidays to country-specific rules, we’ve got you covered.
Crash course in global HR
What sets global HR apart? What unique challenges come with international employment? Get a short crash course covering the essential concepts of global HR.
Global HR covers the HR processes used to hire and manage workers worldwide, including recruitment, onboarding, compensation and benefits, payroll, and compliance. It brings particular challenges — and significant opportunities — for HR teams looking to scale internationally.
Global HR requires People teams to pay and manage employees while reducing HR-related risks tied to local labour laws and regulations. Choosing the right platform is essential to overcome these global HR challenges.
Companies can employ staff worldwide through an employer of record (EOR) instead of setting up a local legal entity in the hiring country. An employer of record assumes legal responsibility for employment and manages taxes, benefits, payroll, and compliance on behalf of the company. Organisations can also use a global HR provider to hire contractors across the globe or for single projects — for example, recruiting in a specific country or running global payroll.
Top global HR platforms do more than just pay and manage international teams. Remote’s Global Payroll also lets you pay people in countries where you do have a local entity. That means you can handle and pay your whole workforce from one central HR hub, with clear visibility of employment data in one place.
Managing HR across borders brings several challenges, but with the right platform and support you can meet them confidently. Here are the main barriers globally distributed teams need to address:
Regulatory compliance: Constantly changing labour and tax laws in each country make staying compliant difficult. A global HR platform like Remote removes that burden so your team can hire abroad quickly and with confidence.
Developing localized offers: To attract and retain top international talent, companies must offer compensation and benefits packages that are competitive locally. That means understanding salary benchmarks, candidate expectations, and country-specific rules. Rather than researching vendors and regulations in every market, you can rely on Remote’s curated plans for the countries you want to hire in.
Managing global payroll: Accurate payroll calculations, tax and social security deductions, and reporting create complexity. Remote Global Payroll is built to remove admin, handle compliance complexity, and reduce payroll errors. Remote lets you generate, review, and approve payroll for all your legal entities in minutes each month.
Data protection and security: Hiring globally increases exposure to risks around data protection and intellectual property. Remote’s global HR platform protects customer IP and employment data at every stage of the employment lifecycle. Remote IP Guard provides industry-leading protection for your intellectual property and invention rights.
Global HRM involves overseeing a distributed workforce across countries and cultures. It goes beyond traditional HR by accounting for global differences in staffing, training, compensation and benefits, performance management, legal requirements, and HR policies.
Managing human resources globally is more complex and requires deep knowledge of local business practices, regulatory environments, and employment law.
Remote’s global HR platform is a strong HRM partner for managing distributed teams. It provides a single central hub to manage and pay your entire workforce, with built-in guidance to ensure compliance at every stage of employment.
HR management matters more for globally distributed teams. Companies hiring internationally face distinct challenges in maintaining compliance, reducing risk, and delivering an equitable experience to all employees regardless of location.
Reduce costs by streamlining HR processes
Meet local employment regulations
Recruit and retain global talent
Attract a diverse and inclusive team
Manage worker performance across borders
Setting up your own local legal entity to hire, pay, and manage workers in a new country places a heavy load on your team’s time and resources. Remote’s global HR service gives you tailored guidance from HR and legal specialists throughout your hiring journey.
Key functions of global HRM include:
Hiring, onboarding, and managing an international workforce
Designing competitive and compliant compensation and benefits packages
Handling tax deductions and payroll processes
Ensuring compliance with local regulations
Each country’s laws bring unique challenges around benefits, taxes, payroll, and compliance. A trusted HR partner like Remote makes global HR easier by helping you hire global workers with speed, compliance, and security.
A global HR manager oversees and coordinates all functions related to global HR at scale, including recruitment, onboarding, compensation and benefits, performance management, payroll, and compliance.
They collaborate with local teams across countries to develop HR policies and procedures that align with regional rules and regulations. Typical tasks include:
Talent acquisition and management: A global HR manager must set up recruitment and onboarding processes to attract top talent worldwide, and develop ongoing strategies that promote strong employee communication and engagement.
Benefits and compensation: Providing a robust, localised benefits package is essential to building a world-class team. To attract and retain top candidates, a global HR manager must design competitive compensation and benefits that comply with local labour requirements.
Compliance with global HR policies and labor laws: Each country has its own policies and procedures for employment, taxes, benefits, payroll, and cultural practices. When hiring and paying workers globally, a global HR manager must respect local regulations and international employment standards and ensure compliance to minimise HR-related risks. Protecting data privacy and security is also essential to shield the business from legal and financial exposure.
A purpose-built global HR platform like Remote supplies HR managers with the full set of tools and guidance needed to hire, onboard, pay, and manage a global team quickly, safely, and compliantly. From talent acquisition and worker management to compensation, benefits, and compliance — Remote supports your team at every stage of global expansion.
Remote can help you employ globally in dozens of countries around the world. View our Country Explorer for guidance on how to hire in a country of your choice.