Global benefits made simple

Administering employee benefits across multiple countries is frequently complicated and commonly operates separately from payroll systems. Relying on distinct platforms for benefits and payroll, multiple providers and country-specific regulations makes providing appropriate benefits for your staff a real challenge. Without an integrated solution, attracting and retaining top talent while managing costs and lowering administrative burden becomes hard.

Remote customers can manage benefits straight from the payroll interface, reducing cross-country administration. Having everything consolidated allows you to roll out a full benefits package that cuts admin time, keeps compliance in check, controls expenditure, and supports your international workforce.

For global organisations, providing competitive employee benefits often creates administrative strain. Managing several brokers and negotiating separate contracts consumes significant time and effort, resulting in fragmented systems and dispersed data.

Centralise all global employee benefits on one unified platform. That simplifies running benefits across countries, gives you a single source of information, reduces time and costs, and increases transparency—delivering a consistent, seamless experience for managers and staff.

Basic pay alone no longer secures top talent. To differentiate, employers need a competitive benefits package that resonates with a diverse global workforce and meets varied needs and expectations.

One platform makes it simpler to deliver customised, competitive local benefits worldwide. Companies can more effectively attract and retain top talent by providing regionally tailored benefits. With harmonised local compliance and employee self-service to view, edit and manage benefits, businesses offer a more engaging, personalised experience.

Managing benefits for staff in multiple countries brings complex local regulatory challenges. Each jurisdiction has its own rules, and maintaining compliance can quickly overwhelm HR teams, increasing the chance of mistakes, penalties or legal exposure.

We prioritise keeping you aligned with local legislation wherever your teams are located. We take care of the detailed compliance work so you can concentrate on delivering valuable benefits—without the related compliance burden.

If payroll is not linked to your employee benefits, problems can escalate quickly. Mismatches in benefit allocations, deductions and contributions may arise, causing confusion, disgruntled employees and extra work for your administration team. Manually correcting these issues takes time and increases the risk of costly mistakes. When payroll and benefits are integrated, all data synchronises automatically. That leads to fewer errors, reduced manual adjustments and a smoother overall process. Employees receive the correct benefits at the right time, improving satisfaction. And your HR and payroll teams can relax, freed from constant double‑checks so they can focus on more strategic work.

Using several providers and systems for global benefits can become costly. Individual provider fees accumulate, straining budgets, diminishing the quality of employee benefits and complicating administration.

Moving to a single point of contact simplifies operations. With one provider managing your global benefits you cut costs, streamline administration and reclaim time to focus on what matters—supporting your employees.

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

• Get an instant, all-in-one view of employee benefits and enrolment, making it simpler to grasp the overall picture and to onboard or offboard staff in a few clicks

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

• Easily enrol themselves and dependants, update details and make changes during enrolment – all online with no paperwork or confusing forms

• Access health-plan information, including cover options, costs and benefits, to make more informed healthcare decisions

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

Kota’s partnership with Remote provides comprehensive, instant-enrolment private medical insurance benefits directly to Remote Payroll customers. The integration lets companies set up and scale competitively priced health plans from trusted local providers with ease, all within the Remote platform. Using this solution simplifies the process of offering compliant, localised benefits, ensuring team members in different regions receive the cover they need without the hassle of navigating complex regulations.

About Kota

Kota makes administering employee benefits simple for teams. It integrates directly with insurance and retirement providers so you can avoid traditional brokers and set up, manage and pay benefits from a single command centre. HR and Finance teams appreciate the time, cost and complexity savings, and employees value the intuitive app that lets them personalise and control their benefits. 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 gives instant access to comprehensive, compliant benefits directly inside the Remote platform. Through this integration, our US payroll clients can easily offer competitively priced, personalised insurance plans from trusted US carriers, while ensuring employees receive the cover they need, all within a single system.

Managing US health benefits is complex, with specific regulations and compliance requirements differing by State. Using Remote’s platform, companies can integrate benefits into payroll workflows, ensuring compliance with US healthcare laws and local labour regulations. This integration streamlines everything from enrolment to ongoing administration.

With Remote and SimplyInsured combined expertise, delivering compliant, localised benefits is now easier and more efficient, ensuring an outstanding employee experience in every State.

About SimplyInsured

SimplyInsured aims to remove fear from buying and navigating health insurance in the United States. By changing how small business owners buy health insurance via a 100% online platform, the company is transforming a $20 billion-dollar industry and has served more than 100,000 customers over the past decade. Putting the customer first drives everything we do, and our customer stories reflect this: by improving health insurance we 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.