Solutions/In-country employment
Hire local teams without incorporating first
Put someone on a local contract, payroll, and statutory filings in the country of work — while your managers still direct the work — without first setting up your own company there.
This is for the first country manager, a plant team, or a commercial seat that needs to start before an entity is ready.
Plan an in-country hire- ✓
Local contract — The person is employed in the country of work, under local labour law — not on a visitor visa and not unpaid.
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You still manage — Your managers set the work. We run the contract, payroll, and statutory filings.
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No entity first — Start the hire before you incorporate. Convert later if you open your own company in that market.
Where this is used
First country hires, plant teams, commercial seats, and shared-service roles — on a local contract in the country of work.
A country manager or functional head who needs a local contract before the entity exists.
Typical seats
- Country manager
- Plant director
- Finance lead
- Commercial head
Operators, technicians, and the plant office hired locally as the factory ramps.
Typical seats
- Production operators
- Technicians
- EHS
- Plant HR
Sales, distributors, and field people who must be employed in the market they cover.
Typical seats
- Sales managers
- Key-account managers
- Field sales
- Trade marketing
Finance, HR, and operations seats in a shared-service centre, on local payroll.
Typical seats
- Accountants
- Payroll clerks
- Customer operations
- IT support
How an engagement runs
Five steps, one local contract
From briefing to the first payday — then monthly filings until you convert or end the assignment.
01
Briefing
Country, role, start date, and whether this is a first hire or a team.
02
Contract
Local employment contract, classification, and statutory registrations.
03
Onboarding
Documents, bank, social charges, and a start date the inspector can read.
04
Payroll
Monthly pay, filings, and the 13th-month / THR / Tet calendar where it applies.
05
Convert or close
Move the person onto your own entity, or offboard under local rules.
Markets
Hire in the country of work
Each market page covers the local contract, payroll, and statutory stack.
- ChinaGreater China
- Hong KongGreater China
- SingaporeSoutheast Asia
- VietnamSoutheast Asia
- MalaysiaSoutheast Asia
- ThailandSoutheast Asia
- IndonesiaSoutheast Asia
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asia
- IndiaSouth Asia
- GermanyEurope
- BelgiumEurope
- HungaryEurope
- SpainEurope
- PolandEurope
- RussiaEurope
- MexicoLatin America
- BrazilLatin America
- Saudi ArabiaMiddle East & Africa
- EgyptMiddle East & Africa
- TanzaniaMiddle East & Africa
- South AfricaMiddle East & Africa
Client testimony
Our success cases
Manufacturing · Southeast Asia
Plant advance team
The plant entity was not registered yet. Operators and office staff had to start. They were employed under local labour law and payroll.
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Market entry
First country manager
No local company yet. The country manager had to sit on a local contract and payroll — not a long visitor visa.
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FMCG distribution
Commercial seat
Sales people were employed and filed in the market they cover. The client’s managers still set the work.
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Shared services
Finance and operations seats
Shared-service seats went on local payroll. When the entity was approved, employment moved across.
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Plan an in-country hire
Tell us the country, the role, and when they need to start.