Official service taxonomy term: Global Benefits
Deel Inc. is an international workforce technology and human resources platform founded in 2019 by Alex Bouaziz and Shuo Wang, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Originally launched as an international contractor payment and compliance tool, Deel has rapidly expanded int
Remote Technology, Inc. is an international global HR and employment platform founded in 2019 by Job van der Voort (former VP of Product at GitLab) and Marcelo Lebre, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Built from the ground up as a fully distributed, remote-first organiz
Oyster HR, Inc. is a global employment and HR enablement platform founded in 2020 by Tony Jamous and Jack Mardack. A certified B Corporation, Oyster was founded on the thesis that brilliant talent is distributed equally around the world, but opportunity is not. Headquartered remo
Multiplier Technologies Pte. Ltd. is a global employment and payroll platform founded in 2020 by Sagar Khatri, Amritpal Singh, and VMS Kartik, headquartered in Singapore. Designed to democratize international hiring, Multiplier has established itself as one of the fastest-growing
Atlas Technology Solutions, Inc. (formerly Elements Global Services) is an enterprise-grade global Employer of Record and human capital management platform founded in 2015 by Rick Hammell, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Built upon the philosophy of direct global infrastructu
Papaya Global Ltd. is an enterprise workforce management and global payroll technology company founded in 2016 by Eynat Guez, Ruben Drong, and Ofer Herman, with dual headquarters in New York, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel. Specializing in payroll and payments automation, Papaya Global
Globalization Partners LLC (branded globally as G-P) is an enterprise global employment platform founded in 2012 by Nicole Sahin, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Widely recognized as the pioneer of the modern Employer of Record (EOR) industry, G-P operates the most extens
Rippling People Center Inc. is an enterprise workforce management technology company founded in 2016 by Parker Conrad (former CEO of Zenefits) and Prasanna Sankar, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Rippling's foundational innovation is the "Employee Graph" — a single, u
Velocity Global, LLC is an enterprise global work and Employer of Record platform founded in 2014 by Ben Wright, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Operating as a direct-entity global employment leader, Velocity Global enables organizations to compliantly hire, manage, and pay fu
Safeguard Global, Inc. is an enterprise global managed payroll and workforce enablement provider founded in 2008 by Bjorn Reynolds, with dual headquarters in Austin, Texas and Reading, United Kingdom. With over 15 years of international employment heritage, Safeguard Global pione
Remofirst Inc. is a global employment and workforce technology platform founded in 2021 by Nurasyl Serik and Volodymyr Fedoriv, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Built around the mission of making international hiring affordable for every company, Remofirst disrupted th
Horizons Global Ltd. is an international Employer of Record, PEO, and global expansion company founded in 2018, with dual headquarters in Berlin, Germany and Shanghai, China. Distinctively positioned as the premier Western-Asian bridge in the global employment market, Horizons co
WorkMotion Technologies GmbH is an HR and global employment platform founded in 2020 by Carsten Lebtig, Felix Steffens, and Jannis Brennisen, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Built with a European-first compliance ethos, WorkMotion enables companies to hire remote talent in 160+
Boundless HQ (Boundless Life Sciences Ltd.) is a boutique global Employer of Record platform founded in 2019 by Dee Coakley, Emily Castles, and Eimear Armstrong, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Engineered around the principle of absolute legal compliance, Boundless operates 100
Skuad Pte. Ltd. is a global employment and payroll platform founded in 2019 by Sundeep Sahi, headquartered in Singapore and acquired in 2024 by US payroll giant Paychex, Inc. Skuad enables companies to hire, onboard, and pay full-time employees and international contractors in ov
Omnipresent Group Ltd. is a global employment and HR platform founded in 2019 by Matthew Wilson and Guenther Eisinger, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Built to remove the legal and administrative friction of international hiring, Omnipresent enables companies to hire, on
GoGlobal International Ltd. is a global Employer of Record and human resources company founded in 2018, with dual operational headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and Singapore. Established as an Asian-specialist direct EOR, GoGlobal has expanded across 140+ countries, delivering high-to
Links International Holdings Ltd. is an Asia-Pacific human resources and payroll company founded in 1999, headquartered in Hong Kong. With over 25 years of operational heritage across the Asia-Pacific region, Links International operates wholly owned legal entities across 20+ Asi
Neeyamo Enterprise Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a global payroll and workforce technology provider founded in 2009, with dual headquarters in Chennai, India and Los Gatos, California. Specializing in "long-tail" countries where multinational corporations have small employee footprints,
Mercans Inc. is an enterprise global payroll software and Employer of Record company founded in 2003, headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Recognized as a technology leader in multi-country payroll automation, Mercans operates its proprietary HR Blizz platform across mor
Mauve Group Ltd. is an international workforce mobility, entity establishment, and global Employer of Record organization founded in 1996 by John Kenyon and Ann Ellis, with dual operational headquarters in York, United Kingdom and Limassol, Cyprus. As one of the longest-standing
Plane Technologies Inc. (originally founded in 2021 as Pilot.co by Josh Payne) is a modern global payroll, benefits, and Employer of Record platform headquartered in San Francisco, California. Engineered specifically for high-growth technology startups and remote teams, Plane str
Justworks provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 30+ countries.
TriNet provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 20+ countries.
Aon Hewitt EOR provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 38+ countries.
Early Stage EOR provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 104+ countries.
Emploiverse provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 119+ countries.
Employer Flexibility provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 122+ countries.
Empower EOR provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 125+ countries.
Enable HR provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 128+ countries.
EuroPSN provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 134+ countries.
Executive EOR provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 140+ countries.
Flexiwork EOR provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 149+ countries.
IES EOR provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 82+ countries.
LatamEOR provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 124+ countries.
Mercer EOR provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 145+ countries.
Middle East PEO provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 148+ countries.
Velocity PEO provides global employer of record, international hiring, and payroll services across 87+ countries.
Global Benefits Administration covers the management of employee benefits across multiple countries, including statutory-required benefits (health insurance, pension, social security), supplemental benefits (life insurance, dental, vision, wellness), and locally competitive perquisites. Global benefits administrators consolidate benefit plan management, employee enrollment, and compliance across jurisdictions.
Global benefits administration is particularly valuable when headcount across multiple countries makes coordinating fragmented local insurance brokers inefficient. Consider a global benefits administrator when you have 50+ employees in 3+ countries.
Statutory employer contributions (healthcare, pension, social security) vary from ~10% of salary (Singapore) to ~50%+ (France, Austria). Supplemental global health insurance ranges from $500–$2,000/employee/year. Global benefits administration platform fees range from $20–$60/employee/month.
Statutory benefit mandates are country-specific and non-negotiable. France requires mandatory health insurance top-up via the "complémentaire santé" system. Germany requires compulsory health and long-term care insurance contributions. The US has no mandatory employer health insurance for SMBs (<50 FTEs) but ACA penalties apply above threshold. Brazil requires compulsory Vale Refeição (meal allowance), FGTS, and profit sharing (PLR).
Information provided is for general research and should not be construed as legal, tax, or employment advice. Verify all details with qualified legal counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.
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