Compliance
Employ across 150+ countries with confidence. Every contract is drafted to local employment law from day one — statutory benefits, working-time rules, and the small clauses that vary by jurisdiction.
Employer of Record
Hire anywhere.
Without the entity.
When you need a real employee in a country where you don't have a legal entity — full-time, on your team, with statutory benefits and full local employment protections — UpMee becomes the legal employer on paper. They work for you in every meaningful way. We handle the contract, payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance. No entity setup. No six-month rollout. No regulatory exposure.
Global employment, handled end to end
UpMee EOR covers every part of the employment lifecycle in 150+ countries — from the contract that hits the inbox on day one to the offboarding that needs to be done quietly years later.
Onboarding
Bring hires onboard in days, not months. Local employment contract, benefits enrollment, payroll setup, social security registration — everything ready before their first day.
Payroll & taxes
Multi-country payroll with employer taxes, statutory contributions, and benefits-in-kind correctly handled. Your employees see clean payslips; you see a single monthly invoice.
Workforce management
Holiday accrual, sick leave, parental leave, bonuses, equity, expenses — managed against each country's specific rules. Your team gets a consistent experience; HR doesn't drown in country differences.
Offboarding
Notice periods, severance calculations, statutory end-of-employment requirements — handled exactly to local rules. No expensive missteps when a relationship ends.
Local experts
Real in-country employment lawyers and HR specialists, not a generic helpdesk. When something complex comes up — a redundancy, a benefits dispute, a tax change — we have someone who actually knows.
From "we want to hire them" to first day at work
Three steps. No commitments at the start. A real quote within 48 hours and a working employee within ten days for established markets.
Additional global services available on top
EOR covers the core employment relationship. These are the services clients add most often when they're hiring across borders for the first time.
Visa support
Work visa and permit applications in 85+ countries. We handle the documentation, embassy interaction, and timeline — typically 4-12 weeks depending on visa class.
Healthcare
Local private healthcare enrollment integrated with each country's statutory system. Multiple tiers so you match your global benefits to your home standard.
Background checks
ID, criminal record, employment history, and education verification across 85+ countries. Pre-onboarding by default; on-demand when needed.
Equipment delivery
Laptops, monitors, home-office kit shipped and configured to each employee's location. Procurement, customs, insurance, asset tracking included.
EOR vs setting up your own entity
Setting up a local entity makes sense once you've got 10-20 employees in a country and a clear long-term strategy. Below that, EOR wins on every dimension that matters — speed, cost, risk, and flexibility.
Traditional approach
Setting up your own entity
- Time to first hire3-6 months
- Setup cost€25,000+
- Ongoing entity costs€30,000+/year
- In-country expertiseYou hire it
- Compliance riskOn you
- Adding more countriesRepeat the process
Legal filings, tax registrations, banking and ongoing compliance sit with your team in every country you hire in.
UpMee
UpMee EOR
- Time to first hire5-10 days
- Setup cost€0
- Ongoing entity costsIncluded
- In-country expertiseIncluded
- Compliance riskCovered
- Adding more countriesInstant
One monthly fee per hire. We're the legal employer, we run payroll, we handle compliance.
Starting from €490 / month
Other ways we work together
Beyond EOR
EOR is for employees. When the relationship is different — or you need broader back-office support — here's what else we run.
AOR services
The contractor equivalent of EOR. When the person isn't a full-time employee but an independent contractor invoicing your business, AOR handles the legal middle layer instead. Cheaper than EOR, with looser compliance scope.
Learn morePermanent recruitment
If you don't have the candidate yet, we run the search. Senior hires, leadership searches, and hard-to-fill specialists across IT, finance, BPO/SSC, and executive search. EOR placement on top, if you need it.
Learn moreHR outsourcing
Once you have a Polish entity and a team to go with it, EOR transitions into HR outsourcing — payroll, compliance, contracts, employee operations — run as a service rather than per employee.
Learn moreCommon questions about EOR
What clients actually ask in discovery calls — answered honestly, including when EOR is overkill or the wrong model entirely.
Hiring across borders?
A 30-minute call to walk through which countries, what the role is, and what compliance and cost look like. We'll send a real quote in two business days — or tell you honestly that AOR or your own entity would be the better fit.
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