1. General Questions
An Employer of Record (EOR) is a company that legally employs staff on your behalf in a country where you don’t have a local entity. The EOR handles payroll, contracts, compliance, and taxes, while you manage the employee’s day-to-day work.
An EOR employs your staff directly in the local market, removing the need for your own legal entity. A PEO, by contrast, co-employs staff but usually requires you to already have a local entity.
EORs are useful when you want to:
- Test a new market before setting up an entity.
- Hire quickly without waiting months for company registration.
- Employ staff compliantly in multiple countries at once.
2. Compliance & Payroll
The EOR is the legal employer and ensures payroll, social security, and benefits are handled according to local laws. You remain responsible for managing the employee’s work and performance.
Yes. EORs can often help with work permits, though requirements vary by country. Gibson Watts Global works with local experts to guide you through visa processes.
Employees are paid in local currency, on local pay cycles. The EOR manages statutory deductions, benefits, and reporting, ensuring compliance in each country.
3. Operations & Growth
In most cases, onboarding can be completed within 1–2 weeks, far quicker than entity setup which can take months.
Yes. EOR arrangements are flexible. Once you establish your own entity, employees can be transferred from Gibson Watts Global to your company.
Yes. Gibson Watts Global supports both contractor management (AOR – Agent of Record) and full-time hires through our EOR service.
4. About Gibson Watts Global
We offer a personal, one-point-of-contact service in over 120 countries. Instead of navigating support portals or chatbots, you have a dedicated contact who understands your business needs.
Yes. In addition to global EOR and payroll, we have a specialist recruitment division with a strong track record in international hiring — particularly in clean-tech, energy, and scale-ups.
We support EOR, PEO, and AOR services in more than 120 countries worldwide, including complex markets in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and beyond.