Related to the above conversation about remote companies and Upwork. What are the legal aspects of hiring a remote worker in India by a company abroad say the USA? I had a thought about this from some time and started looking online for some information today. It would be great if community members can share their experience. It seems that companies can not directly hire a remote worker on a payroll basis. The company should Register In-Country or hire the employee through a third party. The company have to set up a way to run payroll in the country of the worker. I watched a video about elastic (shared on another channel) and it was mentioned the company hired CFO first so they can hire remote workers from anywhere in the world. Therefore sometimes it is mentioned on remote job posts, the company is hiring only in the 1-2 countries. The easiest option for a company is to hire remote Independent contractors. Therefore platforms like Toptal, Upwork makes it easier to hire remote workers. A remote contractor can be working on the same things as the employee in the office. But the legal status will be a contractor. A company can be willing to hire people on the payroll but due to legal issues, it is easier to hire contractors. It does not matter from the developer side as the work will be the same. https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/global-hr/Pages/Paying-employees-abroad.aspx https://shieldgeo.com/

On paper its always on contract basis even when you hired full time.

Hello Kuldeep, correct. It is easier to hire on contract than on Payroll.

this depend on both employer country and employee country policies, its possible only if both of them allows.

leading companies in the remote (I know Invision does this for sure) actually hires people on payroll instead of a as a contractor. Yes, it's a big headache for the companies and but fully distributed companies are willing to take-on this headache because great talent comes with great expectation 😉

I’m not sure about bank account opening and taxation if they hire international employees on payroll. I have worked with many fully distributed companies and every employee seems to be working on contract role.

Yes, independent contract is on all my Terms and NDAs. I don't see any problem in it at all - I can fire my clients, they can fire me anytime, perfect 🙂 Love the risk-reward

Yeah, Likewise - been with fully-distributed teams for past 3 years and all of them were as contractors only. I have a friend who works at Invision - They provide health-care, 401 alternatives and other benefits depending on your employee resident companies. It's not something that everyone does (even automattic hires as contractors only) but it seems like a great gesture from Invision's behalf.

yeah, hiring on payroll will boost remote working for sure as many employees do not prefer contract role on paper. (I have many friends did not accept remote only for this reason)

Zapier too

Only big remote companies have the resources to give employee status on paper. It does not matter from the work part but some people prefer employee status. Working with two companies and both only hire remote contractors. Also, in the tech sector, most companies prefer skills than contractor vs employee while hiring.

yeah, hiring on payroll will boost remote working for sure as many employees do not prefer contract role on paper. (I have many friends did not accept remote only for this reason)

I am afraid that looks less of a possibility unless the world unites and there are no borders. Could a way around this be crypto ?? 🤔

Could a way around this be crypto ??

Are you pointing at pay through cryptocurrencies? The government doesn't like cryptocurrencies😅

Ok, I think, I'm most qualified to answer this query. Because I'm working in this setting from last 1 year or so. There is something that is called PEO that remote work company engages and he will be your reference for all HR matters, they get guidance via your original employer. I'm happy to share more details about PEOs but it is crappy thoigh (frankly!)

@aloof-translator-69000 Thanks for sharing. It would be great to have more info. Any links.

Please refer Velocity Global site address. That should give some idea.