Resources
Resources
Practical, sourced guides on contractor management, employer of record, global payroll, and hiring across borders — researched and kept current by the Remote& team.
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By-country data
Dated statutory figures and the full country guide index.
10 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Employer Payroll Taxes by Country (2026)
How much employers really pay on top of gross salary — pension, social security, health, and unemployment, country by country with dated rates.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Statutory Employee Benefits by Country
What employers must legally provide — pensions, health, insurance, and leave — separated from market extras, with dated data.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
13th-Month Pay: Which Countries Require It
Where a 13th salary is mandatory, customary, or absent — and what it means for employment costs.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Maternity & Parental Leave by Country (2026)
Paid leave compared by country: duration, pay basis, who pays, and partner leave — dated statutory data.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Severance Pay by Country
Where severance is owed, how it's calculated, and how it interacts with notice — dated statutory data.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Minimum Wage by Country (2026)
Statutory minimum wage figures for 41 countries — exact figures, pay periods, and regional variation, checked July 2026.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Standard Working Hours by Country (2026)
The standard working week for 29 countries, from 35 hours in France to a 52-hour maximum in Kenya.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Income Tax Rates by Country (2026)
Bottom and top marginal personal income-tax rates for 42 countries, with what a progressive scale means for take-home pay.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Annual Leave by Country (2026)
Statutory paid annual leave entitlements for 30 countries, from Argentina to the UK — dated statutory data.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 24, 2026
Notice Periods by Country (2026)
Statutory notice periods for 25 countries, showing how notice scales by tenure and interacts with severance.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 24, 2026
Probation Periods by Country (2026)
Statutory maximum probation lengths, extension rules, and termination notice for 31 countries.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Public Holidays by Country (2026)
Statutory paid public holiday counts for 30 countries, from 8 days in Australia to 19 in the Philippines.
Read the guideGuide index · 60+ countries
Country Hiring Guides
Hire and pay in 60+ countries — entry-by-entry statutory reference, kept current.
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Guides & comparisons
7 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
EOR vs Staffing Agency
One finds workers, the other legally employs the person you chose. Who does what and when to use which.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
International Contractor Agreements: Clauses That Matter
Governing law, currency, cross-border IP, and the status clause — what matters beyond the domestic basics.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Contractor of Record vs EOR
Employment or compliant contracting? The choice follows the work's classification — here's how to make it.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
PEO vs Payroll Service
Processing pay vs co-employing your team — the real differences, and when neither is the right tool.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
PEO Services Explained
What is a PEO? Co-employment defined plainly, what the services bundle includes, PEO vs EOR vs payroll service, and where a PEO doesn’t fit.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
How to Pay International Contractors
Invoicing, currencies and FX, timing, records, and tax documents — paying contractors abroad without the compliance traps.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Total Employer Cost of Hiring Abroad
Salary is only part of it — statutory on-costs, benefits, administration, and FX, and how to model the full number.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Remote Employee Onboarding: An International Checklist
Right-to-work, contracts, payroll cutoffs, equipment, access, and first-week ownership — in order.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
EOR vs Setting Up a Legal Entity
Employ through an EOR or open your own entity? The real decision factors, compared by scenario.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
How to Convert a Contractor to an Employee
The triggers, the process, compensation conversion, IP continuity — and doing it without a local entity.
Read the guide13 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Best Global Payroll Providers & Software (2026)
Global payroll providers compared honestly — platform vs EOR vs local vendors, verified pricing, and per-vendor best-for picks.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Remote Work Policy: What to Include
The clauses a remote policy actually needs — eligibility, hours, equipment, security, and cross-border rules.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Best Employer of Record Companies (2026)
Eight EOR providers compared with first-party-verified, dated pricing — including our own, disclosed up front.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Freelancer vs Contractor: What's the Difference?
One is a working style, the other a legal category. Where the law draws the real line — and when classification risk starts.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Global Payroll, Explained
How paying a global team actually works: local calculations, on-costs, currencies, and the three operating models.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Contractor Misclassification: Tests, Risks & Prevention
How authorities decide who is really an employee, what getting it wrong costs, and how to fix it.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 18, 2026
Deel Alternatives in 2026: 7 Options, Honestly Compared
Seven alternatives with first-party-verified, dated pricing — including when Deel is actually the right choice. Published by Remote&, disclosed up front.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 17, 2026
EOR vs PEO: The Difference and How to Choose
A PEO co-employs where you already have an entity — mostly a US model. An EOR is the sole legal employer where you have none. Compared honestly, with a decision guide.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 17, 2026
What Is an Employer of Record (EOR)?
The plain-language reference: how the EOR model legally works, what it does and does not cover, EOR vs. PEO vs. contractor of record, and when not to use one.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 17, 2026
Employer of Record Cost: 2026 Pricing, Compared
What an EOR really costs — the $199–$699 market range, our flat $400 price, and the only dated, first-party-verified provider comparison.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
Contractor Management Software: 2026 Guide + Comparison
What contractor management software must do, and an honest, dated comparison of the leading platforms for global teams.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
What Is a Contractor of Record? CoR vs EOR vs AOR
What a contractor of record actually does, how it differs from an EOR, an agent of record, and direct contracting — and which companies use one.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Global Payroll vs. EOR vs. Opening an Entity
Global payroll, EOR, and entity setup solve different problems — a decision tree, a cost/time/control table, and one worked example to tell them apart.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Maternity & Parental Leave in Canada: An Employer's Guide
The federal EI structure, Quebec's separate QPIP program, employer top-up practice, job protection, and what an EOR handles for you — checked July 2026.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Paternity Leave in Canada: The Employer's Guide
Outside Quebec there is no standalone paternity leave — the second parent shares EI parental benefits. Quebec runs its own QPIP paternity benefit. EI vs QPIP, job protection, employer top-ups, and what employers must file.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Firing an Employee in France: The Employer's Guide
Grounds, notice periods, severance formula, the step-by-step process, protected categories, and the mistakes employers make when terminating a French hire.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Maternity Leave in France: The Employer's Guide
16 weeks minimum, more for twins or a 3rd child. How the state's IJSS allowance works, when a convention collective forces an employer top-up, and the job protection that runs through the return to work.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Terminating an Employee in Germany
KSchG thresholds, statutory notice by tenure, severance practice, works councils, and what an EOR handles when you fire someone in Germany.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
What Global Payroll Actually Costs
In-house, outsourced, or EOR — a per-model cost breakdown, the hidden fees to ask about, and Remote&'s flat $400 / HRIS-from-$2 pricing, stated plainly.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
How to Run Payroll in Multiple Countries
The operating playbook: map your people, entity vs. EOR per country, one payroll calendar, FX, statutory filings, and contractor invoicing — with a worked example.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Employer of Record in Slovakia
Hire in Slovakia without opening an entity: EU/eurozone basics, notice and probation rules, EOR vs. an s.r.o., and what Remote& handles.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Employer of Record in the UAE
What UAE employment law requires, EOR vs. opening your own entity, and what a flat-fee EOR costs to hire compliantly.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Employer of Record in Tunisia
Francophone tech talent, a GMT+1 overlap with Europe, and a lower cost base than Western Europe. The basics table, EOR vs SARL setup, and what it really costs to hire there — checked July 2026.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated July 31, 2026
Rippling Alternatives (2026)
Six alternatives compared with first-party-verified, dated pricing — including when Rippling actually wins on IT and payroll.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
What Is a Permanent Establishment?
How a foreign company can trigger local corporate tax from one remote employee, how it varies by country, and how an EOR reduces the risk.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
Garden Leave: What It Means and How It Works
Paid, employed, but off the job during notice. What garden leave is, how it differs from PILON, and how it varies from the UK to the US and beyond.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
Gross Pay vs Net Pay: The Difference, Explained
What separates the number on an offer letter from the number in the bank account, and why the gap looks different in every country.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
End-of-Service Gratuity: What It Is and How It Works
A statutory lump-sum owed at termination, based on tenure and salary. How it’s calculated, which countries require it, and how to budget it correctly.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
Work Permit vs Work Visa: What's the Difference?
One authorizes entry, the other authorizes employment — and they are not always the same document. How the two relate, country by country.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
What Is a Payroll Cycle?
Pay periods, paydays, and cutoffs, explained — plus how the cycle length differs by country, from monthly France to biweekly Mexico.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
What Are Social Security Contributions?
The mandatory employer and employee payments that fund pensions, healthcare, and unemployment insurance — and how the employer share varies from under 10% to over 40%.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
What Is Paid Time Off (PTO)?
The US-born catch-all term, and how it compares to the statutory annual leave, sick leave, and public holiday categories most countries define separately.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
What Is a Payslip?
The itemized pay statement employers must issue each payday — what it has to show, and where it is a legal requirement vs. optional.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
What Is a Collective Bargaining Agreement?
How a CBA can bind an employer that never negotiated one, and why sector-wide agreements matter most in France, Spain, and Germany.
Read the guide7 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
Employer of Record in Saudi Arabia
What Saudi employment law requires, EOR vs. opening your own entity, and what a flat-fee EOR costs to hire compliantly.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
AI Agents for HR: What They Actually Do
What an AI agent for HR actually is, how it differs from automation and a chatbot, and why the honest answer to "should it run HR alone" is no — only with a human approval gate.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
AI Payroll: What It Can and Cannot Do
What AI is genuinely good at in payroll, what has to stay human, and the propose-approve-execute mechanism that keeps AI out of the approval seat.
Read the guide9 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
What Is a Global HRIS?
A plain guide: global HRIS vs. domestic HRIS vs. a payroll platform, HRIS with EOR built in, and a short evaluation checklist.
Read the guide8 min read · Updated August 6, 2026
HRIS for Small Business: What Actually Matters
What changes at small-team size, core features vs. nice-to-haves, common pricing models, and a short checklist before you buy.
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