Employer of Record (EOR)
Hire, onboard, pay, and support employees while ensuring you’re compliant with local regulations.
Expand your horizons, not your risk
With Safeguard Global, recruit top talent, work with local HR experts, simplify payroll, and stay compliant with employment and finance laws in 187 countries around the globe.
TRUSTED BY 1,500+ GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS
All-in-one solution
We support every stage of workforce development — from contractors to EOR to entity setup.
Real people
Multilingual experts who live and work in-country are available to you when it matters most.
Innovative tech
Intuitive platforms and real-time analytics help you organize and strategize.
Industry pioneers
Our expertise includes more than 17 years' experience in global hiring and employment.
Explore by country
Confidently navigate HR and finance in 187 countries
Local labor laws, exchange rates, tax codes, finding talent — it’s no problem with Safeguard Global’s extensive network of in-country experts.
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Explore our full suite of solutions
No matter what your needs, we have the solutions that enable global growth.
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Contractor Management
Pay all of your contractors with one invoice and easily manage compliant payments internationally.
Finance, Tax & Accounting
Simplify your global finance and tax compliance with expert software and advice.
Entity Setup
Set up an entity in full compliance with registrations, taxes, resident director services, and more.
Global Recruitment
Fill permanent, temporary, and fractional positions with top talent, in compliance with local regulations.
Global Pay
Streamline worldwide payroll with one unified platform that also provides valuable data to help you manage your workforce.
Intelligent Workforce
Unlock data-rich workforce dashboards and analytics.
HR & Benefits
Get local expertise to support onboarding, benefits administration, performance management, and other HR functions.
All solutions
Browse the entire range of our solutions all in one place.
Case Study
CloudWay—Expert Team Growth
CloudWay, a Norwegian tech consultancy that offers Microsoft assessments, needed to quickly hire elite, in-demand tech experts located in various countries. They lacked local business entities and risked losing top candidates due to slow and complex international hiring processes.
Solution:
EOR
Team Growth:
66.7% increase in workforce in 7 months
Supported Revenue Growth:
>20% annual increase for 4 consecutive years
Status Achieved:
"Gazelle status"—recognition for companies sustaining rapid revenue growth year over year
WRI—Cost Reduction & Global Mission
WRI, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) headquartered in Washington, D.C., needed to hire long-term staff in countries without a legal entity. They required a solution that could provide full employee benefits and guarantee strict compliance to protect their organizational values and critical donor funding.
Solution:
EOR
Cost Savings:
~40% reduction in global employment costs
Compliance:
0 compliance gaps across international hires
Employee Coverage:
100% of global staff received full benefits and support
Rideshare Innovator—Global Expansion
A rideshare innovator's aggressive global expansion was crippled by unpredictable entity setup delays that stretched from weeks to over nine months, threatening their critical speed-to-market advantage and revenue goals.
Solution:
EOR
Speed-to-Market:
From up to 9 months → as little as 2 weeks (1,400% faster)
Revenue Growth:
$8 billion growth over 2 years
Global Hiring:
189 employees hired across 34 countries
Gorilla Glue: Integrating EOR and recruitment
Safeguard Global helped Gorilla Glue find top talent and employ new hires in regions where they didn’t have legal entities.
Solutions
- EOR
- Global Recruitment
Regions
- Spain
- the Nordics
- Hong Kong
Recruitment model
Contingent search with no upfront retainer + EOR
Results
Delivered key leadership hires across Europe
Poshmark: Simplifying Entity Setup
Safeguard Global made establishing an entity in India simple and straightforward, providing services that included document preparation, business license registration, and tax ID acquisition.
Solution
Entity Setup
Region
India
Challenge
Strict regulations that required direct employment
Results
Established Poshmark’s India entity to enable early market entry
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187
countries supported1,500+
organizations served400+
in-house experts100%
compliance
“Safeguard Global saved me a lot of time and headache. They dealt with all local transactions and gave me absolute flexibility for strategic decisions.”
Torben Andreasen
HR Director
“We can just do the work that we need to do, knowing that Safeguard Global is helping us manage risk in the countries we want to go to.”
Renuka Iyer
Chief Human Resources Officer
“We are a small company … but we can operate as a global company, which is very important to us. And that is the value that Safeguard Global can provide for us.”
Ståle Hansen
Founder & CEO
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Safeguard Global Named a Leader in NelsonHall’s 2025 Global EOR Services NEAT Report
The NelsonHall NEAT report, which analyzes how the global EOR market is evolving, names Safeguard Global as a leader in the industry for combining innovation, technology, and local expertise.
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2026 Workforce Predictions: How Global Hiring Will Evolve in the Next Year
This webinar explores how global hiring in 2026 is evolving amid technological change, shifting compliance requirements, and growth pressures and what HR and workforce leaders need to prepare for the year ahead.
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EOR vs Entity Cost calculator
Explore the potential costs of expanding your global team with Safeguard Global’s easy-to-use cost calculator. Compare the estimated expenses of hiring through an Employer of Record (EOR) versus establishing your own legal entity in the selected country by entering your intended headcount.
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