Employer of Record
Use an appropriate local employment provider for an initial team while maintaining a clear plan for compliance, operational responsibility and future transition.
Availability depends on the role, work arrangement, immigration status and local employment framework.
Employment Before Incorporation
An Employer of Record arrangement introduces a local legal employer between the worker and the client company. Signum helps assess whether the proposed role is suitable, coordinate an appropriate local provider and define the employment, payroll and operational responsibilities supporting the arrangement.
EOR suitability assessment
Reviewing the role, work arrangement, intended duration and local regulatory considerations.
Local-provider coordination
Identifying and coordinating an appropriately structured provider for the intended employment model.
Employment terms and cost model
Mapping compensation, benefits, employer costs, fees and employment conditions.
Payroll and statutory administration
Coordinating salary processing, applicable deductions, benefits and employer records.
Responsibility allocation
Clarifying the respective roles of the legal employer and the client company.
Immigration and transition planning
Reviewing work-authorisation dependencies and the future move to the client's own entity.
Employment Model
Local legal employer
Client company
Responsibilities must be allocated according to the applicable employment, provider, dispatch and immigration framework.
In Japan, an arrangement in which one company employs a worker who performs duties under another company's direction may fall within the regulated worker-dispatch framework.
When the arrangement may be considered
What requires additional review
A business conducting worker dispatch in Japan requires the applicable authorisation. The employee's status of residence must also permit the work actually performed under the proposed arrangement.
Review the role, work arrangement, intended duration, employee profile and local constraints.
Identify and coordinate an appropriately structured local employment provider.
Prepare employment terms, cost information, payroll, benefits and immigration dependencies.
Move the employee to the client's own entity when the business establishes a permanent operating presence.
Planning to Hire Before Incorporation?
Assess the employment structure, provider requirements, costs and transition plan before engaging the employee.
Initial consultation · No commitment required
China
Hong Kong
Japan