We make it easy to grow your remote team: handle multi-country payroll, and comply with local tax and employment laws.
Your people are your strength. But your remote people are your advantage.
If they are not treated as full-time employees, you may have a problem on your hands. But we can help!
Boundless currently supports compliant full-time employment in Ireland and UK, and we will be supporting a number of other countries soon.
Bring your multi-country people ops under one roof!
Quick Setup
Get up and running in no time. Tell us who you want to employ, and we'll take care of the rest.
Full Control
Unify your multi-country payroll systems.
Fully Compliant
Leverage our local expertise, to ensure compliance with tax and employment law.
Expert Support
Comprehensive knowledge base + access to in-country HR advisors.
Transparent Pricing
Easier decision-making with predictable spending.
Secure
Sensitive payroll and people information is all exchanged via secure communications.
Boundless works on an EoR (Employer of Record) model.
That means that we co-employ your international team.
Doing so allows us to absorb the pain that comes with employing people in other countries.
Tell us who you want to employ, where they are, and what their compensation will be.
We take care of the rest: processing payroll, filing taxes, managing HR compliance.
You focus on building a great team, growing a successful business, and serving happy customers.
What are the advantages of using Boundless to employ your internationally remote team?
Be assured that you are legally employing your team in a way that benefits them, without the monthly administrative burden.
We have the local expertise to help you quickly employ your internationally remote team in a way that's compliant within their local jurisdiction.
Governments are starting to enforce compliance laws that carry penalties for misclassification of employees.
From our blog: "Why hiring remote people as independent contractors is a bad idea."
You can take full advantage of being able to hire from a global talent pool, without new hires needing to wait for you to become compliant on your own.
Boundless makes it easy for companies to grow their internationally remote team. We do this by co-employing people on your behalf, being the local “employer of record” for the individual.
It means that Boundless is the legal employer of the individual, as far as their government, tax, and employment authorities are concerned.
We are responsible for:
Our customers are responsible for:
Boundless is a legal employer of record for growing companies with international workers, in a number of countries.
Boundless charges 5% of total monthly processed payroll. That is:
Reimbursements for expenses incurred by employees is not included, and is not taken into account when calculating the monthly cost.
Yes, even if you have set up your own entities, you still have to process payroll, and ensure compliance with employment law, for each country you have remote workers in. Many companies will outsource these processes/responsibilities to third parties. Boundless offers you the chance to combine these fragmented systems, relationships and workflows into a single experience.
If an individual is giving their full and undivided attention to your company, and they are treated as an independent contractor, you are likely in breach of employment laws both in your country, and theirs.
Your company could be liable for fines or other legal measures. The individuals you are working with do not receive the benefit of local employment laws and protections that are often afforded to people working full time hours.
We have written about this in the past:
As of January 2020, Boundless can support you if you have people you wish to compliantly full time employ in:
We are currently working on adding support for the following countries (in alphabetic order):
Being able to support employment of people in these countries requires us to establish corporate infrastructure and develop systems compatible with local laws, which can take time. We aim to be able to support these countries through 2020.
Understanding the distinction between an employee and a contractor is essential. Employment is a legal relationship that is complex and requires fulfilling a plethora of regulations and protections that extend far beyond just paying someone a salary.
Contracting, on the other hand, is governed by a commercial agreement which governs the exchange of services for a fee... Read More »
Having independent contractors instead of employees can often be a cost-saving mechanism. Opting to work with independent contractors could be in order to keep headcount low, have an easier way to replace people if necessary or as a mechanism to work with remote workers in a different country without a registered entity.
Whatever the reason, feeling like a cost-saving mechanism is very demoralizing to any human... Read More »
We are experienced operators, product & software developers, united in our mission to make it quick and easy to employ people remotely.
"I've overseen payroll in multiple countries, and found the experience to be painful, slow and expensive. A business operations nightmare!"
"I've worked on distributed teams for my entire career; the operational challenges of hiring internationally are a real barrier to growing talented and happy teams."
"I’ve found the lack of options and transparency around employing people in other countries to be a blocker to strategic growth."
"Payroll is not just about paying people every month but is about providing a great Employee experience and a hassle free and fully compliant service to the Customer."
"While supporting remote companies with team members all over the globe, I've faced the legal grey area, and the inherent inequalities that come with remote work. Let's fix this."
"I've found the lack of compliance regarding international staff compensation very stressful as an operations person, but also very unfair as a foreign contractor myself."
"I want to help people work and live the way they choose. By helping companies to make borderless remote work a no-brainer that world is possible for more people."
"As a remote worker, I found the burden of being an independent contractor to be frustrating, which is why I'm dedicated to finding ways to solve this problem."
"I believe in people and that is why I am here. It is high time to help remote employees to be treated equally. Let’s automate it together!"
"Having worked as a remote human for a large part of my career, I want to help distributed and colocated companies be better at Remote through educational, practical and human stories."