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Employer of record in the Philippines.

Hire full-time employees in the Philippines without setting up a local company. We’re the legal employer, so contracts, payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance are on us. You choose the person and manage the work.

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Hire in the Philippines without setting up a company.

What an employer of record means when we employ your team, with payroll, benefits, and compliance handled for you.

No local entity needed
We’re the legal employer, so you don’t need a company in the Philippines.
Contracts and compliance
We issue the contract and handle labor law compliance and BIR registration.
Payroll and taxes
We run payroll, withhold income tax, and pay contributions every month.
Benefits included
Medical benefits, perks, and team events come with the monthly fee.
Office, equipment, IT
A desk in our Class-A offices in Pampanga, with equipment and IT support.
You stay in charge
You interview, choose who to hire, and manage their work, hours, and tools.

What is an employer of record?

An employer of record (EOR) is a company that legally employs someone on your behalf in another country. The EOR holds the employment contract, runs payroll, pays taxes and government contributions, and makes sure the job follows local labor law. You decide who to hire and what they work on.

In the Philippines, that means you can build a full-time team without registering a company, getting local tax numbers, or learning the payroll rules yourself.

Remote Employee® is the legal employer of every person we hire for you. Your hire is actually employed, not a contractor or freelancer, and works from our offices in San Fernando, Pampanga.

What we handle, and what you keep

We handle

Recruiting and screening candidates for your role
Background and medical checks
The employment contract, compliance, and BIR registration
Payroll, income tax, and government contributions
Medical benefits, perks, and events
A workstation, equipment, and office space
IT support, HR admin, and HR software

You keep

Choosing who to hire: you interview every candidate
Their day-to-day work, priorities, and feedback
Working hours that fit your time zone
Your own tools, systems, and workflow

EOR, your own entity, contractors, or a staffing partner?

There are four main ways to hire in the Philippines: international contractors, an employer of record, your own local entity, or an offshore staffing partner. Here’s how they compare.

Option	Who employs them	Who finds the person	Usually a fit when
Independent contractor	No one. They work for themselves	You	You need short, project-based work
Employer of record	The EOR	[Usually you]	You’ve found someone and need them employed properly
Your own entity	Your Philippine company	You	You’re building a large, long-term operation and can run local payroll and compliance
Offshore staffing partner	The partner (with us, Remote Employee®)	The partner recruits, you choose	You want recruiting, employment, office, and equipment from one partner

Most companies that come to us want more than an EOR. Instead of stitching together recruiters, an employer of record (EOR), payroll, HR, and IT, you get one partner and one monthly invoice.

What a Philippine employer has to do

Every employer in the Philippines takes on the same legal obligations. When Remote Employee® is the employer, they’re ours to handle. The main ones:

Social Security System (SSS): register each employee and pay contributions every month. Since January 2025 the rate is 15% of the monthly salary credit: 10% from the employer and 5% from the employee.
PhilHealth: national health insurance. The premium is 5% of monthly basic salary, shared equally by employer and employee.
Pag-IBIG Fund: the home development fund. Employer and employee each contribute 2% of monthly pay, up to a ₱10,000 maximum fund salary.
Income tax: withhold tax from each salary, pay it to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), and give every employee a BIR Form 2316 by January 31 of the next year.
13th month pay: rank-and-file employees get at least one-twelfth of their basic salary for the year, paid by December 24.
Labor standards: contracts, working hours, leave, and ending employment all follow the Philippine Labor Code.

How hiring through Remote Employee® works

Tell us who you needShare the role, skills, and hours. No job description? Answer a few questions and the RE Portal drafts it.
We recruit and screenOur recruiters search and screen for you, and send you the strongest candidates.
You interview and chooseYou meet the candidates and decide who to hire.
We employ and onboardWe hire them, handle the contract and payroll, and set them up in our office. You can hire in as little as 14 days.

See how it works, step by step

What it costs

You pay a one-time setup fee per seat, which covers your hire’s workstation and equipment, and one monthly fee per employee. One price covers your hire’s wages, recruiting, payroll, benefits, office space, internet, HR, and ongoing support.

Plans start from $125 a week, part-time or full-time, and there’s no placement fee. Companies save up to 70% on labor costs. See pricing.

Is an employer of record right for you?

An EOR, or a staffing partner that’s also the legal employer, is usually a good fit when:

You want full-time people in the Philippines but don’t have a company there
You want them properly employed, with benefits, rather than freelancing
You’d rather not run Philippine payroll, taxes, and contributions yourself
You want to start in weeks, not months

If you only need a short project, a contractor may be simpler. If you’re planning a large operation and want full control of the legal setup, your own entity may make sense later. [Joy/Mark: OK to say this?]

Sources

We checked the Philippine rules on this page against these official sources. Rates and rules change, so check the latest before you act on them.

FAQ

Questions about EOR in the Philippines.

Still figuring out if we’re what you need? Here are a few questions we get asked a lot.

An employer of record (EOR) legally employs your team member in the Philippines. It holds the employment contract, runs payroll, withholds taxes, pays SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG contributions, and keeps the job in line with local labor law. You choose the person and manage their work.

No. Remote Employee® is the legal employer. We employ your team member locally in the Philippines and take care of their payroll, taxes, contracts, and compliance. You just pay a set monthly invoice while we take care of the rest.

An employee. We take care of the details so that your hire is actually employed and not a contractor or freelancer, with benefits and government contributions paid.

You do. You set their tasks, priorities, and hours, and they work in your tools. We handle the employment side: contract, payroll, HR, benefits, and the office.

You can hire in as little as 14 days. You tell us who you need, our recruiters search and screen for you, you interview and choose, and we employ and onboard your hire.

With Remote Employee®, you pay a one-time setup fee per seat and one monthly fee per employee, from $125 a week. The monthly fee covers wages, recruiting, payroll, benefits, office space, internet, HR, and ongoing support. There’s no placement fee.

An EOR is the legal employer of your team, so you don’t need a local company. A PEO (professional employer organization) usually shares employer duties with a business that already has its own entity in the country.