As companies start to look into Remote Hiring, there’s one question that frequently comes up – how do I pay remote workers?
You may think it’s as easy as “Make an international bank transfer”.. but there’s a bit more to it than that. Let’s look at the various aspects you need to consider when you’re thinking about hiring remote workers.
This blog post is intended to be a general guide – please ensure you are in compliance with the various labor laws and codes in your jurisdiction and consult an employment lawyer to get answers to questions specific to your company and location.
Right to work
The remote worker needs to have the right to work in the country where they are currently residing. This isn’t an issue if you’re hiring someone who lives in their country of citizenship, but it can cause issues if they are studying/working/travelling in a different country where they may not have the right to work.
Remote workers do not need the right to work in your country, however. If you’re a Canadian or US company, you can hire a Nigerian citizen living in Nigeria without needing to worry about work permits while they live in Nigeria.
Employment Contract
Once you’ve established that your potential hire has the right to work in their country of residence, the next question to answer is the nature of the employment contract. Most remote programming jobs are hired as independent contractors instead of employees.
This simplifies matters for the contractor as well as the company. The company doesn’t need to dig into international taxation as the contractor is responsible for their taxes based on their local laws. A temporary contract gives you the ability to test out the quality of the candidate’s work before you decide to hire them full time.
Once you’re satisfied, VanHack can help you hire them as full-time employees and with the entire relocation process.
Here’s a template that you can use as a starting point – Download Template
Contracts and Payments
For payments, we recommend one of the following providers:
Transferwise, Paypal, Payoneer, World Remit.
We’ve successfully used all of these services to pay people in multiple countries. They’re all easy and quick to use.
Conclusion
At VanHack, we believe that “code has no accent”. There’s great talent everywhere in the world, and we have been working to make that talent even more accessible.
If you would like to browse our talent pool of over 130,000 talented developers, click here.
And if you need more information on how you can hire the best remote talent, we’d love to help you out. Just click here and we’ll be in touch very soon!