EMPLOYER OF RECORD
We become the legal employer for your Philippine team — handling all compliance, payroll, and HR administration — so you can focus on running your business.
No Philippine entity setup required
Full compliance with Philippine Labor Code & BIR
Payroll, tax, SSS, PhilHealth & Pag-IBIG managed for you
Dedicated account officer for ongoing support
Typically 60–80% less than setting up your own entity
WHO THIS IS FOR
You don’t need to know what an EOR is to need one. If any of these sound familiar, we should talk.
Incorporating in the Philippines takes months and significant legal fees. Remote Staff lets you legally hire there today — we’re already set up.
Philippine labor law is complex. We manage BIR registration, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, 13th-month pay, and ITR — so you don’t have to become an expert.
Australian businesses typically save 60–80% on staffing costs by hiring in the Philippines. Our EOR model eliminates the entity setup overhead that usually eats those savings.
THE PROCESS
Most clients have their Philippine team operational within 2–4 weeks of signing. Here’s how it works.
You and Remote Staff sign a service agreement outlining the terms of the partnership and staff requirements.
We hire and onboard your employees on your behalf, handling all contracts, paperwork, and compliance checks.
We process payroll in PHP and administer all mandatory government benefits in full compliance with Philippine law.
Your dedicated account officer handles HR matters, monitors performance, and ensures continued compliance month to month.
COST TRANSPARENCY
Establishing a Philippine entity typically costs $15,000–$40,000 AUD in setup fees alone, plus ongoing accounting, legal, and HR overhead. Remote Staff’s EOR service eliminates that entirely — you only pay a straightforward per-staff fee.
CLIENT RESULTS
A growing Australian tech startup needed to scale its engineering team quickly across multiple markets. By using Remote Staff's EOR, they onboarded three developers in six weeks — fully compliant, zero entity overhead — allowing them to reinvest those savings into product development.
A communications group was struggling with varying labor laws across regions. Remote Staff's EOR solution centralised their payroll, benefits, and compliance across the Philippines, allowing their internal team to focus on strategy rather than HR administration.
A bootstrapped startup needed to expand into the Philippines but lacked the resources to navigate local employment law. Remote Staff's EOR gave them the legal infrastructure to hire and manage five staff compliantly — with no entity setup, no legal retainer, and no surprises.
A manufacturing company needed temporary workers for a large project without the complexity of direct employment. Remote Staff handled all payroll, compliance, and end-of-contract requirements — resulting in significant cost savings and a clean handoff at project completion.
What clients say
“We looked into incorporating in the Philippines ourselves. The quotes came back at over $30K and six months of legal work. Remote Staff’s EOR had us compliant and operational in three weeks.”
“I had no idea how complex Philippine payroll compliance was — BIR, SSS, PhilHealth, 13th month. Remote Staff handles all of it. I’ve never had to think about it once since signing up.”
“Our lawyer told us misclassifying our Philippine contractors as independent workers was a serious legal risk. We moved them to Remote Staff’s EOR within a month. Zero compliance issues since.”
Common questions
An EOR is a third-party organisation that legally employs workers on your behalf. Remote Staff becomes the legal employer of your Philippine staff — managing payroll, tax compliance, and benefits — while you retain full control over their daily work and direction. You get the team; we take on the legal responsibility.
No. That’s the entire point of EOR. Remote Staff is already incorporated in the Philippines. We employ your staff under our entity, eliminating the need for you to incorporate locally — which typically costs $15,000–$40,000 AUD and takes 3–6 months.
With a PEO, you co-employ the worker alongside the PEO — which still requires your own local entity in most cases. With an EOR, Remote Staff is the sole legal employer. This is the key distinction that allows you to hire in the Philippines with zero entity setup or ongoing local legal obligations.
We manage compliance with the Philippine Labor Code, BIR income tax withholding and ITR preparation, SSS social security contributions, PhilHealth health insurance, Pag-IBIG housing fund, 13th-month pay, and overtime calculations. Full-stack compliance — nothing falls through the cracks.
Most clients have their Philippine employee operationally onboarded within 2–4 weeks of signing the service agreement. This includes recruitment (if needed), contract execution, compliance setup, and payroll configuration. If you’re bringing an existing hire, the timeline is typically even shorter.
Yes — you retain full control over your team’s daily activities, tasks, and direction. Remote Staff provides optional productivity monitoring tools (attendance, timesheets, activity tracking) if you want visibility, but these are configurable based on your preferences and the nature of the role. We recommend enabling what’s useful, not everything at once.
We’ll show you exactly how EOR works for your business — no obligation, no sales pressure.
Just a conversation with a team that’s helped 3,368 Australian SMEs do this right.
