How to hire a remote worker
based in Costa Rica
Global hiring is a tough challenge. With our hiring guide, you can see all possibilities you have for hiring a remote worker based in Costa Rica.
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Plane
Plane takes care of payroll, benefits, and compliance for US-based companies hiring remote employees and contractors internationally. Onboard and pay employees in 160+ countries without having to set up local entities. Plane handles employment paperwork, tax withholding, and more, with contracts that support a streamlined, two-step IP transfer. If you’re hiring contractors instead, you can use Plane to onboard and pay contractors in 240+ countries, with no markup fees. Payments are sent directly to contractors’ bank accounts, so that they don’t need to use an e-wallet. The employee plan has a flat fee starting from $299/month/employee, and the contractor plan has a flat fee of $29/month/contractor.
Positives
- supports both international contractors and employees
- less administrative overhead
- wide coverage in nearly all countries
- local, tax, and SOC 2 compliance
Negatives
- specializes in US-based companies only
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Local sub-corporation
The legally compliant way to hire employees in any country of the world is to set up a sub-corporation in said country. Depending on the country, this is easier said than done and often needs local representation. It's therefore only realistic to do if you are planning on quickly hiring a larger team in a specific country or are already working with a big workforce in a specifc country.
Positives
- legally compliant
- possible worldwide
- employee protection
Negatives
- expensive
- large overhead and operational cost
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Deel
Deel is a payment solution and management software for remote teams that are planning to onboard remote employees in the form of contractors. The issue that Deel solves here is establishing legally compliant contracts with everyone and running payroll, making sure that everyone gets paid on time, no matter where they are.
Compared to running your own payroll, this obviously comes at a cost. However, the cost is substantially lower than a EOR (employer of record) solution and starting at just $50/month.
Positives
- less overhead
- simple, cheap pricing
- legally compliant
Negatives
- no local employee benefits
- cost scales per contract
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Independent contractor
The catch-all solution to hiring remote workers is to do so as independent contractors. ICA (Independent Contractor Agreements) are usually simple and short contracts that are legally compliant in some form or another in any country of the world.
The important distinction here is that independent contractors are not legally employed as employees. In their respective jurisdictions, your employees may therefore not be legally protected under employment laws, but are self-employed.
Positives
- extremely simple to set up
- cheap to set up and run
- no legal overhead for company
Negatives
- not protected as employee
- higher overhead and cost for employee
- missing local perks and pension regulations
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🌍 Worldwide!
Papaya Global
Papaya is a leading employer of record (or EOR) service, as well as contractor management system, that allows you to hire employees worldwide and manage contracting agreement all in one place.
With a pricing point starting at $770 flat per employee and month, it's on the cheaper side of global payroll services. In return for that, Papaya provides employees with tax filing, cross-border payments, compliance checks and more.
Positives
- comparatively cheap EOR service
- wide coverage
- also offers contracting payroll
Negatives
- flat fee might not be attractive
