Leads the work.
You select the person, set goals, manage performance, and keep the employee part of your team.
What is an EOR?
A local employer, without building a local entity first.
An Employer of Record becomes the legal employer for a worker in their country while your business continues to lead the work, performance, and culture.
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Runs the local route.
The EOR coordinates the agreed local contract, payroll administration, and employee lifecycle support.
Why use an EOR?
More confidence for your first hire in a new market.
Use an EOR when you want to employ someone locally but are not ready to create and operate your own employment entity there.
Test a market
Start with the hire before committing to incorporation and a permanent local operating structure.
Stay focused
Keep your team focused on the role and the work, rather than building unfamiliar local employment processes.
Know the route
Make the legal employer, employment steps, and finance handoffs clear before you commit.
Who it’s for
For teams responsible for making a cross-border hire work.
Whether you lead the business, people function, or finance process, you need a route that is easy to explain internally and clear for the employee.
Founders
For businesses making an early market hire without setting up a local entity first.
People teams
For leaders who need a clear employment path and an employee experience they can stand behind.
Finance teams
For teams who need funding, approval, and payroll administration context to be explicit.
How it works
Four clear steps from brief to local employment.
Every country needs its own review. The process remains simple: understand the hire, confirm the route, prepare the employee, then manage the ongoing cycle.
Tell us about the hire
Share the country, role, worker situation, team size, and intended start date.
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Review the local route
We explain the proposed employment model and identify the legal employer before you decide.
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Prepare the employee path
Agree the local structure, documentation, approval points, and onboarding plan.
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Coordinate the ongoing cycle
Manage the agreed payroll administration, employee support, and employment changes.
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A real employee experience
Professional support for the work behind the hire.
A new-market hire is not just a contract or a payment. It is an employee joining your real team, with a clear local route from day one.
FAQ
Clear answers before you hire.
These are operational explanations. The local employer and employment structure are confirmed in the proposed route before contracting.
Questions
Does an EOR replace our management of the employee?
No. Your company manages the role, work, performance, and culture. The EOR coordinates the agreed local employment administration.
Do we need to open a local entity?
An EOR can suit a team that wants to employ in a country before creating its own entity. The right route depends on the country, role, and longer-term plan.
Who is the legal employer?
The legal employer is identified in the proposed route and contract. In partner-supported markets, the local partner’s role is disclosed before you commit.
Can an EOR support hiring in more than one country?
Yes, subject to country-by-country review. Axis is Poland-first and coordinates selected additional markets through clearly identified local partners.
Start a conversation
Tell us where you want to hire. We’ll help you understand the route.