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Luxembourg EOR vs Entity: When Should You Switch?

07.09.2026

A company expanding into Luxembourg will often follow a familiar playbook. Start with an Employer of Record. Test the market. Build the team. Think about a local entity once the headcount gets somewhere around twelve to fifteen people. That approach makes sense in a lot of European markets. But Luxembourg can catch you out. By the time you reach eight employees, you may find that the EOR fees have already moved past what it would cost to operate your own Luxembourg e...

Why France Has the Highest Employer Costs in the EU?

02.09.2026

A CFO signs off on a French hire at €70,000 using the same multiplier the company used in Germany around 1.22 on gross, so budget €85,000 and move on. The first quarter's payroll comes in closer to €100,000 annualised, and nobody can find the error. There isn't one. France simply loads employer costs differently from every other market in this library, and the difference is not a few points on a rate card. It runs to roughly €15,000 a year on a single s...

Which EU Countries Will Be Ready for the Platform Work Directive?

31.08.2026

A compliance lead opens the transposition tracker in August, sees "0 of 27 member states have a law in force," and closes the tab feeling considerably better about Q4. That is the wrong read, and it is the most common one. Because sitting inside that zero are four countries where a platform-work presumption of employment has been law for years, one country whose draft takes effect a month after the deadline it exists to satisfy, and eighteen that have not started and wil...