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Three guides worth starting with, chosen by our team.
Wet DBA Compliance Netherlands: Is Your Contractor Agreement Still Enough?
Your contractor agreement hasn't changed in two years. But has the contractor's work stayed the same? Maybe you hired someone in the Netherlands for a six-month project. Now they're still working with your team, attending meetings and handl...
AI in HR Compliance: When Everything Looks Correct, but Something Is Still Wrong
Let's say your company is hiring someone in the Netherlands. Your HR team has prepared the employment contract, and you've used an AI compliance tool to check whether anything is missing. The tool reviews the document and finds no obvious i...
The Belgian Platform Rule That Judges What You Could Do, Not What You Did
Your contractor arrangements may look fine in practice. But what does your platform actually have the power to do? Let's say your company runs a freelancer marketplace that operates in Belgium. You have independent contractors using your pl...
France CSE Thresholds & Platform Work Rules: What Employers Need to Know
A finance lead in Paris pulls up the payroll report to prove there are only nine people. The report is correct. The answer is wrong. Because France does not count employees the way your payroll does. Part-timers count as fractions. Fixed-te...
Platform Account Suspensions in the EU: Why a Human Now Has to Make the Call
Somewhere in Europe tonight, someone will open an app and find their Platform account gone. A rating slipped under a threshold, or a cancellation rate crossed a line, and a rule fired. There is no name on the decision, because no person mad...
The Compliance Structure Every Staffing Platform Needs by 2026
Belgium does not start by asking whether a worker is an employee or a contractor. It starts by asking who is giving the instructions. That question sits underneath a rule most foreign companies discover too late. In Belgium, lending your em...
Why Is Employing People in Germany Getting Harder in 2026?
Most foreign companies treat German hiring as a paperwork problem. Get the contract right, register with the right offices, run payroll properly, done. That was mostly true until this year. The rules themselves haven't been rewritten. What...
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Hiring Employees in France: Employment Law, Payroll & Compliance Guide (2026)
Why France stops companies in their tracks France is not a difficult place to build a team. It is a difficult place to build a team without preparation. Most foreign companies planning their first French hire expect complexity and budget fo...
The 6-Market EU Hiring Library Is Complete: What We Learned Along the Way
Most companies treat " hiring in Europe " as one decision. It isn't. It's six or more separate decisions wearing the same trench coat. We've built this hiring library one market at a time Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, an...
Hiring in Luxembourg: Employment Law, Payroll & EU Gateway Guide (2026)
Luxembourg is a small country with an outsized role in European hiring strategy. It is the EU's financial services capital, home to the bloc's key institutions, and uniquely among the countries in this guide series a labour market where nea...
Hiring Employees in Italy: Employment Law, Payroll, TFR & Compliance Guide (2026)
Italy is one of Europe's most significant economies and one of its most complex employment environments. For foreign companies making their first Italian hire, whether a sales lead in Milan, a technical hire in Turin, or a remote employee a...
Hiring Employees in Germany: Employment Law, Payroll, Immigration & Compliance Guide (2026)
Germany is the largest economy in the EU and one of the most complex employment environments for foreign companies to navigate. The labour law framework is detailed, the payroll obligations are layered, and the immigration infrastructure wh...
Global Payroll vs EOR: Which Is Right for Your Global Hiring Strategy?
Global Payroll vs EOR: What's the Difference and When Does It Matter? These two terms appear in almost every conversation about international hiring. And they're used almost interchangeably by HR directors, by finance teams, sometimes even...
IND Recognized Sponsor vs Employer of Record: Cost, Timeline & Compliance
If you're reading this, you're probably staring at a job offer you want to extend to a highly skilled migrant in the Netherlands — and you've just discovered that hiring them isn't as simple as sending a contract. To sponsor a work permit f...
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The 30% Ruling Explained: Tax Benefits for International Employees in the Netherlands
The 30% Ruling Explained: Tax Benefits for International Employees in the Netherlands Why the 30% ruling matters for your hiring strategy The 30% ruling is the Netherlands' headline tax incentive for attracting international talent. Properl...
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