How Plane Helps You Stay Compliant in 240+ Countries

Why compliance matters when hiring internationally

Hiring beyond your home market unlocks talent, but it also exposes your company to dozens (if not hundreds) of labor codes, tax systems, and reporting obligations. Each jurisdiction defines employment differently, enforces its own social contributions, and sets its own rules for termination, benefits, and data privacy.The cost of getting it wrong isn’t abstract. The U.S. Department of Labor enforces misclassification under the Fair Labor Standards Act, with fines and retroactive pay liabilities that can exceed tens of thousands per worker (U.S. DOL guidance). In the EU, the new Platform Work Directive — effective December 2024 — compels companies to justify freelance classifications and disclose algorithmic management practices (Council of the EU overview).For fast-growing startups, tracking those shifts country by country is impossible without structure. Plane’s platform embeds compliance into every step of global hiring — from localized contracts and tax logic to automated payments and secure document storage — so you stay aligned with local law without slowing down hiring.

How Plane operationalizes compliance across borders

Plane’s compliance coverage spans 100+ countries where it provides full employment support as an employer of record (EOR) partner and over 240 countries where you can hire and pay contractors. The platform combines:

Localized contracts drafted against each country’s labor code and statutory clauses.

Built-in tax handling that complies with local social security, pension, and income-tax frameworks.

Data protection workflows aligned with GDPR, LGPD (Brazil), PDPA (Singapore), and other regional privacy regimes.

Audit-ready recordkeeping that stores contractor data and payment evidence securely for legally required retention periods.

Each template and workflow is maintained with guidance from Plane’s in-country legal partners, drawing on sources such as the OECD, ILO, and national labor ministries. The goal isn’t generic automation — it’s jurisdiction-specific accuracy.

Streamlining compliance with automation and expertise

Plane’s automation handles repetitive work — collecting documents, calculating contributions — but humans stay in the loop where local nuance matters.For example:

In France, all employees must complete a medical exam every five years called “Médecine du travail.” If your employee is due for this exam, our expert team can help you set this up for them.

Pakistan has a public healthcare system, but many companies, especially in the corporate sector, offer private health insurance. Because of this, we offer private health insurance in Pakistan, and we’re happy to walk you through the options.

That balance of automation plus legal and local expertise means HR teams can onboard contractors globally with confidence, instead of manually checking every new rule update.

Reducing audit and reporting risk

Every compliance audit comes down to documentation — who was hired, how they were paid, and under what legal basis. Plane’s system keeps a complete trail: contracts, payment receipts, approval logs, and more.Because records are stored centrally, responding to regulator queries or investor due-diligence checks takes hours, not weeks.

How Plane supports founders and HR leaders

For founders: Plane acts as a “compliance autopilot.” Transparent pricing, localized onboarding flows, and automated payments mean you can hire and pay team members quickly without interpreting every local statute yourself.“It used to take hours to manage monthly payments for contractors across a dozen countries,” says Julie Menge, HR Operations Lead at Help Scout. “Now that operation takes about ten minutes.”For HR leaders: Plane standardizes multi-country hiring. Unified dashboards track workforce spend andcontract types across all active regions — giving HR visibility usually reserved for finance or legal teams. Contracts and onboarding are all localized, so you stay compliant with every new country launch.

Technology built for real compliance, not checkboxes

Rather than chasing buzzwords like “AI-driven compliance,” Plane invests in reliable, jurisdiction-aware automation:

Automatic contract updates: Plane automatically suggests contract changes when local laws change or when a team member’s pay or responsibilities change

Built-in tax compliance: We collect W-8 and W-9 forms and prepare and file 1099s for you

Country-specific onboarding flows that guide workers through what documents and declarations they must complete before they’re hired or paid

This precision is what keeps compliance credible. It’s not generic automation — it’s the digitization of real legal processes.

Compliance made simple with Plane

Whether you’re a startup hiring your first remote contractor or an enterprise managing hundreds of workers across continents, Plane keeps you compliant in every country you operate.Hire anywhere. Pay accurately. Stay compliant — automatically.Get started with Plane today and simplify your global hiring.