Whose name is on the employment contract when you hire through an EOR?
Summary
The EOR's local entity. Remote tells employees in the UK that their contract is with Remote's UK entity, and in some countries it won't name the client in the contract at all, because doing so creates co-employment risk. Your own signature goes on the services agreement with the EOR. On the employment contract, your role is to read the draft and ask for changes.
Two contracts, one of them yours
The services agreement between you and the EOR covers fees, deposits and what the EOR does for you. The employment agreement is between the EOR and your hire. Remote says it becomes "the legal employer through agreements like" that one, and that it can't hand core duties such as leave approval, payroll or discipline over to the client.
Before the contract comes the offer letter. Remote's is a global document that "shows intent to hire," is "not an Employment Agreement," and can't be customized.
How much of the contract you can change
Remote's agreements are drafted by local attorneys and kept in English, with translations only where the law requires them. Benefit details are left out because they depend on outside providers.
Deel generates a standard agreement with the local-market wording filled in and lets you read it before your hire does. You can ask for changes to non-compete and non-solicitation clauses, the probation period, or other terms, which Deel's legal team reviews. You can't change the company name, contact details, the employee's name or the tax ID. Deel answers redline requests within five business days, onboarding can slip while you wait, and a change that affects notice periods can raise your deposit. Deel's own advice is to use the standard agreement.
When the law decides the language
France is one place where the contract's form is set by statute. Article L1221-3 of the French Labor Code says a written employment contract is drawn up in French, with a French explanation for any job title that only exists as a foreign term. A foreign employee can ask for a translation into their own language, and both versions carry equal weight in court. Where they differ, only the version in the employee's language can be used against the employee, and an employer can't rely on clauses of a contract made in breach of the article when they would hurt the employee.
Sources
- https://support.remote.com/hc/en-us/articles/4407322012941-Who-will-my-employment-contract-be-with
- https://support.remote.com/hc/en-us/articles/39266991211149-Understanding-Remote-s-Employment-Agreements
- https://support.remote.com/hc/en-us/articles/6110303672077-Can-I-change-the-Remote-offer-letter
- https://support.remote.com/hc/en-us/articles/6301120203917-What-is-a-Remote-offer-letter
- https://help.letsdeel.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4407745374353-How-to-Create-an-Employer-Of-Record-EOR-Contract
- https://help.letsdeel.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4407737620113-Onboarding-Guide-For-EOR-Clients
- https://code.travail.gouv.fr/code-du-travail/l1221-3
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