How much does switching EOR providers cost, and how many months does it take?
Summary
Summary
In cash: the risk of two providers' fees landing in the same month, the new provider's deposit, and up to 60 days before the old provider's deposit comes back. In time: the resignation at the old provider is dated to the payroll cutoff (Remote), and onboarding at the new one takes three working days through an owned entity or 13 to 15 through a partner (Multiplier), with Deel's 30-day notice running first if you are leaving Deel. For a $90,000 US hire moving from Deel to RemoFirst, the extra cash in the switching month is a deposit (unconfirmed at RemoFirst) plus $599 of overlap if the dates are wrong, and the cash that returns is Deel's deposit of $8,676 or more, 60 days later.
What actually happens
An EOR employee is employed by the EOR's entity. Moving to another EOR ends one employment and begins another. Remote's help center says an employee moving to another EOR "need[s] to submit a resignation request on the Remote platform," the same route as moving in-house, and the employee starts it, not the company.
How the dates fall
| Step | Who | What | What sets the time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Company | At Deel, 30 days' notice to Deel before the termination | Deel's MSA |
| 2 | Employee | Resignation at the old EOR; at Remote "the proposed resignation date will depend on the payroll cutoff for your country" | Remote's cutoff is the 11th, the 16th in some countries |
| 3 | New EOR | Contract drafted and signed, employee self-enrolls | Remote sets a minimum lead time per country |
| 4 | New EOR | Onboarding | Multiplier: 3 working days or less via an owned entity, 13 to 15 via a partner |
| 5 | Old EOR | Final invoice and deposit refund | Deel: within 60 days after the termination is complete |
Remote's guidance on moving someone between its own entities states the rule for any switch: resign on the last day of one month and restart on the first of the next, because "if these dates overlap within the same month, you will be charged twice." Two different providers behave the same way; each bills for the month it employs the person.
The cash, one person, Deel to RemoFirst, $90,000 in the US
| When | Out | Back |
|---|---|---|
| 30 days before | ||
| Switching month, if the dates overlap | Deel $599 plus RemoFirst $199, $798, which is $199 more than two normal months | |
| Switching month | RemoFirst's deposit (existence and size unconfirmed; one month would be $7,500 of salary) | |
| Within 60 days | Deel's deposit: 1 to 1.5 months of all charges. Salary $7,500, statutory $577, fee $599, $8,676, times 1 to 1.5 = $8,676 to $13,014 | |
| On resignation | Deel's severance accrual, in full, where one was being billed |
Keep to the month-end rule and the fee overlap disappears. The deposits do not: the new one leaves before the old one returns, so for up to two months both are parked.
The time
Notice, 30 days at Deel, plus a resignation date aligned to the cutoff, up to nearly a month, plus onboarding at the new provider, 3 to 15 working days. A little over a month at best, two at the outside. For the employee: two contract signatures and one more round of documents.
What the switch does not change
The employee's notice period and severance follow local law. Even though the move takes the form of a resignation, service length starts again at the new provider, which in some countries affects severance and leave calculations. That is outside the fee question and outside this article; add "how is prior service treated" to the list for the new provider.
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Sources
- https://support.remote.com/hc/en-us/articles/9538310352781-How-do-I-transfer-an-employee-in-house-or-to-another-EOR
- https://support.remote.com/hc/en-us/articles/26871222438925-How-does-employee-transfer-from-one-entity-to-another-work
- https://support.remote.com/hc/en-us/articles/4410446893965-What-is-the-payroll-cutoff
- https://help.letsdeel.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4419482456721-About-EOR-Deposit-Refunds
- https://help.letsdeel.com/hc/en-gb/articles/12080901688593-About-Severance-Payment-Accrual-for-EOR-Employees
- https://help.letsdeel.com/hc/en-gb/articles/8806822576017-Frequently-Asked-Questions-About-Terminating-Employees
- https://help.usemultiplier.com/en/articles/7958203
- https://www.deel.com/pricing
- https://remote.com/pricing
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