To do it legally & properly it is a pain and does require a lot of setup and isn't generally super cost effective. I highly suggest no small business try to "h

To do it legally & properly it is a pain and does require a lot of setup and isn't generally super cost effective. I highly suggest no small business try to "hire" internationally at least based on my experiences dealing with it. If you want to use international people do a contract type relationship which while it can still put you under tax scrutiny it is a lot easier to manage and do. Either way you will need legal advice because the moment you start having someone in another legal jurisdiction start doing work for you there comes with it different IP laws, protections or the lack there of and stuff like that. So you need legal advice to protect the business both at home and abroad. This is at least as a US Company, I don't know about how UK or Australian businesses might differ.