Quite a few countries have strong workers protection laws like France and Brazil, favoring FTE as those get additional benefits and social protections. Misclass

Quite a few countries have strong workers protection laws like France and Brazil, favoring FTE as those get additional benefits and social protections. Misclassifying full time employees as contractors may get company in a lengthy cross border disputes. There are a few EOR (employer of record) providers, who can act on hiring company behalf and hire a worker directly in a different country using their entity.