1. I'm not a lawyer. 2. If you want to hire someone abroad (outside of the business' country) then contractor. 3. If you hire enough contractors, you may be f

1. I'm not a lawyer. 2. If you want to hire someone abroad (outside of the business' country) then contractor. 3. If you hire enough contractors, you may be forced to set up an entity or use a PEO. Local governments see that as skirting employment law. (I work at an all-remote company that is pretty transparent, and people lambast us all the time because they are upset we don't hire in $a_country_they_think_we_should and it's almost always "tax and labor law is complex, we can't hire there until we understand the implications better.")