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> Taxes and employment laws are really not an issue, there are plenty of ways around it, especially if you are a small startup. Of course there's legal ways fo
by logicalmonster 3y ago
> Taxes and employment laws are really not an issue, there are plenty of ways around it, especially if you are a small startup.
Of course there's legal ways for a company to employ somebody not in the US. But many employees at companies don't want to deal with that headache and create any extra work for themselves.
As proof of that, look at how many jobs ask for remote US workers in a list of XYZ random states. They can legally employ anybody they want to in the US, but they don't want to deal with taking the time out figuring out how to deal with hiring somebody from say Alabama or South Dakota if they've never done that before.
- twunde 3y agoTo clarify, the reason that remote jobs list random states is because those are the states that the company has already done the payroll/HR paperwork for. They can add others, but its a fair amount of work by legal, finance and HR. If you're only hiring 1 person from that state, its a lot of hassle for relatively minimal benefit. This is part of the reason why PEO companies like Justworks are extremely beneficial for remote companies since they're already pre-registered in every US state. Also if you're founding a company where you want remote workers you should skip directly to a PEO since otherwise its a time-suck of issues.
- SkyPuncher 3y agoThere are also some potential legal issues. In some states, having an employee in that state effectively establishes you as having an office in the state. That may mean your subject to certain rules and requirements of that state.