Cross-border employment, EOR arrangements, permanent establishment risk, and compensation strategies for founders managing distributed teams.
A payroll manager I work with runs a Singapore-headquartered group with entities in Hong Kong and Malta. Last year, a…
A founder building out her Singapore operations called me last month with a question that surfaces more than any other…
The call I get every time a founder hires their first international employee goes something like this: the candidate lives…
A founder I worked with in Singapore ran payroll for three US-based remote employees through her Pte Ltd’s US subsidiary.…
Most disputes over UAE end-of-service payments that land in front of the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) trace…
A founder I work with runs a seven-person product team split across Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai. Her question was…
You have a Singapore Pte Ltd and you need to bring in foreign staff. Three Ministry of Manpower (MOM) pass…
A founder I advised last year had structured his Singapore entity cleanly, kept his own payroll compliant, and built a…
The first question most founders ask after committing to Asia or the Gulf is deceptively simple: Singapore or Dubai? The…
A reader wrote to me last week asking whether Thailand, Malaysia, or Indonesia was the better base for 2026. He…
Misclassifying a worker as an independent contractor when the relationship is factually employment costs businesses back taxes, unpaid statutory benefits,…
Singapore’s Employment Pass eligibility criteria changed substantially in 2023. The COMPASS points-based assessment, mandatory from September 2023, evaluates EP applicants…
