Co-employees cannot hire international workers. Employers of record (EORs), also called international PEOs, are similar to PEOs but allow international hiring and additional legal protection. PEOs are co-employers of people who work for you. They are not the sole employers nor do they have foreign entities in other countries, which you need wherever your employees reside. EORs, on the other hand, employ the people who work for you, so partnering with an EOR lets you hire workers wherever the EOR has established a local entity or partnership. Deel, for example, has local entities and partners across the US and in over 150 other countries. With Deel as your EOR, you don’t have to set up a branch office in a new country to hire there. In addition, EORs: Provide better employee benefits and insurance Help improve employee experience Handle all international compliance and legal responsibilities Have no minimum employee requirements (PEOs typically require you have 5-10 employees minimum) Learn more about the difference between PEOs and EORs.