How is Agent of Record different from Employer of Record?

Under EOR, Kharis becomes the legal employer and your worker receives statutory benefits, payroll tax withholdings, and protections. Under AOR, the worker remains genuinely self-employed — we verify that the role qualifies as contractor work, issue the contractor agreement, and process payments, without creating an employment relationship.

What happens if a contractor engagement is at risk of misclassification?

We review the scope of work, degree of control, and engagement terms against local labor law tests before onboarding. If an engagement looks more like employment than contracting, we’ll flag it and recommend moving that worker onto our EOR service instead, so you’re never left exposed.

How are contractor payments and invoicing managed across currencies?

We handle invoice verification, tax documentation, and payment disbursement in the contractor’s local currency, while allowing you to fund payments centrally in USD, EUR, GBP, or other major currencies.

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Engage Independent Contractors Without Misclassification Risk

Independent contractors give you flexibility, until a misclassification claim turns that flexibility into a liability. As your Agent of Record, Kharis sits between your business and your contractors: we verify worker classification, issue compliant contractor agreements, and process payments, so you get the speed of contractor engagement without carrying the legal exposure of an employment relationship you didn’t intend to create.

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How is Agent of Record different from Employer of Record?
Under EOR, Kharis becomes the legal employer and your worker receives statutory benefits, payroll tax withholdings, and protections. Under AOR, the worker remains genuinely self-employed — we verify that the role qualifies as contractor work, issue the contractor agreement, and process payments, without creating an employment relationship.
What happens if a contractor engagement is at risk of misclassification?
We review the scope of work, degree of control, and engagement terms against local labor law tests before onboarding. If an engagement looks more like employment than contracting, we’ll flag it and recommend moving that worker onto our EOR service instead, so you’re never left exposed.
How are contractor payments and invoicing managed across currencies?
We handle invoice verification, tax documentation, and payment disbursement in the contractor’s local currency, while allowing you to fund payments centrally in USD, EUR, GBP, or other major currencies.

Worker Classification Review

Compliant Contractor Agreements

Multi-Currency Contractor Payments

Invoice & Tax Documentation Handling

Misclassification Risk Protection

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Local Insight, Not Just a Payment Rail

A payment platform can pay a contractor. It can’t tell you whether that engagement should have been an employment contract in the first place. Our in-market teams understand host-country labor tests and flag risk before it becomes a dispute — backed by the same on-the-ground presence we bring to every service line.

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Your Path to Compliant Contractor Engagement

Classification Review

We assess the role, scope of work, and level of control to confirm the engagement qualifies as genuine independent contracting under local law.

Issue Contractor Agreement

We draft and issue a compliant contractor agreement that protects both your business and the contractor.

Onboard & Verify

We collect tax and identity documentation and verify the contractor’s registration status where required.

Process Payments

We manage invoicing, disbursement, and record-keeping for every payment cycle.

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Working with independent contractors abroad?

Engage global talent on flexible terms without taking on misclassification risk.

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Speak with our AOR specialists to review your current contractor arrangements and confirm they are built to withstand regulatory scrutiny.

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