Put a legal intermediary between you and every contractor — from $25/month.
Managing contractors is not the same as being legally responsible for them. Salary.io stands between you and your global team, absorbing misclassification and IP risk in 150+ countries — live in 48 hours.
The cost of getting it wrong
What happens when your “Contractor Management” fails you
Misclassification penalties are real, growing, and devastating. Here are actual enforcement cases:
- USA$228MFedEx Ground
Misclassified ~2,300 California drivers as independent contractors; settled in 2015.
- UK£87.9MUK Government (DWP)
Billed by HMRC for incorrectly assessing contractors' IR35 employment status (2017–2020).
- USA$97MMicrosoft
The 'permatemp' case — long-term temps misclassified and denied employee benefits.
- UK£615MUber
After the UK Supreme Court ruled its drivers were workers, Uber settled VAT with HMRC (2022).
Managing contractors isn't the same as being responsible for them
Most companies assume their contractor platform keeps them compliant. It doesn't. Most tools just collect documents and run payouts — when a tax authority or court comes knocking, the liability sits with you.
- Document collection ≠ legal coverage
- Misclassification fines land on your company, not the platform
- IP clauses signed in the wrong jurisdiction are unenforceable
Liability stays with your company.
Salary.io becomes the legal intermediary
Your company contracts with Salary.io. Salary.io contracts with each contractor in their own jurisdiction. Misclassification, permanent-establishment and AML/KYC obligations sit with us — across 150+ countries, live in 48 hours.
- One Service Agreement covers 150+ countries
- We absorb misclassification and PE risk
- Live in 48 hours — no new entity required
From $25 per contractor / month — everything included
Localized contracts, multi-currency payouts, IP protection, AML/KYC and employee-grade benefits in one entry price. No per-country setup, no per-transfer surcharges, no minimum seats.
- from $25 / month per contractor
- Localized contracts and IP that holds up locally
- Employee-grade benefits your contractors want
Everything included
- Localized contracts
- Multi-currency payouts
- IP protection
- AML & KYC
- Employee-grade benefits
- Live in 48 hours
No per-country setup · no per-transfer fees · no minimum seats.
Managing contractors isn't the same as covering the risk
See how Salary.io becomes the legal intermediary and absorbs misclassification and permanent-establishment risk — on your real contractor list, in 30 minutes.