Employer of Record (EOR)
Hire in India without setting up a company
We become the legal employer of your Indian engineers. You direct the work. We handle everything else.
Setting up an Indian entity just to hire your first few engineers is overkill — it takes 6–12 months, requires a local Resident Director, and locks you into 35+ annual compliance filings from day one. Our EOR service lets you skip all of that.
Under our EOR model, Peple is the employer of record on paper. Your engineers are on our payroll, covered under our compliance registrations, and protected under India's Labour Codes. You manage their work. We manage their employment.
What's included
Compliant Employment Contracts
Offer letters and employment agreements drafted under India's current Labour Codes — including fixed-term and permanent options.
End-to-End Payroll
Monthly salary processing, tax deduction at source (TDS), payslips, and direct bank transfers. Full visibility via your dashboard.
Statutory Benefits
Provident Fund (PF), Employee State Insurance (ESI), gratuity, and paid leave — all managed and filed correctly.
Employee Benefits Administration
Manage healthcare, group insurance, social benefits, and more — customized to your budget and policies. We handle enrolment, renewals, and queries.
HR Support & HRMS Access
A centralized HR platform (HRIS) for all employee data, documentation, and records — plus a dedicated HR support team to handle day-to-day employee queries. Your engineers have a real person to call. You have a single system of record.
Live Dashboard
Real-time access to attendance, leave balances, salary sheets, and compliance status. No chasing your vendor for reports.
Smooth Offboarding
Full and final settlement, relieving letters, and experience certificates handled correctly — no loose ends when someone leaves.
48-Hour Onboarding
From signed offer letter to first day — in 48 hours. We've eliminated the wait, not the work.
The exit ramp is built in.
When your team hits 40+ people, we transition everyone to your own Indian entity with zero disruption. No other EOR offers this as a standard feature.
How our EOR solution works in India
Source candidate
Tell us the role, seniority, and salary range. We help you find the right engineer through our India talent network — or you bring your own hire.
Onboarding
We issue a compliant employment contract, register the employee under PF, ESI, and TDS, and get them on payroll — all within 48 hours of a signed offer letter.
Legal employment
Peple is the legal employer on paper. You direct the work. We handle every government filing, statutory contribution, and payroll run — month after month.
Trusted by US & UK tech teams hiring in India
"The 48-hour onboarding is real. We had our first Pune-based engineer live in our system before the week was out. Peple handled everything — contract, PF registration, the works."
"We tried three other EOR vendors before Peple. None of them understood the compliance side the way Peple does — TDS, PF, gratuity, labour codes. One invoice, zero surprises."
"The BOT model is what sold us. We knew we'd want our own Indian entity eventually, and Peple had that transition built in from day one. When we hit 40 engineers, the handover was seamless."
"Hardware management was the game-changer. No customs headache, no tracking spreadsheets. Laptops arrive configured. When someone leaves, Peple recovers it. Simple."
"We onboarded 12 engineers in three months. The Peple dashboard gives us payroll visibility and compliance status that rivals our US HR system. I didn't expect that from an India EOR."
"Peple aren't just a vendor — they genuinely understand the challenges of a US startup hiring in India for the first time. They guided us through every step without overwhelming us."
Transparent EOR Pricing
Estimate your costs instantly. No hidden fees.
Related reading
The Complete Guide to Hiring Engineers in India in 2026
ReadEOR vs Entity in India — When to Switch
ReadPermanent Establishment Risk in India for US Companies
ReadIndia Payroll Compliance Checklist for US Companies
ReadRegulatory resources
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