Employer of Record (EOR) in Italy
Whether you’re a company that wants to hire or an individual who wants to get employment status in Italy, Native Teams has you covered. We provide fully compliant EOR solutions, helping you focus on your core business without worrying about administration and legal obligations.
How does an EOR in Italy work?
Partnering up with an EOR provider like Native Teams will let you hire employees from Italy without opening your own legal entity there. We will handle the most time-consuming tasks, including payroll processing, employment contracts, employee onboarding, and compliance with local labour laws. As a business owner, you are retaining your employees' daily management, which will allow you to focus on your core business operations fully.
EOR providers are also a great option for freelancers, remote workers, and digital nomads who want to secure a regularly “employed” status in Italy while retaining their flexibility to work for their own clients. With Native Teams as your EOR, you can enjoy all the perks as if you were employed by any company in Italy, including health insurance, pension, and contributions, while you keep your freedom to work for your own clients or on the global freelance marketplace.
Who can use EOR Services in Italy?
Native Teams’ EOR solutions cater to both individuals who seek legal employment status and businesses who want to hire and expand their presence globally.
Businesses
Native Teams can help you hire team members from Italy, whether you’re a startup, a small company, or a large enterprise. With our EOR solutions, you can skip the complex process of opening your own legal entity to hire individuals from Italy. Instead, Native Teams will handle the entire employment management process, including providing employment contracts, processing payroll for your employees, and ensuring you stay compliant with all the local employment laws.
Individuals
Native Teams can also be your Employer of Record in Italy, whether you’re a freelancer working on online platforms, a contractor collaborating with multiple clients, or a digital nomad who works on the go but wants to enjoy the perks of legal employment in Italy. Through our legal entities in Italy, you can secure legal employment status, a fully compliant employment contract, and all the benefits of being employed in Italy. With this, you’re also ensuring that all your taxes, social security contributions, and other statutory obligations are handled by our professional team. Our EOR solutions empower you to fully focus on delivering high-quality work for your clients while we handle the rest.
Features of Native Teams’ EOR services in Italy
Employment status
Our EOR solutions provide individuals with a legally employed status, employment contracts, and all the other perks of being regularly employed in Italy. Employers can also compliantly hire, onboard, and pay their team members in Italy without having to open their own company in the country.
HR administration and documentation
Our simplified platform will automate your HR administration and provide all the necessary documentation you need for compliance. With Native Teams, you can access everything you need with just a few simple clicks.
Global payroll
Native Teams provides fully localised payroll calculators for 70+ countries, including Italy. With our payroll calculator, both freelancers and employers can easily determine salaries, taxes, benefits, and other statutory deductions for themselves or their employees in the country.
Benefits
With Native Teams as an EOR, every freelancer can enjoy healthcare, insurance, pension, and other regular employment benefits while being able to work for their own clients. Employers can offer these benefits as well, helping them attract and retain the best global talent on the market with minimum effort on their part.
Explore our detailed hiring guide to learn more about the Italian labour laws and regulations.
What legal requirements exist for employment in Italy
Company registration
Italian employment laws require having a registered company before hiring employees in the country.
Social security and tax registration
After registering a company, employers must register with the Italian social security authorities and obtain a tax identification number.
Employment contracts
Italian labour laws require employees to be provided with an employment contract to define the key terms of the arrangement. Employment contracts in Italy can be either permanent or temporary.
Social security contributions
Employers in Italy are obligated to withhold social security contributions for healthcare, pension, and unemployment benefits from the gross salaries of their employees and remit them to the National Institute for Social Security.
Income taxes
Employers are also responsible for withholding and remitting income tax to the country’s tax authorities on behalf of their employees.
Local labour laws
Italian labour laws impose requirements regarding minimum wages, benefits, working hours, notice periods, and termination of employment. Employers need to understand and abide by these requirements to stay compliant.
Please note that all these requirements may vary depending on the job type, the employer, and individual circumstances.
Why Choose Native Teams as your Italy Employer of Record?
With legal entities in more than 70 countries worldwide, Native Teams helps local and global companies hire and expand their international workforce.
Our professional teams of tax and legal experts will help you comply with all the legal requirements for hiring and paying your Italian employees while also taking care of tasks such as HR admin, employment management, payroll, tax compliance, and more.
What is an Employer of Record?
An Employer of Record (EOR) is a service provider that takes over the legal responsibility of employing team members on behalf of another company. An EOR provider will take care of the administrative and compliance tasks of the client company, including payroll processing, tax withholding, benefits administration, and keeping the client compliant with all the local labour laws.
In addition to working with global businesses, some EORs, like Native Teams, provide employment solutions for individuals like freelancers, remote workers, and digital nomads. With Native Teams, individuals can also obtain legally “employed” status, including all the perks of traditional employment in their residential countries.
What are the costs of using an Employer or Record in Italy?
The costs for using an EOR in Italy can be different, depending on factors like the specific EOR provider, the number of employees, and the services the client company requires. As an EOR provider that operates in 70+ countries worldwide, Native Teams is recognised for its flexible and transparent pricing structure, which can be completely adjusted to fit your unique business needs.
Starting at only €79 per employee per month, every global business can get an all-in-one solution for hiring and onboarding team members, including the whole management of the employment process in compliance with Italian labour laws.
Besides EOR solutions for business owners, Native Teams also helps individuals get formally employed in Italy. Our all-inclusive package of employment tools and features for individuals can be accessed starting at only €49 per month.
What is the difference between PEO and EOR?
An EOR provider will assume the role of legal employer for your company, which includes the full responsibility for hiring employees, managing payroll, administering benefits, and withholding taxes. As such, EOR providers are mostly beneficial for companies that want to employ individuals from different countries but don’t have their own legal entity in the country of employment.
PEO providers cover only a part of these responsibilities, including HR tasks like payroll and benefits administration. The client company remains the legal employer of the new hires while sharing the responsibility for employment management and compliance with the PEO provider. As such, PEO providers are beneficial for businesses that have their own legal entity in the country of employment but need expert assistance to handle their employment management and HR operations.
What are the responsibilities of an Employer of Record (EOR) service provider?
The main responsibility of an EOR provider is to assume the role of the legal employer for your team members in a certain country. This means that your team members will be formally employed through the legal entity of the EOR provider in the specific country. The EOR provider will also take care of benefits administration, employment contracts, payroll, onboarding and offboarding processes, compliance with local laws, and other core functions.
In simple terms, an EOR provider takes over all the administrative and compliance tasks of employment management and provides additional HR support if needed.
Is using an Employer of Record in Italy legal?
Yes, using Employer of Record services in Italy is completely legal. In fact, the main responsibility of EORs like Native Teams is to help individuals and businesses stay compliant with local labour laws while handling their employment management. With the help of an EOR provider, every business can compliantly hire team members, while freelancers and solo professionals can regulate their employment status and receive healthcare and pensions in Italy.
Why should I use EOR instead of opening my own company or an office in Italy?
Establishing your own company in Italy is a complex and lengthy process that requires resources and legal expertise. The establishment process includes administrative procedures like company registration with the authorities, obtaining a tax identification number, opening a business bank account, and sometimes even providing a physical office for your business.
EOR providers eliminate this complex process and help you establish your business presence in Italy more quickly and cost-effectively. With Native Teams as an EOR, you can employ any individual through our legal entities in Italy and have your payroll, taxes, and employee benefits handled without any worries about local compliance.
In simple words, EOR providers offer the required expertise and infrastructure to hire in Italy so you can save time and money and focus on your core business duties.
How many people can I employ in Italy?
There is no specific limit on the number of employees you can hire in Italy or any other country. With Native Teams’ EOR solutions, you can easily secure legal employment for yourself and employ as many individuals as your business requires.