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How to Hire a New Employee on Global Payroll

Global Payroll hires start with a short questionnaire that routes you to the right hiring flow. Use this path for a single employee. If you're onboarding multiple employees for the same entity at once, use Bulk Hire instead.

How to add a new employee

  1. Go to Onboarding

  2. Select Employee
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  3. Select Ready to Hire

  4. Select Hire with My Legal Entity
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  5. In Global Payroll, click Continue to Hire
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  6. In the modal that appears, select the country, then the entity

  7. Choose Individual

  8. Complete the onboarding form with all required information

  9. Submit the form
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What happens next

Three cards show the client submitting a hire and sending an invitation, the employee activating the account and triggering a client notification, then the client linking the correct payroll cycle. A note states that activation precedes the separate client linking action.

After the employee activates the account, the client must link that employee to the correct payroll cycle. Hiring and cycle linking are separate steps.

  • Your new employee receives an email invitation to activate their Remote People account

  • Once they activate their account, you'll get an email notification prompting you to link them to the correct payroll cycle

  • Some payroll actions may not be available for that employee until activation is complete

Hiring an employee doesn't automatically place them into a payroll cycle; linking them to a cycle is a separate, self-service step you complete once they've activated their account.

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