Oyster HR

Oyster HR is a global employment platform and employer of record, founded in 2019. The company enables firms to hire, pay and look after employees and contractors in more than 180 countries without establishing local legal entities. Its technical work spans payroll technology, compliance automation, HR technology and benefits administration, all delivered through a single platform that handles onboarding, payroll, benefits and compliance support.

The Employer of Record (EOR) service is the core of the offering, covering compliant employment of both staff and contractors across 180+ countries. The wider platform is designed to close the gap between global talent and the concentration of job opportunities in a small number of wealthy cities, allowing companies to engage workers wherever they are based.

Oyster HR operates as a fully distributed organisation, with team members in more than 60 countries, and is a Certified B Corporation. The company states a mission of creating a more equal world by making it possible for companies everywhere to hire people anywhere, and holds that distributing work opportunities has positive effects on people, communities, local economies and the environment.