This article explains how clients can initiate an on-platform transfer of their existing employees to Deel EOR.

In countries where contract transfers are allowed, the employees who are currently employed directly or indirectly by the client's organization can be transferred to the Deel Employer of Record entity.

Please note that this process of transferring existing employees to Deel EOR will formally constitute a new employee agreement with Deel. 

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Transferring existing employees to Deel EOR

Frequently Asked Questions

Transferring existing employees to Deel EOR

✅ Step 1 – Create a new EOR employee contract

Create a new EOR contract to initiate the transfer of existing employees. Enter the employee's personal details and contact information, and also provide specific details and the job role and requirements.

✅ Step 2 – Specify that the employee is employed by your organization 

In the Desired start date section, please specify that the employee is currently employed directly or indirectly by your organization.

Enter the seniority date of the existing employee. Seniority date is when the employee started their employment with your organization.

Seniority date is taken as a source of truth for the notice period (if tenure-based country) and severance calculation. 

Clients can also state if a transferred employee is still on probation, the probation rules will be applied according to local regulations. 

✅ Step 3 – Review the agreement details 

You can now review the standard employee agreement.

If the existing employee's notice period is tenure-based, this will be reflected in the Agreement details section along with their Agreement start date, probation period, and notice period. 

Transferring the existing employees requires a new employee agreement with Deel. Therefore, we can allow only limited changes such as extending the notice period and increasing severance in the employee agreement.

Frequently Asked Questions

[ACCORDION] Can the employee's seniority date accrue seniority-based benefits?

No, the employee's seniority date is only used for the calculation of the severance. The employee's seniority date does not establish any seniority rights to holiday entitlement, local (governmental) benefits, allowances, bonuses, pension accrual or any salary increment.

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