Deel offers several contract types depending on your unique needs, and if you need to hire employees or contractors.

You can create three types of full-time employee contracts:

• Employer of Record (EOR) Employee model
  • Deel is the legal employer of record and provides all mandatory and statutory benefits in a worker's specific country

• Global Payroll Direct Employee model
  • Employees are hired using a company's own local entity and paid through Deel

• Deel HR Direct Employee Model
  • Employees are managed on Deel but paid through a local payroll provider

You can create three different types of independent contractor contracts:

• Fixed Rate contract
  • Contractor and client agree to a predetermined base rate for work, which recurs each pay cycle

• Pay As You Go contract
  • Contractors are paid at a variable rate based on the working days, hours, or tasks submitted

• Milestone contract
  • Contractor is paid a predetermined amount when they reach particular milestones along a project timeline
    
    
• Contractors Paid Outside Deel contracts

  • Flexible worker category designed for overseeing individuals hired through external agencies or providers. This includes consultants, freelancers, support agents, and more worker types. These contractors won't have Deel-compliant contracts, and they will not have access to Deel platform.