Global HR Services and Consulting
We Cover All Things HR to Make Your International Expansion Successful
Looking to hire international employees? With in-country experts across 135 countries, IRIS Global Workforce Management provides expert global HR management and consulting to businesses of all sizes, helping you make the very most of the global market.
Trusted global HR management & consulting services.
We help businesses of all sizes achieve their international expansion goals.
Looking for a Global HR Service?
Contact us and you’ll receive expert advice in less than 24hrs.
Eliminate risk and make it simple. Do global HR your way
Expanding your business overseas poses many risks if not managed correctly. From country-compliant employment contracts, to language barriers and compliance with regional laws and expectations, ensuring full compliance in global HR is vital.
If you don’t undertake compliant HR when expanding globally, you’re at serious risk of expensive fines, tax penalties, business devaluation, reputation damage, and more.
That’s where our global HR offering comes in. Whether it’s our pay-as-you go HR consultancy service or fixed HR service, discover how we can help your business.
Meeting your global business challenges
Our global HR services aren’t one-size-fits-all. Select which services will help your business thrive globally.
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HR employment law and compliance
As your company expands to new countries, you’re responsible for mastering the local, area, and federal laws in those countries, which can feel daunting. That’s where we step in.
Our services can assist you in maintaining full compliance across 135 countries.
We’ll manage and resolve any compliance needs you have so you can spend your time focusing on growing your business.
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Onboarding, ongoing and off-boarding
Managing your employees overseas doesn’t end after the onboarding process. IRIS handles everything from employment contracts to redundancy, managing both onboarding and offboarding seamlessly, and everything in between.
Onboarding
- Employment rights and obligations
- Compliance check
- HR policies
- Offer letters
- Employment contracts
- New hire induction
Ongoing
- Probation management
- HR casework
- Employee engagement training and development
- Performance & absence management
Off-boarding
- Resignation and redundancy
- Performance and disciplinary dismissal
- RIF (Reduction in Force)
- Staff transfers to subsidiaries
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Compensation and employee benefits
Hitting the basic requirements of international expansion is just the start. Recognizing high performance is crucial for retaining talent and, ultimately, achieving business success. Discover how we can help you manage this with compensation and employee benefits.
Strategy
- Expat & domestic employee compensation and employee benefits strategy
- Execution design options
Advisory
- Pay equity
- Total reward systems
- Employee benefits and rewards benchmarking
- Pension funds
- Healthcare packages
- Management of the application and implementation of these programs
Administration
- Ongoing management
- Renewals
- Product suitability
- Onboarding and off-boarding
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Global mobility and immigration
From expatriate management to relocation assistance, IRIS will assist you in navigating the challenges posed by global mobility and immigration.
Expatriate management
- Practical & personal support: before, during and after repatriation
- Home and host country taxation
- Strategic and legal risk management
- Finance and cost
Immigration services
- Immigration costs
- Documentation and applications
- Passports
- Visas and work permits
- Family considerations, including schooling and pets
- Medical care and insurance
Relocation support
- COLA Analysis
- Relocation policy creation and benchmarking
- Property and housing services
- Language and cross-cultural training
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Strategic M&A consulting
Manage mergers and acquisitions across the globe without a hitch. With expert advice from our in-country teams here at IRIS, we can help manage your global move.
Pre-transaction
- International expansion strategies
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As)
- Carve-outs
- Divestitures
- Spin-offs
- IPOs
Post-transaction
- Terms & Conditions due diligence
- Terms & Conditions migration
- Compensation & Benefits
- Compliance audits
Other considerations
- Culture matching
- Change management
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Staff retention
Download our global HR management brochure.
Multi-country HR advice at your fingertips. Download our brochure to discover more about the international HR support services we offer.
The fully flexible option
If you have a particular HR project you’re looking to complete, we can match the relevant professional and associated fees, giving you an estimate of the time and costs of the project before you proceed.
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What you need, when you need it
Want to pre-purchase a block of consulting time to be called upon as and when you need? We have you covered with a discount on our blended hourly rate and allow you to roll over any unused time.
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HR and benefit compliance in a simple monthly package
Our HR Assurance consultancy package gives you unlimited access to dedicated multi-country HR support when you need it.
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A trusted market leader in global HR consultancy services.
Discover why businesses choose IRIS to support their global expansion.
90,000
Happy customers from all industry sectors all across the globe
135
Countries where we can deliver ‘in-country’ payroll & HR services
6.9B
Or 90% of the global workforce covered by our payroll & HR solutions
$282M
in global payment disbursements paid per annum by IRIS
1978
Over four decades of helping customers grow with our payroll & HR solutions
Industry-recognised Awards & Accreditations
Why choose IRIS Global Workforce Management as your global HR provider?
We offer a complete global HR management service. This means that you have access to multi-country HR support whenever you need it.
Simplified, Accelerated People Performance
Seamlessly, compliantly onboarding your organization and people to rapidly unlock your talent investment by reducing their time to value.
Trusted Excellence in Global HR & Benefits
We take the complexity away from local HR & benefits, ensuring your growing global workforce receive the guidance they need.
Global Expertise, Local Knowledge
Our qualified & experienced global HR specialists work in partnership with you to maximize your global workforce’s full potential.
Solutions That Flex With Your Growth
Flexible people-led pay & HR solutions supporting you across the employee & global expansion lifecycle.
Local knowledge, one single point of contact
Our global expertise spans 135 countries worldwide.
Our in-country, local experts are made up of HR, payroll, legal and immigration specialists who will work tirelessly to ensure that your business remains compliant at all times. Meanwhile, you have one singular point of contact to provide you with the advice and support you need, when you need it.
Turkey 
Belgium 
Portugal 
Germany 
South Africa 
Australia 
China 
Spain 
Ireland 
Mexico 
Canada 
Singapore 
France 
United Arab Emirates More than global HR support.
At IRIS, we provide a complete global solution. We’ll have you make the most out of your international expansion and accelerate your success in no time.
| Payroll Onboarding | Basic | Essentials | Select |
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| Payroll Onboarding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Payroll Processing & Calculation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Request & Receipt of Funds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Employee & Local Authority Payments | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| End of Year Statutory Reporting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enquire | Enquire | Enquire |
It’s important for us to work with a team that really understands French payroll, tax and government legislation, and FMP does. They take our needs as a client seriously and fulfil them.
Yvonne Davit, Payroll Administrator at Hootsuite
I cannot say enough positives about our experience with FMP. Everyone prioritises providing the highest level of customer service… We could not have chosen a better business partner for our needs
Pat Pucci, Human Resources Director, Maritz Global Events
“We soon noticed the benefits of having the different payrolls under one bureau; we could use the same format to submit changes to all of them… We have experts on-hand to deal with any queries that come up, and they run our payrolls efficiently and correctly every month.”
Sarah Clarke, Payroll Manager at Westcoast Limited
“We have one Account Manager to deal with, rather than having a different one for each location. The Account Manager is always very helpful & all communication is in English.”
Leonie Lennon Senior Payroll & Benefits Administrator
“We love that IRIS is fully managed, it requires minimal work from us, everything is so effortless and seamless! It’s saved us so much time not having to learn and look into how to manage international payroll, everything is handled for us.”
Naomi Van EA and Office Manager Up Learn
“FMP is very easy to do business with and responds to emails on a timely bases. Very willing to answer any questions and concerns we have concerning payroll and reports”
Kim Adrian Sr. Payroll Specialist RF-SMART
Speak to our global HR experts today.
For more information on our global HR services, speak to us today and discover how we can enhance your global expansion.