Hiring in Norway with an Employer of Record (EOR)

Hiring in Norway? An EOR can help you get started quickly.

Norway, a Scandinavian country known for its high standard of living, strong economy, and beautiful landscapes, offers numerous opportunities for businesses looking to expand their global operations. With its highly skilled workforce, innovative industries, and strong social welfare system, Norway is an attractive destination for international companies.

If you have a need to expand the business into Norway, an Employer of Record or EOR can help you navigate the complex regulatory landscape and streamline your hiring process. By partnering with an EOR, you can quickly and efficiently hire talent in Norway. An EOR will serve as the legal employer for your Norwegian workforce, handling HR and compliance responsibilities. While the EOR ensures all HR-related regulatory compliance, this gives you back the time you could use to focus on your core business.

Why choose an EOR for hiring in Norway

Embarking on a global expansion into Norway can be tricky for businesses of all sizes, especially small employers and medium-sized enterprises when navigating the country’s unique labor laws and regulations. These kinds of organizations usually lack the in-house expertise and internal resources to do so efficiently and quickly. Partnering with an EOR to make new hires in Norway can streamline HR processes and allow businesses to focus on what they’re naturally good at. An EOR can help businesses:

• Onboard swiftly to hire top talent rapidly in Norway by not having to establish a local entity yourself.
• Streamlined HR operations by outsourcing the efficient management of payroll, benefits, and related compliance.
• Mitigate and minimize risk by ensuring full compliance with Norwegian labor laws and tax regulations, through the EOR.
• Focus on strategic business objectives because HR and compliance responsibilities have been delegated to the EOR.

For these purposes, the EOR is the legal employer for your Norwegian workforce and handles HR and compliance responsibilities. Because of this, you have the time to concentrate on the business, all the while maintaining regulatory compliance with employment law in Norway.

Choosing between an EOR and PEO in Norway

When expanding into Norway, businesses have two primary options: an EOR and a professional employer organization, or PEO. Any company looking to expand quickly on a global scale really needs to understand the main differences between an EOR and PEO.

The choice that makes sense for an organization that aims to delegate all risk for compliance with employment law in Norway is an EOR.

How to select the right EOR provider in Norway

When choosing which EOR is best for your Norwegian expansion, several key factors come into play. The wrong EOR is apt to cause you difficulties with compliance, ratcheting costs, and a challenges in maintaining a positive employee experience.

It’s crucial to assess the EOR’s understanding of Norwegian labor laws, regulations, and cultural nuances, especially as they overlap with challenges in your industry specifically. Additionally, the EOR’s ability to provide reliable customer support and dedicated account management is critical. Your examination of the EOR should also cover whether your potential future partner’s pricing is straightforward and whether total cost of ownership is affordable while balanced with a high-quality, effective service. Here’s what to look for:

• Legal Compliance: The EOR must have extensive knowledge of Norwegian labor laws, regulations, and workplace culture. Also, look for a provider with a deep understanding of your industry specifically, when it comes to compliance with employment law in Norway.
• Customer Service: A reliable EOR should offer 24-7 human-first support and dedicated account managers for every customer. Multiplier customer service is human-first and open around the clock seven days per week, for example. A dedicated manager handles your account, and Multiplier uses no bots.
• Transparent pricing: Many EORs seem to be extra affordable at first, but unexpected fees and other unanticipated costs can accumulate over a short period of time. When vetting the right EOR for your needs, be sure to get to the bottom of the actual initial cost you will incur.
• Total Cost of Ownership: Initial costs are important. So are the long-term value and potential hidden costs associated with an EOR provider. Avoid choosing a bargain-basement provider. This kind of EOR may compromise on quality of service or compliance. Invest instead in a reliable EOR that can deliver high-quality value and truly mitigate your risks in Norway.

How EOR services work in Norway

Step 1: Send that contract over

Once you’ve found the ideal candidate and the perfect EOR, a locally compliant employment contract can be generated quickly. In less than five minutes, Multiplier’s automated HR functions will produce a contract fully compliant with Norwegian labor law. You’ll then have the ability to customize terms such as job responsibilities, working hours, remuneration, and conditions for termination. After all is to your specifications, the EOR will securely send the contract for signature, streamlining the onboarding process.

Step 2: Enhance compensation with competitive benefits

It is in your best interest to offer a competitive benefits package in Norway. Doing so attracts top talent. Your EOR can do this for you, sparing you the direct work of sifting through and vetting a slew of local vendors in order to select the very best suitable benefits that align with local regulations and employee preferences.

Step 3: Get all your documentation in order

Now is the time to streamline your onboarding process with the help of your EOR. Multiplier will collect necessary documentation, including tax and banking information, to set up payroll and facilitate a frictionless start for your new hires. Navigating Norway’s complex process for onboarding employees can seem like too much to manage on your own, which is why you’re turning to an EOR to navigate this process for you.

Step 4: Run payroll for employees based in Norway

The thought of navigating Norway’s complex payroll landscape on your own may seem overwhelming. Partnering with an EOR alleviates this concern for you by ensuring accurate and timely salary payments. Multiplier handles all local payroll and tax obligations. With a global payroll solution, you can manage payroll for your entire global workforce from a single platform.

Step 5: Manage your employees and leave HR compliance to the EOR

Multiplier handles all aspects of post-hire onboarding and payroll. This means our employees in Norway receive their paychecks on time and accurately calculated every time, from the first one to the last. Plus, Multiplier will make sure you’re compliant with applicable local labor law if ever you must terminate an employee in Norway or a member of staff there leaves voluntarily.

Moving forward with Multiplier EOR in Norway

For businesses seeking to expand quickly into Norway, an EOR is a strategic solution. By outsourcing HR and compliance functions, you can streamline operations, mitigate risks, and focus on core business activities.

Expand your workforce in Norway seamlessly with Multiplier’s Employer of Record (EOR) services. You can hire top talent without the need to establish a local legal entity. Multiplier facilitates smooth hiring, onboarding, and employee management processes, along with locally compliant contracts, managed payroll, and a range of customizable benefits tailored to Norwegian standards.

Book a demo today and learn how Multiplier can be the partner to help you achieve your goals for global expansion in Norway.