Agent of Record (AOR), all of Latin America
Engage and Pay LATAM Contractors With the Right Controls
Misclassification is the single most expensive mistake foreign companies make in Latin America. Labor courts across the region look at subordination, exclusivity, fixed hours and integration into the organization, not at what the contract calls the relationship.
SILA does not stop at advice or hand off the next step. We design the route, execute it across the region and remain accountable as the workforce scales or the model changes.
See the recommended market, model and landed cost before the sales conversation.
What is contractor management Latin America?
Contractor management in Latin America means engaging independent workers through compliant local contracts, verifying they are genuinely independent, and paying them in local currency with correct tax documentation. An Agent of Record (AOR) takes on the contracting and payment relationship, absorbing the administrative work and reducing the buyer's misclassification exposure.
SILA is the LATAM Workforce Operating Partner for this work: one team owns the market decision, workforce launch, local execution and next stage of scale.
The classification test that actually applies
- Subordination: are they directed like an employee, with set hours and a manager?
- Exclusivity: is your company effectively their only client?
- Integration: do they appear in your org chart, tools and team rituals?
- Continuity: has the engagement run for months with no defined deliverable end?
- Tools and place: do you supply the equipment and dictate where the work happens?
What Agent of Record covers
- Local-language contractor agreements with IP assignment that survives local law
- Classification review before the first payment, documented and dated
- Local-currency payment, invoicing and tax documentation
- Ongoing monitoring for relationships that drift toward employment
- Clean conversion to EOR employment when the drift is real
Who owns the intellectual property
In several LATAM jurisdictions, IP created by an independent contractor stays with the contractor unless assigned in writing under local law. A US-form contractor agreement is frequently not enough. Every agreement we issue includes a jurisdiction-specific assignment clause reviewed against local statute.
Contractor versus employee, by signal
| Signal | Points to contractor | Points to employee | Recommended structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direction of work | Delivers outcomes, sets own method | Managed day to day | AOR / EOR |
| Hours | Own schedule | Fixed schedule you set | EOR |
| Clients | Several | Only you | EOR |
| Duration | Defined project | Open-ended, 12+ months | EOR |
| Tools | Their own | You supply laptop and accounts | EOR |
Get the LATAM landed-cost benchmark
Employer burden, salary bands and total monthly cost across every market. One email, no call required.
Where this goes
Agent of Record (AOR) is the fastest start. It is rarely where teams stop.
Most companies arrive with one country and one urgent hire. Twelve months later they are running several markets, a full team and their own entity. You can do all of that on the agreement you sign today, at your pace, without changing partners.
Add the next countries without a new contract
The same agreement extends to any market in the region. New country, same team, same invoice, no procurement cycle.
See country coverage →Let SILA run the team, not just the paperwork
Move from headcount to outcomes: recruiting, management, delivery and reporting on a managed team or SOW, priced to the result.
Managed teams and SOW →Own the operation, keep the same people
We stand up your entity, transfer the team and stay as your local representation. Nothing gets rebuilt and nobody gets re-hired.
Build your LATAM operation →See the whole path costed before you commit to the first step.
Turn the answer into an operating plan
Run a free contractor classification check
Give us the requirement once. SILA returns the recommended market, structure, landed cost and launch sequence, then owns the execution with you.
- Recruiting, employment and payroll across 20+ LATAM markets
- Every lane under one agreement: recruit, employ, manage, deliver
- One accountable delivery team, from first hire to regional operation
Frequently asked questions
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