Employer of Record (EOR), all of Latin America
Employ People Across Latin America Without Opening an Entity
Most global EOR providers route Latin America to an unnamed third party. With SILA, the legal employer for each country is named in your agreement before signature, so you always know exactly who employs your people and one team stays accountable for every market.
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 employer of record Latin America?
An Employer of Record (EOR) in Latin America is a local company that legally employs your worker on your behalf. It signs the local contract, runs payroll, pays statutory contributions and carries severance liability, while you direct the work. It lets a foreign company hire compliantly in 5 business days without incorporating a local entity.
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.
When EOR is the right call
- The person is identified and the employment structure is the only blocker.
- You need one to twenty people in a country where you have no entity.
- You are testing a market before committing to incorporation.
- A contractor relationship has become full-time and now carries misclassification risk.
What sits inside the per-employee monthly fee
- Local-language employment contract compliant with the country's labor code
- Gross-to-net payroll, income tax withholding and social security filings
- 13th month, aguinaldo, vacation reserves and mandatory benefits by country
- Severance and termination provisioning held against the employment
- Onboarding, equipment logistics and offboarding settlements
When an entity beats EOR
EOR is the fastest compliant way in, and it stays the right structure until headcount and tenure in one country justify a permanent base. SILA runs the crossover arithmetic with your real numbers and, when the moment comes, builds the entity, transfers the team and keeps operating payroll and compliance for you. Same partner, same accountability, no re-procurement.
EOR versus the alternatives in Latin America
| Structure | Who employs the worker | Time to compliant start | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOR | The in-country employing entity named in your SILA agreement | 5–10 business days | 1–20 workers, no entity, identified hires |
| AOR / contractor | Nobody, independent contract | 2–5 business days | Genuinely independent, project-based work |
| Staffing | Our entity, we also recruit | 2–5 weeks | Flexible capacity you do not want on your books |
| Your own entity | You | 2–6 months | 20+ workers, long horizon, permanent presence |
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
Employer of Record (EOR) 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
Get an employment quote for an identified hire
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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