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Philippines EOR Setup Timeline: 72 Hours vs. 6 Months Explained
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Philippines EOR Setup Timeline: 72 Hours vs. 6 Months Explained

Most companies making their first Philippine hire spend three months researching entity setup, then discover they can't get their first worker legally employed…

Philippines EOR vs. Local Entity: The Real Cost in 2026
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Philippines EOR vs. Local Entity: The Real Cost in 2026

Opening a Philippine legal entity takes, conservatively, four to six months and $12,000–$20,000 in legal and registration fees — before a single employment con…

Philippines EOR vs. Staffing Agency: What You Actually Control
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Philippines EOR vs. Staffing Agency: What You Actually Control

A DOLE illegal dismissal complaint names your company as principal employer. Your staffing agency swears the workers are theirs. Your Philippine labor counsel…

Philippines EOR vs. Local Entity: The 72-Hour vs. 6-Month Decision
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Philippines EOR vs. Local Entity: The 72-Hour vs. 6-Month Decision

Opening a Philippine entity takes 4–6 months. An EOR contract delivers an employment agreement in 72 hours. That gap is not a minor scheduling inconvenience —…

Philippines EOR Pricing: What $249/Month Actually Covers
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Philippines EOR Pricing: What $249/Month Actually Covers

Deel charges $599/month per employee for Philippines EOR. Splace charges $249. That $350 gap is real — but almost every VP of Ops who asks about it is comparin…

Philippines EOR vs. Subsidiary: Which Structure Scales to 100 Hires
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Philippines EOR vs. Subsidiary: Which Structure Scales to 100 Hires

There is no Philippine law that requires you to open a subsidiary at 50 employees. None. The "50-hire rule" is a cost-of-EOR math heuristic that got repeated e…

Philippines EOR vs. Direct Hire: What Changes at 50 Employees
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Philippines EOR vs. Direct Hire: What Changes at 50 Employees

At 50 Filipino employees on an EOR, you're writing a check for roughly $149,400 a year — just in employer-of-record fees. Most operators know the monthly numbe…

Philippines EOR vs. Staffing Agency: What Changes at 10 Hires
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Philippines EOR vs. Staffing Agency: What Changes at 10 Hires

A DOLE labor inspector does not ask to see your agency contract first. They ask for the employment records of every worker on site — schedules, timesheets, too…

Philippines BPO vs. EOR: Which Model Fits a 10-Person Team
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Philippines BPO vs. EOR: Which Model Fits a 10-Person Team

Setting up a Philippine entity for a 15-person ops team costs between $15,000 and $30,000 in legal fees, takes four to six months, and leaves you with SEC fili…

Philippines EOR vs. PEO: Which Model Fits Your Headcount
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Philippines EOR vs. PEO: Which Model Fits Your Headcount

A foreign company cannot legally use a PEO in the Philippines without first owning a Philippine legal entity. That single prerequisite eliminates PEO as an opt…

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