Hire in Hong Kong in days, without a company
We employ your people in Hong Kong on compliant local contracts, run payroll and MPF, and sponsor work visas — so you can hire the person you want next week, not next quarter.
Three ways into Hong Kong
Start with one hire through us, incorporate when the business case is proven, and keep the same team running payroll throughout.
Hong Kong EOR
We become the legal employer. You direct the work. Contracts, MPF, payroll, leave, visas and offboarding are ours.
Explore EOR →Company incorporation
A Hong Kong limited company in about a week: name, articles, registered office, company secretary and bank introduction.
Explore incorporation →Payroll
Monthly payroll for your own entity, MPF remittance, IR56 filings, and payslips your staff can read.
Explore payroll →If you want to hire in Hong Kong, you will want someone here
Hong Kong is one of the simplest places in Asia to employ people — provided the person doing it knows the Employment Ordinance, the MPF schemes and the Immigration Department’s habits first-hand.
Local knowledge
A Hong Kong team, Hong Kong contracts, and filings done the way the Inland Revenue Department and the MPFA expect.
Hands-on attention
A named account manager who answers the phone, not a ticket queue that answers in three days.
Speed and flexibility
Three working days to a compliant hire. Scale to twenty, or down to zero, without dissolving anything.
Lasting commitment
Most clients incorporate with us within two years. The relationship, and the payroll, carry straight over.
From order to first day in three working days
- Scope the roleRole, salary, start date, visa status. We confirm the loaded monthly cost — salary, MPF and our fee — on one line, with the assumptions written down.
- Hong Kong employment contractDrafted to the Employment Ordinance, issued to your hire in English (and Chinese if wanted), signed electronically.
- MPF enrolment and payroll setupEnrolled in our MPF scheme well inside the statutory 60 days — usually on day one — and set up on monthly payroll.
- Employee startsYou manage the work; we handle payslips, leave records, IR56 filings and, when the time comes, the offboarding.
For a Hong Kong resident with the right to work. Add four to eight weeks for a General Employment Policy visa, which we sponsor.
- Order signed, scoping callDay 1
- Contract issued and signedDay 2
- MPF enrolment, payroll liveDay 3
- Employee startsDay 3
A light-touch employer market, with sharp edges
No payroll withholding, no VAT, a flat 5% MPF contribution and a two-tier profits tax make Hong Kong one of the cheapest developed economies in which to put someone on payroll.
The edges are procedural. The Employment Ordinance’s continuous-contract rule decides who gets paid leave; MPF must be enrolled within 60 days; the Inland Revenue Department wants an IR56E when someone joins, an IR56F before they leave and an IR56B every April; and since May 2025 employers can no longer offset severance against MPF. Miss any of them and the fines are real. We do not miss them.
Compare us against everyone else
We rank ourselves on the same criteria we apply to competitors, and say where they beat us.
Guide
Best Hong Kong EOR providers
Ten providers scored on entity, MPF handling, visa capability, transparency and support.
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Best incorporation providers
Who to use to set up a Hong Kong company, from advisory firms to online platforms.
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Best payroll providers
Outsourced Hong Kong payroll compared on MPF, IR56, software and service.
Read the ranking →Tell us about the hire
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Questions people ask before their first Hong Kong hire?
Short answers here; longer ones on the service pages.
Is Employer of Record legal in Hong Kong?
Yes. Hong Kong has no licensing regime for EOR as such; the arrangement is an ordinary employment contract between the employee and the EOR’s Hong Kong company, with the employee’s services provided to you under a service agreement. Recruitment agencies need an Employment Agency licence from the Labour Department; an EOR that does not source candidates does not.
How quickly can someone start?
Three working days for a Hong Kong resident with the right to work. For someone who needs a General Employment Policy visa, allow four to eight weeks for the Immigration Department, plus a few days for the contract and MPF enrolment on either side.
Who is the employer on paper?
Our Hong Kong limited company. It signs the employment contract, holds the MPF account, files the IR56 forms and carries the employees’ compensation insurance. You direct the day-to-day work under the service agreement.
What happens when we outgrow EOR?
You incorporate — with us or anyone else — and the employee transfers to your new company with continuity of service preserved. We run the incorporation and the ongoing payroll if you want one team to hold the whole thing.
Do you work with companies that already have a Hong Kong entity?
Yes. Our payroll service runs monthly payroll, MPF and IR56 filings for companies that employ directly.