Offshore Compliance for Australian Businesses

The things that quietly break offshore hires: classification, statutory obligations, IP, data, cyber. Here's what we hold, what stays yours, and how we guide you on both.

Fair Work classification risk on our PH entity

Statutory obligations handled locally

Standard NDAs and IP assignment

Cyber baseline via NordLayer and managed devices

Fair Work classification

The biggest sleeper risk in offshore hiring. If you engage a Philippines contractor as if they were an employee (fixed hours, your tools, your direction, ongoing), a Fair Work claim can find you. Our PH entity holds that classification risk on EOR arrangements, so it isn't sitting on your desk waiting to land.

Philippines statutory obligations

Payroll, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, 13th month pay, tax withholding and end-of-year filings. On EOR, our entity manages these under Philippines law. On COR, we structure the arrangement so it stays genuinely independent and the obligations sit where they should.

IP, NDAs and data

Standard NDAs and IP assignment clauses on every engagement, so work product ownership isn't ambiguous. Data is more nuanced. We can set up managed devices and enforce access controls. What data you allow into which systems, and how you handle customer data under your own obligations, stays your call. We guide you on the sensible defaults.

Cyber baseline

NordLayer for network access, managed devices where the role or client requires it, MFA on the accounts we can enforce it on, and documented offboarding so access is actually removed. Not a silver bullet. A baseline that raises the floor for most SMEs above where they'd be hiring direct.

What stays yours

Your own data governance. Your own customer contracts and privacy obligations. How you treat the person day to day. Decisions about what work you route offshore. We won't claim to carry these, because we can't. We'll help you think about them properly.

Frequently asked questions

Are we protected from a Fair Work claim?

On EOR through our PH entity, the classification risk sits with the entity, not with you. On COR the arrangement has to stay genuinely independent for that protection to hold, and we structure it that way.

What about privacy law (Australian Privacy Act, GDPR)?

Your obligations to your customers stay yours. We help you set access, controls and processes so working with offshore staff doesn't quietly breach them.

Can offshore staff access customer data?

Yes, when the role requires it, with the same controls you'd apply to any staff member: least-privilege access, MFA, managed devices where warranted, documented offboarding.