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Brazil hiring guide

How to hire employees in Brazil without an entity

An international company can recruit in Brazil first, then use a local employment route such as Employer of Record while it evaluates or prepares its own entity. The sequence should connect role calibration, local search, employment structure, payroll, benefits, equipment and a future transfer plan, rather than treating employment as a standalone transaction.

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Decision
Selected person or Open role
What changes the answer
Role and scorecard
Useful output
A written Find and Employ recommendation with the cost structure and launch sequence.

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Choose based on the real operating relationship and business objective, not only the label.

Selected person

Fits when
Use an EOR assessment when the worker has already been chosen.
Do not use when
Do not assume contractor status only because it appears simpler.
Operating owner
The local employing structure handles employment administration.
Cost shape
Landed employment cost plus service fee.

Open role

Fits when
Use Find and Employ to combine local recruitment with the employment route.
Do not use when
Do not recruit against an unverified salary or location assumption.
Operating owner
SIBRA coordinates search, employment and onboarding.
Cost shape
Recruitment plus landed employment cost and service fee.
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Brazil dependencies

What changes the answer

  • • Role and scorecard
  • • City or remote policy
  • • Compensation and benefits
  • • Entity timing and transfer intent

This guide is general commercial information, not legal or tax advice. Facts that create classification or regulatory uncertainty require qualified review.

Sources

BR,CLT,001
Consolidation of Labor Laws
Presidency of the Republic of Brazil

Published by SIBRA editorial, reviewed September 6, 2026, next review March 6, 2027.

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Brazil Workforce Blueprint

Seven inputs, 1 of 7 answered.

1. What do you need to accomplish in Brazil?
2. Have the people already been selected?
3. Do you have a Brazilian entity and payroll?
4. Which role or function is this?
5. How many people are in scope?
6. Where will the people be based?
7. When do you need people working?

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Written answer

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