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All you ever wanted to know about EOR payroll cutoffs

EOR (Employer of Record) 101

The truth about EOR Payroll Deadlines

If you’ve worked with an Employer of Record (EOR) or any payroll company, you're likely familiar with payroll cutoff dates. If not, or if you need a refresher, here’s a quick overview:

When processing payroll domestically or globally, you typically rely on a third-party payroll provider to handle employee payments. This provider will inform you of a deadline by which you must report all payroll changes, including new hires, terminations, compensation adjustments, bonuses, commissions, and overtime. For domestic payroll providers, this deadline is usually close to payday. However, with a global EOR, the deadline can vary significantly—from about a week and a half to three weeks before payday.

The 1.5-week range is substantial, especially considering there are only 4.5 weeks in a month. Below, you’ll find the payroll cutoffs for some of the largest EORs.

It's also important to note that the information provided primarily pertains to countries with monthly payroll. Many EORs have different deadlines for countries where employees are paid bi-weekly or semi-monthly.

Deel

Deel’s payroll cutoff (seemingly globally) is the 20th of each month. The time varies slightly for expenses vs bonuses and other adjustments.

Here are a couple of important things to note about Deel’s guidelines:

  1. The weekend does not affect payroll cut off dates.

  2. The weekend does affect pay dates as Deel will always pay employees the Friday before (this is standard practice)

  3. Deel has different cutoff dates for instances in which they utilize a partner instead of their own entity

  4. Deel has an On-Demand Payroll product in ~70 countries. This enables clients to pay their employees off-cycle from the Deel platform for a $29 USD per employee fee.

Read more about Deel’s payroll cutoff guidelines here.

Papaya Global

Papaya Global’s payroll cutoff is on the 15th of each month globally with the following exceptions:

  1. Ghana

  2. Kazakhstan

  3. Kenya

  4. Tanzania

  5. Trinidad & Tobago

  6. Tunisia

  7. Uganda

  8. Zambia

  9. Zimbabwe

Papaya Global has 3 FAQs on their payroll cutoff information page and all 3 answers seem to refer to payroll calendars customized by customer.

Read more about Papaya Global’s payroll cutoff guidelines here.

Multiplier

Multiplier’s payroll cutoff is the 15th of each month with the following exceptions:

  1. Japan

  2. Pakistan

Read more about Multiplier’s payroll cutoff guidelines here.

Velocity Global

Velocity Global’s payroll cutoff is the 12th of each month at 3PM MST.

Along with many other EORs, Velocity Global’s payroll cutoff is affected by weekends and public holidays.

Read more about Velocity Global’s payroll cutoff guidelines here.

Remote

Remote’s payroll cutoff is the 11th of each month at 11:59 PM UTC.

Like Deel, Remote also offers off-cycle payments if a client misses a payroll deadline. This offer only applies in countries with monthly payrolls though.

Read more about Remote’s payroll cutoff guidelines here.

Lano

Lano’s payroll cutoff is the 5th of each month at 9 CET.

In addition to submitting bonuses, commission, overtime, allowances, and other payroll changes by the 5th of each month, Lano customers must send Lano employee business expenses via ZIP file each month by the 5th.

Read more about Lano’s payroll cutoff guidelines here.

Remofirst

Remofirst’s payroll cutoff is the 3rd working day of each month at 11:59 PM UTC.

To be totally honest, the guidelines Remofirst has on its website are not very clear at all. From my understanding, here is how they manage their process:

  1. Client must input changes by the 3rd working day of the month

  2. Remofirst takes another 4 working days to approve the changes

  3. Remofirst sends the final payroll to the client and the client must approve by the 10th working day of the month

  4. Once everything is approved, an invoice is automatically generated in their platform

Read more about Remofirst’s payroll cutoff guidelines here.

Honorable Mentions

I tried finding information on payroll cutoffs for the following EORs but was unsuccessful:

  1. Globalization Partners

  2. Safeguard Global

  3. Omnipresent

  4. Atlas

  5. Skuad

  6. Goglobal

  7. Oyster

If you know any more about any other EOR’s cutoff dates, let me know!

Conclusion

Payroll deadlines are crucial to understand when selecting and when working with an EOR.

Do you have a sales team that has large expense reports and expects to be paid commissions one month in arrears? If so, you’ll want to choose an EOR with a payroll deadline that is further out.

Do you leverage an EOR to hire mostly engineers who don’t have expenses or bonuses? If so, the payroll deadline may not be as critical to you when you are making your decision on EOR.

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Solution Spotlight
  • Type - Global EOR

  • Number of Countries Supported - 180+

  • Entity Strategy - Unknown

  • Services - Multi country payroll, EOR, contractor management

  • EOR pricing - $499 per month

  • Contractor pricing - $49 per month

  • G2 presence - 4.4/5

Thanks for reading and thank you to all the Veterans in the United States.

Speak soon,

Moshe