Hire employees in Thailand without setting up a local company.
Build your Thailand team while UnionSPACE handles the agreed local employment framework, employment documentation, payroll administration and ongoing HR support.
You select and manage the employee. UnionSPACE acts as the local employer under the agreed EOR arrangement and supports the employment administration in Thailand.
Build the Thailand team before building the Thailand company.
An EOR can be useful when an overseas company wants to hire locally, test the Thailand market, place a regional employee in Bangkok or build an initial team before deciding whether its own Thai entity is commercially justified.
Instead of first building a local payroll and employment-administration infrastructure, you can focus on the employee's role, performance and business objectives while UnionSPACE handles the agreed local employment administration.
Why companies use UnionSPACE EOR
No Thai company required
Employ team members in Thailand without first establishing your own local employing entity, subject to the engagement facts.
One monthly employment process
Salary, agreed employment costs and EOR fees are coordinated through a predictable monthly process.
Local HR administration
Employment documentation, payroll administration, agreed statutory employment processes and routine HR coordination are handled locally.
Local employee support
Your Thailand employee has access to a local team for day-to-day employment administration questions.
Workspace available
Add desks, serviced offices and meeting facilities when employees need a professional local workplace.
Recruitment available
If you do not yet have a candidate, UnionSPACE can support recruitment before EOR onboarding.
Already have the employee—or need us to help find one?
The fastest route depends on whether you already know who you want to employ.
I already have the employee
You have selected the candidate and need a local employment, payroll and HR administration solution.
Get EOR QuoteI need to find someone in Thailand
UnionSPACE can support candidate sourcing and recruitment, then onboard the successful candidate under an agreed EOR arrangement.
Recruit & Employ My CandidateSimple EOR management fee.
Your monthly cost can also include salary, agreed employee benefits, employer-side statutory employment costs where applicable, reimbursements and optional workspace or HR services.
Final monthly cost depends on the employee profile, employment terms and agreed scope.
Calculate My EOR CostYou manage the work. We manage the agreed local employment administration.
A clear division of responsibility helps the arrangement work smoothly from the first month.
Your company manages
- Role and responsibilities
- Daily work and priorities
- Performance expectations
- Business targets and supervision
- Team communication
- Commercial direction
UnionSPACE handles under the agreed EOR scope
- Local employment documentation
- Monthly payroll administration
- Routine HR administration
- Required employment records
- Employee administration support
- Agreed statutory employment processes
When EOR is especially useful
Test the Thailand market
Hire one or two people before deciding whether your own Thai company is justified.
Build a sales team
Employ local business-development, account-management or partnership staff.
Hire developers or engineers
Build a local technical team without immediately establishing a new subsidiary.
Customer support
Add Thai-language or regional support capability close to Southeast Asian customers.
Relocate an existing employee
Assess a local employment solution for a team member moving to Thailand, subject to their individual circumstances.
Regional remote team
Place employees in Thailand while headquarters and corporate management remain overseas.
More than a payroll EOR platform.
Your employee may need more than a contract and payslip. UnionSPACE combines local employment administration with physical operating infrastructure and local business support.
Workspace
Hot desks, serviced offices and meeting facilities for employees who need a professional local workplace.
Recruitment
Candidate sourcing and hiring support before EOR onboarding.
Local HR
A Thailand-based team employees can speak with about administration and routine employment questions.
Payroll
Monthly payroll administration and employment-cost coordination within the agreed scope.
Business support
Access to UnionSPACE's broader accounting, corporate and market-entry services where separately engaged.
Physical presence
A real local operating environment rather than only an online EOR dashboard.
From candidate to local employment in four stages
Tell us about the employee
Share the role, salary, nationality, expected start date, work location and employment requirements.
Confirm scope and monthly cost
UnionSPACE confirms the proposed EOR scope, employment assumptions and expected monthly charges.
Employment onboarding
The agreed employment documentation and payroll setup are prepared and completed.
You manage the employee
Your company manages the day-to-day role while UnionSPACE provides the agreed local HR and employment administration.
Choose the structure that fits the stage of your Thailand operation.
EOR is often attractive for an initial or smaller team. Your own Thai entity may become more suitable when the operation grows or requires local contracts, licences or a permanent corporate platform.
Employer of Record
- No local employing company required
- Lower initial setup complexity
- Useful for market testing or smaller teams
- Payroll and HR administration through EOR
Your Own Thai Company
- Your entity becomes the employer
- More suitable for larger or long-term operations
- May support local contracts and operational licences
- Requires its own accounting, tax and corporate compliance
Immigration and work authorisation are separate questions.
Where a foreign employee intends to work in Thailand, their immigration and work-authorisation position must be assessed separately from the EOR commercial arrangement.
UnionSPACE can coordinate private advisory support where separately engaged, but eligibility, documentation requirements, processing and official outcomes remain with the responsible authorities.
This landing page does not offer government-issued documents for direct purchase and does not represent UnionSPACE as a government agency or official issuing authority.
Tell us about the team you want to build in Thailand.
The more information you provide, the more useful our first response can be.
Call (+66) 02 036 0600 · Monday–Friday, 9:00–18:00 Bangkok time.
Questions companies ask before using EOR in Thailand
What is an Employer of Record in Thailand?
Do we need a Thai company to hire through EOR?
How much does UnionSPACE EOR cost?
Can UnionSPACE recruit the employee for us?
Can the employee work from a UnionSPACE office?
Can EOR be used for a foreign employee?
When should we set up our own Thai company instead?
Private employment and HR services—not a government service.
UnionSPACE provides private Employer of Record, payroll, HR, recruitment and workspace services. We are not the Thai Revenue Department, Social Security Office, Department of Employment, Immigration Bureau or another government authority.
Where an official registration, immigration matter, social-security process or work-authorisation requirement applies, the responsible authority determines eligibility, documentation, fees, processing and outcome. Our role is limited to the private professional services included in the agreed scope.