Programme / Service field guide
Employer of Record (EOR)
Explore hiring in India before you have an entity, with employment, payroll and compliance scope reviewed for the live engagement.
- Delivered output
- Engagement plan, compliance review and payroll calendar
- Scope position
- Confirmed before delivery begins
Decision contextEmployment structure comes before start date.
Entity timing, role requirements, payroll, benefits, tax and employment responsibilities must be understood before a start date is confirmed. IKAN reviews the feasible structure and accountable specialists for the live engagement.
- Worker and role eligibility
- Employment structure
- Benefits and operating obligations
02 / What happens
The working sequence.
Live facts decide timing. This is an operating sequence, not a duration promise.- 01
Scope onboarding
IKAN reviews the role, jurisdiction, payroll requirements and feasible start sequence before an engagement is confirmed.
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Define responsibilities
Benefits, compensation, taxes, regulatory filings and termination responsibilities are set out in the signed engagement.
- 03
Plan scale or conversion
Where scoped and legally supported, plan additional hiring or a later transfer to the client's own entity.
03 / Included
Employment structure before start date, in writing.
The exact format follows the signed programme and live move.- Employment-structure review
- Payroll & benefits scoping
- Tax & regulatory specialist review
- Onboarding sequence
- Responsibility and risk map
- Partner coverage where confirmed
04 / Boundaries
The live engagement defines the employment structure.
Availability and scope require current legal, tax and service-owner review before any engagement is confirmed.- 01
A start date or engagement structure confirmed before legal, tax and service-owner review
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Legal or tax advice outside the accountable specialist relationship
- 03
Payroll, benefits, termination or partner responsibilities not set out in the signed engagement
05 / If it goes wrong
When the plan changes, ownership gets more explicit.
Open the four-level ladder- Signal
- A role, document, payroll requirement or legal position no longer fits the approved engagement structure.
- First action
- The service owner pauses the affected action, records the change and reconfirms the responsible legal, tax and payroll reviews.
- Escalation
- Employment, compliance or payroll blocks follow the signed governance route with the accountable entity and specialist named.
- Record
- The approved structure, exception, decision and next payroll or employment action remain in the engagement record.
06 / Answers
Settle the scope before the work begins.
01How fast can someone start?
It depends on role, documents, payroll setup and the agreed employment structure. IKAN confirms a feasible date only after reviewing the live case.
Next useful
Employment structure first, then the start date.
Put the service next to the city, the programme and the person who confirms what applies.