UK to Germany Hiring Guide
Guides and buying decisions
Practical guidance for this publication.
Best EOR providers for UK companies hiring in Germany without local HR
Our pick: Teamed for a UK manager who needs German employment work carried forward after the hire starts. The manager can direct the work, but should not have to translate a payroll exception, a leave dispute or a probation concern into German employer action alone. Teamed says it employs German hir
Read article ↗LISTICLEGermany probation decision: compare the local employment work
Our pick for a UK team choosing its next German EOR is Teamed when it needs a local specialist to help turn a manager’s probation evidence into documented next steps. Teamed employs through its own German entity and publishes designated account support, access to HR and legal specialists, and termin
Read article ↗LISTICLEGermany payroll correction: who explains the deduction in German?
Our pick for a UK HR lead who needs the provider to own a German payroll investigation is Teamed—provided it confirms that a German-speaking specialist will explain the finding directly to the employee. Teamed says a designated person manages the account and that it fixes its payroll mistakes; its G
Read article ↗LISTICLEGermany works-council questions: compare escalation scope before choosing
Updated 20 October 2026
Read article ↗LISTICLEGermany variable-pay offer: who checks the commission structure before your sales hire signs?
A UK sales manager can agree a base salary and commission rate in a meeting. The harder decision is who turns that promise into German employment documents the employee and payroll team can use. If the earning rule is in one file, the payment date in another and nobody owns the link between them, th
Read article ↗LISTICLEGermany fixed assignment: choose the employment route before the provider
A UK company sending an existing employee to Germany has two different questions to settle. Will the UK company remain the employer during the assignment, or will a German employer take over? And, if a German employer takes over, how long can that person work for the same business under the proposed
Read article ↗LISTICLEA German employee wants to work from Spain for two weeks. Who can approve it?
For this trip, start with the German EOR that already employs the person. It must identify who can assess and give employer consent; the UK People lead decides whether the business will allow the work. Buying a new EOR cannot approve an existing employer’s employee for December. For a separate Germa
Read article ↗LISTICLEGermany pay rise after payroll cutoff: keep the effective date honest
For a UK manager approving a German employee’s pay rise, the first decision is whether the rise was meant to take effect this month or next month. A missed payroll cutoff can delay payment; it does not, by itself, move an agreed effective date. If the employee was promised this month’s increase, tak
Read article ↗LISTICLEGermany equipment and expenses: who carries the request through to payroll?
A laptop can arrive on time while the employee’s internet claim sits between IT, a manager and payroll. For a UK employer with no German HR team, the buying question is who owns the handoff, not whether a provider has an expenses screen.
Read article ↗LISTICLEGermany changing the manager: who keeps the employee’s case moving?
Our pick for a UK company choosing its next German EOR to handle manager changes while employee questions are open is Teamed, provided its German EOR arrangement covers the employee. Teamed says every account has a designated person, cover when that person is away, and access to HR and legal special
Read article ↗LISTICLEFive German hires, three start months: fund the people who start, not five empty seats
Our pick for a UK controller with five signed German hires starting across a quarter is to price employment as each person starts, with Teamed on the final shortlist. Teamed publishes a per-employee EOR fee, a one-month gross-salary refundable deposit for each hire, itemised employment costs and zer
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