Employer of Record (EOR) & Wage Portage in France
Hiring in France can be challenging for foreign companies unfamiliar with local labour law, payroll, or taxes.
With Needexperts, you gain a trusted Employer of Record (EOR) partner who manages everything on your behalf.
Through the French Wage Portage model, we employ your consultant legally in France while you keep full operational control.
Our solution combines compliance, transparency, and flexibility — allowing you to start projects quickly without creating a French entity.
PEPS-certified and based in Strasbourg, Needexperts provides a secure framework, full social coverage for the consultant, and simplified invoicing for your company.
Hire in France easily — within 48 hours.
What is an Employer of Record in France?
An Employer of Record (EOR) legally employs professionals in France on your behalf. Needexperts handles all HR, payroll, and tax obligations, ensuring total compliance.
You keep operational control of the mission. We manage contracts, declarations, and employee protection under French labor law.
What is Wage Portage?
Wage Portage (Portage Salarial) is a regulated model creating a partnership between client, consultant,and portage company — combining freelance autonomy with full employment protection.
Only certified companies can provide this model.
Needexperts guarantees salary payment, insurance, and social coverage under strict French compliance standards.
How It Works
- You select the consultant and define mission details.
- We prepare the service agreement and employment contract.
- Needexperts manages payroll, taxes, and insurance.
- You supervise the project — we ensure compliance.
One consultant. One secure contract. Zero administrative burden.
Why Choose Needexperts
Founded in 2013, Needexperts supports companies and consultants across France and Europe with legal precision and human support.
Fast onboarding, transparent pricing, and PEPS certification guarantee reliability and full compliance.
Benefits at a Glance
For Your Company
Hire legally in France without creating a subsidiary.
Gain immediate access to qualified talent while Needexperts manages payroll, tax, HR, and legal compliance — ensuring seamless operations, full transparency, and total peace of mind
A Human-Scale Partner
At Needexperts, compliance meets care.
Every mission is managed with precision, transparency, and attention — ensuring smooth collaboration, trust, and peace of mind for both clients and consultants.
Our goal: make employment in France effortless and fully compliant
FAQ
What is the difference between an EOR, PEO, Umbrella company in France ?
PEO Professional Employer Organization
A PEO, or “Professional Employer Organization”, manages your administrative services such as payroll, recruiting, benefits, etc.
It’s a bit like having your on-site HR department in a foreign country.
In France, a PEO is not able to hire employees.
EOR ‘Employer of record
The EOR ‘Employer of record’ is a company to which you turn to recruit talent because you do not have a legal entity in France. The EOR is the legal employer of the person who will work for you. The EOR takes care of all the administrative procedures, and hires the person you want.
Umbrella Company
Umbrella companies provide a payroll service. This service includes the management of salaries, timesheets and invoices. The company is also in charge of paying the salaries.
Wage Portage
In France, Umbrella companies and EOR are merged concepts, we talk here about Wage Portage.
Wage portage in France allows independent consultants to benefit the advantages of employee status while remaining autonomous in their activities.
The consultant concerned signs a contract with an umbrella company. Fees are converted into a wage. The consultant then enjoys his or her paycheck. In other words, wage portage consists of several steps :
- The independent consultant signs a contract with a wage portage company.
- The independent consultant is then an independent contractor.
- The independent contractor searches for his or her clients.
- The clients pay the invoice to the umbrella company.
- The company pays a monthly wage to the independent consultant.
It is important to stress that only a certified company can hire employees with this wage portage status. This constraint makes wage portage safer.
How long does it take to start off with a new employee ?
It can be very quick, if you have already negotiated the salary and defined in detail the job description with the future employee; all that then remains is to formalize these agreements on a service contract.
When the service contract is signed, the employee can be declared a Wagram employee.
What are the conditions to work in France ?
To work in France, the worker must be French or from the EEC and must be resident in France.
We can employ for you people who can work anywhere in the world. They must be French residents and EEC nationals.
What type of contract can we offer ?
The contract may take the form of a fixed-term contract (CDD in France) or an open-ended contract (CDI). The contracts are the same as for standard employees. Freelance contractors enjoy a specific framework. All these elements are included in the collective labour agreement on wage portage dated 22 March 2017.
As an example, the independent contractors are completely free to define the commercial prospection strategy (Article 2), their schedule (Article 26), their business volume (Article 27) and their workplace (Article 23).
A portage contract ensures an efficient mix between entrepreneurship freedom and the safety of working as an employee
What about insurances ?
Our employees are covered by our insurances:
- our RCP Insurance covering the risks in civil and professional liability,
- a financial guarantee of salaries with the AXA insurance company,
- travel assistance and insurance for all travel in France and abroad.
What are the legal working hours in France ?
Monday to Friday 5 days a week, 7 hours a day, 35 hours a week.
What are the paid leaves in France ?
Employees are entitled to 30 open days (5 weeks) for a full year of work.