The beyond borders approach to workplace compliance
As organisations push deeper into remote and borderless hiring, one challenge quickly rises to the top: how do you stay compliant in dozens – or even hundreds – of jurisdictions at once?
For Deel, a fully remote company with around 7,000 employees in 120 countries, compliance isn’t just a back‑office function – it’s a core business capability and a daily reality for every people leader.
“It’s really complicated,” said Alice Burks, director of people success at Deel. “If you’re a manager in a team and someone asks you ‘can I take Friday off?’, the question is very complicated despite sounding very simple depending on where they’re based.”
From ever‑changing labour laws to local benefits rules and state‑level quirks, Burks says global employers need to move beyond old playbooks and build compliance into the fabric of how they operate.
In Burks’ own team alone, she said around 10 different countries are represented. That translates to 10 different sets of statutory leave, mandatory benefits entitlements and local rules.
“You could feasibly have a team where you have 11 different answers to can I take a day off on Friday,” she added.
For leaders used to operating across only a handful of regions, that’s a radical shift. It requires a mindset shift. What used to be a simple, standard policy question now needs a structured, data‑driven answer that varies by location, worker type and contract.
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