How a Canadian Software Firm Moved 7 India Contractors Onto Full-Time Employment
- 7
- India contractors converted to employees
- 100%
- Compliant employment
- 4.8/5
- Wisemonk's rating on G2
Seven Trusted Contractors, and a Risk That Kept Growing
The company had built real working relationships with seven engineers and specialists in India, all engaged as independent contractors. It worked, until it stopped feeling safe. Long-term, full-time contractors doing core work look a great deal like employees, and in India that gap carries real misclassification and permanent-establishment risk, along with the quiet worry that a valued contractor could leave for a company that offered proper employment.
The firm did not want to lose the people it had come to depend on. It wanted to turn them into employees, with benefits and security, without setting up an Indian entity to do it.
The question was how to convert seven contractors into compliant employees cleanly, without disrupting the work or the relationships.
The Same People, Now Employed the Right Way
Wisemonk converted all seven contractors into compliant employees as their Employer of Record, so nobody's work changed and everybody's footing improved.
Each person moved onto a proper Indian employment contract, with provident fund, professional tax, income-tax deductions, gratuity, and statutory health coverage handled from the first payroll cycle. Compensation was structured to match or improve on what they earned as contractors, so the switch felt like an upgrade rather than a disruption.
Wisemonk managed the transition end to end, from new offer letters and documentation to payroll and ongoing HR, through one point of contact. The misclassification exposure the firm had been carrying simply went away.
Talent Retained, Risk Removed, Nothing Lost in Between
The company kept all seven of the people it already trusted, now employed compliantly and far more likely to stay.
The misclassification and permanent-establishment risk that had been building quietly in the background is gone, replaced by clean, documented employment.
And because Wisemonk handles both employees and contractor payments in India, the firm now has one partner for its entire India workforce, however it chooses to engage people next.
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