Hire contractors in India
Hiring contractors in India? Rippling can help you onboard and pay Indian contractors in a single system. In just a few clicks, you can localize onboarding, provision IT and app access, and run payroll for your contractors in India—while staying compliant with local laws.
Avg Time to Hiring
Less than 5 minutes
Currency
INR
Time Zone
GMT+5:30 (New Delhi)
at a glance
Hiring contractors in India can be a rollercoaster
Hiring independent contractors in India can be daunting if you aren’t familiar with the local labor laws, including the Contract Labor Act. Misclassifying workers can result in penalties from the Income Tax Department, and Indian courts may require you to retroactively provide benefits like Employees Provident Fund and Employee State Insurance contributions. You should try to pay contractors in India in Indian Rupees (INR) and ensure they have the necessary information to file their Income Tax Return. Rippling streamlines the process so you can grow your global team quickly and compliantly.
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Worry-free Compliance
Avoid misclassifying contractors in India
Rippling can help you avoid costly misclassification mistakes. Worried that your Indian contractors are misclassified? Try our free classification assessment to find out.
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Support your Indian contractors right out of the box with Rippling
Simplified Onboarding
Onboard contractors in India in 90 seconds
Rippling makes it incredibly easy to set up your India contractors. Adapt everything—from contractor data fields and documents to currencies—based on their work location, comply with local laws using built-in consulting agreement templates, and provision app access with a few clicks.
Global Workforce Management
Seamlessly transition contractors to employees
As your business grows, your workforce needs change. You can easily transition a contractor to an employee in minutes while preserving any historical data. Hire and pay via Rippling EOR, or pay them through your own entity with Rippling Global Payroll.
APP & IT MANAGEMENT
Set up and manage your Indian contractors’ IT needs
Give contractors access to apps like Google Workspace and Slack with a few clicks—and remove it just as easily at the end of their contracts. You can increase security by enforcing multi-factor authentication and even set up workflows to automatically alert you of any suspicious login activity.
Contractor Compensation
Easily pay Indian contractors in INR
Set payments in USD or their local currency, and easily pay all contractors in a single pay run, no matter where they are located. And if you need to pay someone off-cycle for a late invoice or add in a reimbursement? Rippling can take care of that.
Looking to hire employees
in India instead?
Check out our hiring guide in India.
Hire employees in India
