Employer of Record · Croatia · Serbia · Czechia

Hire in Croatia, Serbia & Czechia: without opening an entity.

We become the legal employer for your people in the region. Compliant contracts, payroll, taxes, benefits and HR, handled in-house by a local team. You run the work. Your first hire can be live in about 10 working days.

Licensed by the Croatian Ministry of Labour, placement No. 184/20 & employee leasing No. 337/20 · AmCham & HGK member · 10,500+ people employed through Humble Hunters since 2020.

  • 10,500+ people employed since 2020
  • 250+ employer partners
  • 3 markets, Croatia · Serbia · Czechia
  • ~10 days to a live, compliant hire

Trusted by employers like

  • INA
  • Končar
  • Spar
  • Hilton
  • Kraš
  • Studenac
  • Arriva
The model

Your legal employer on paper. Your team in practice.

An Employer of Record lets you employ someone in a country where you have no legal entity, or where you simply don't want one. We sign the compliant local contract and carry every employer obligation. You direct the work exactly as you would with your own staff.

  1. You

    Choose & direct

    Pick the person (or we find them) and manage their day-to-day work, goals and team.

  2. Humble Hunters

    Employ & comply

    We are the legal employer, contract, payroll, taxes, contributions, benefits, HR and compliance.

  3. Your employee

    Works for you

    Fully compliant local employment, paid on time, supported by a local HR contact.

No subsidiary. No €10,000–50,000+ entity setup. No months of registration. One monthly fee per employee.

What's included

Everything an employer is legally on the hook for, handled.

  • Locally-compliant employment contract, in language
  • Monthly payroll, calculation & payslips
  • Tax & social contributions filed and remitted
  • All statutory employer costs (Croatia: 16.5% HZZO)
  • Mandatory & optional benefits, leave & expenses
  • Compliant onboarding and offboarding
  • GDPR-compliant data & document handling
  • A dedicated local HR contact, not a ticket queue.
How it works

From first call to a compliant hire in about 10 days.

  1. Tell us who & where

  2. We draft & sign (~10 days)

  3. We run it monthly (payroll, tax, benefits, compliance)

  4. You manage the work; we handle every employment obligation, incl. offboarding.

Who it's for

Built for teams that need people on the ground, fast.

  1. Test a market first

    Prove demand in Croatia, Serbia or Czechia before you commit to a permanent legal presence.

  2. An entity isn't worth it

    Hiring one or a handful of people doesn't justify the cost and overhead of a local subsidiary.

  3. Stay 100% compliant

    Local labour law, payroll and contributions handled by an in-house team, so nothing slips through.

  4. Convert a contractor

    Move a freelancer onto compliant local employment without misclassification risk.

  5. Hire in days, not months

    Skip entity registration and have your first hire live and compliant in about 10 working days.

  6. One partner, three markets

    Employ across Croatia, Serbia and Czechia through a single contract and one local team.

Why Humble Hunters

Not a faceless platform. A licensed regional workforce partner.

Humble Hunters compared to global EOR platforms
CapabilityHumble HuntersGlobal EOR platforms
Local team on the ground (HR·RS·CZ)In-region specialistsRemote helpdesk
Own licence to employ locallyMinistry-licensed (337/20)Often third-party
Can also SOURCE the candidateRecruitment is our corePayroll only
Work permits & relocation (non-EU)10,500+ handled since 2020Not offered
Regional coverage, one partnerCroatia + Serbia + CzechiaVaries
Founder-led, human, fastDirect senior contactTiered support
Coverage

Three markets, one regional partner

Croatia offers one of the lowest employer payroll burdens in the EU, a single 16.5% employer-side contribution.

Croatia

Home market
  • EUR
  • Employer cost +16.5% (HZZO)
  • Min wage €1,050/mo (2026)
  • Onboarding ~10 days
Croatia EOR guide

Rates are 2026 statutory values (Croatia +16.5% HZZO; Serbia +15.15% PIO and health; Czechia +33.8% social and health). Actual employer cost depends on gross salary and benefits, request a country quote.

Cost calculator

Estimate your fully-loaded employer cost

Pick a market and enter a gross monthly salary to see the indicative total monthly cost per employee, using 2026 statutory employer contributions.

Market

The agreed gross salary, before employer contributions.

EUR
€1,050€8,000

How many people you plan to hire, we multiply the per-employee cost.

Indicative estimate
Gross salary
€1,500

Employer contributions

Health insurance (HZZO) (16.5%)
+ €248
Fully-loaded monthly cost+16.5%

€1,748

per employee / month

Annual team cost€20,970
Get an exact quote

Indicative estimate using 2026 statutory employer-side rates (Croatia +16.5% HZZO; Serbia +15.15% PIO and health; Czechia +33.8% social and health). Your final cost depends on the gross salary, benefits and any sector specifics, we confirm it in a written quote.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Humble Hunters holds a Croatian Ministry of Labour employee-leasing licence (No. 337/20) and placement licence (No. 184/20). We become the legal employer on a fully compliant local contract, so your people are employed entirely within Croatian labour law.

Ready when you are

Hire your first person in the region, without the entity.

Tell us who you want to hire and we'll come back within one business day with a compliant, in-region plan.

Get a plan

Tell us who you want to hire

Share a few details and we'll map out a compliant, in-region plan, no entity, no guesswork. We reply within one business day.

GDPR-compliant. We never share your details.