Employer of Record · Serbia

Hire in Serbia — without opening an entity.

We become the legal employer for your people in Serbia. Fully compliant RSD contracts, payroll, taxes, contributions, benefits and HR — handled in-house by a local team. You run the work; we carry every employer obligation.

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.

  • RSD payroll
  • Full statutory compliance
  • Payroll & benefits in-house
  • Cost breakdown on request

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.

You

Choose & direct

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

Humble Hunters

Employ & comply

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

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.

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.

Test a market first

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

An entity isn't worth it

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

Stay 100% compliant

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

Convert a contractor

Move a freelancer onto compliant local employment without misclassification risk.

Hire in days, not months

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

One partner, three markets

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

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.
Why Humble Hunters

Not a faceless platform. A licensed regional workforce partner.

Local team on the ground (HR·RS·CZ)

Humble Hunters

In-region specialists

Global EOR platforms

Remote helpdesk

Own licence to employ locally

Humble Hunters

Ministry-licensed (337/20)

Global EOR platforms

Often third-party

Can also SOURCE the candidate

Humble Hunters

Recruitment is our core

Global EOR platforms

Payroll only

Work permits & relocation (non-EU)

Humble Hunters

10,500+ handled since 2020

Global EOR platforms

Not offered

Regional coverage, one partner

Humble Hunters

Croatia + Serbia + Czechia

Global EOR platforms

Varies

Founder-led, human, fast

Humble Hunters

Direct senior contact

Global EOR platforms

Tiered support

Coverage

Serbia — backed by regional coverage

We employ your people in Serbia on fully compliant local contracts — payroll, tax and benefits handled in-house. We also cover Croatia and Czechia through a single partner.

Serbia

  • RSD
  • Employer cost +15.15% (PIO 10% + health 5.15%)
  • Min wage 371 RSD net/h (2026)
  • Onboarding ~10 days

Croatia

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

Czechia

  • CZK
  • Employer cost +33.8% (social 24.8% + health 9%)
  • Min wage 22,400 CZK/mo (2026)
  • Onboarding ~10 days

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.

Hiring in Serbia

What it costs and takes to employ in Serbia

Serbia pairs a competitive cost base with a flat personal income tax and a deep talent pool. Here's what shapes the real cost and timeline of a Serbian hire in 2026.

Employer contribution

15.15% on gross

Pension and disability (PIO) 10% plus health 5.15% on the employer side. The employee carries a further PIO, health and unemployment share withheld from gross.

Minimum labour price (2026)

371 RSD net/hour

Serbia sets a minimum net hourly 'price of labour' rather than a fixed monthly figure, so the monthly minimum scales with the hours actually worked.

Income tax

10% flat

A flat personal income tax applies above a non-taxable monthly threshold. Salaries and our monthly fee are billed in RSD.

Time to a live hire

~10 working days

From a signed agreement to a compliant contract, run in-house by our local Serbian team — no company registration to wait on.

Most foreign nationals need a work and residence permit to be employed in Serbia. We handle the application, registration and relocation logistics directly, so non-EU hires are compliant from day one.

Your people are employed on fully compliant local contracts under Serbian labour law — payroll, tax, contributions, benefits and HR all carried by our in-house team, never an anonymous ticket queue.

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.