IRIS HR Consulting

IRIS HR Consulting gives businesses a practical way to hire, pay, and manage employees across borders without the administrative burden that international employment typically creates. Based in Chicago and operating across 135 countries, the firm handles the employment complexity that most HR teams are not equipped to manage in-house, from local labor law compliance to cross-border payroll accuracy. The service portfolio covers several distinct needs. The Employer of Record (EOR) solution allows companies to bring on international workers quickly, with IRIS assuming the legal employer obligations and eliminating the need to establish a local entity. Global payroll management sits alongside this, ensuring that employees in multiple jurisdictions are paid correctly and on time, with full compliance with local tax and statutory requirements. For organizations that want consistent HR support rather than project-by-project engagements, the HR Assurance subscription provides a retained, country-agnostic HR function at a fixed monthly fee. It functions as an outsourced HR department that clients can call on for any country, at any time. Beyond those recurring services, IRIS also delivers project-based consulting for specific challenges: audits, restructures, onboarding programs, workplace investigations, and market entry work. The firm's immigration and mobility practice helps companies relocate employees or manage cross-border assignments, navigating visa pathways and local regulations to reduce delays and compliance risk. Strategic HR support is also available for M&A due diligence and organizational change, giving leadership teams structured analysis and policy frameworks when the stakes are highest. The typical client is a growing business expanding internationally, a multinational managing scattered HR operations, or a company that needs experienced specialists without the cost of a full in-house team. IRIS serves over 90,000 customers worldwide, drawing on more than 40 years of expertise. Its consulting staff includes CIPD-qualified practitioners and credentialed specialists with advanced degrees from institutions like the London School of Economics, bringing professional-grade rigor to what are often high-stakes employment decisions. For companies evaluating outsourcing options for their global HR function, IRIS offers a custom quote process through its website. Consultants review the specific requirements and propose a scope matched to the actual work, whether that is a single-country issue or a multi-region engagement.