From Singapore to Cebu: 6 compliant hires in 47 days. No entity required.
Connie Barrientos-Carey
5 days ago
1 min read
A Singapore-based SaaS company needed a customer success team in Cebu. Series A. 60-person global team. Zero Philippine infrastructure.
The options were straightforward:
Register an entity — 3 to 6 months, SEC filing, BIR registration, payroll build, ongoing compliance overhead.
Or engage Aleph EOR — and have 6 employed, documented, statutorilycompliant Filipino employees on payroll in 47 days.
They chose the latter.
What that looked like: employment contracts under the Labor Code, SSS/PhilHealth/Pag-IBIG computed on gross and remitted, 13th month pro-rated from Day 1 (PD 851), 201 files archived, BIR withholding configured, and a monthly compliance report issued to Singapore HQ.
Salary benchmarked against Aleph's Q1 2026 Cebu market data. Total payroll band: ₱271,000–₱339,000/month across 3 role levels.
The audit trail exists. The paper is there.
That's the difference between saying you're compliant and being able to prove it.
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