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by skissane 2144 days ago
When a company wants to hire a remote worker in a country in which they don't have a local legal entity, they often turn to an agency which does have a local legal entity and acts as the official employer (covering pay, tax, benefits, etc) on behalf of the real employer. Do such agencies have branches in Japan? How do the Japanese immigration authorities view them?

Gitlab [1] uses Safeguard Global [2] to act as official employer in a number of countries (including Japan). I'm sure Gitlab is not the only employer using Safeguard's services, and I'm sure Safeguard is not the only company offering this service.

[1] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/blob/master/dat...

[2] https://www.safeguardglobal.com