Employer of Record in Nicaragua Backed by a US Company
Hire your people in Nicaragua without opening a company there. We become their legal employer and handle contracts, payroll and labor law. You direct the work.
Your People. Our Payroll and Paperwork.
Nicaragua has excellent bilingual talent in your time zone, but employing people there means local contracts, social security registration, 13th-month pay, vacations, severance rules and monthly filings. Getting any of it wrong becomes your problem.
With Interface as your employer of record, our registered Nicaraguan branch employs your team and takes care of all of it. Your people get proper local employment and full benefits. You choose them, manage their work and keep everything they produce.
And you never deal with a foreign company: you sign with Interface Outsourcing Group, LLC in North Carolina and pay in US dollars.
- Compliant employment contractsWritten under the Nicaraguan Labor Code, with confidentiality terms that protect your work.
- Payroll, every pay periodSalaries calculated, paid on time, with payslips and records kept.
- Social security and payroll taxesINSS registration and contributions, INATEC and income-tax withholding.
- Statutory benefits13th-month pay (aguinaldo), vacations, holidays and severance accrual.
- Day-to-day HROnboarding, vacation tracking, employment letters and employee questions, in Spanish and English.
- Offboarding done rightResignations and terminations documented and settled correctly, so they don't come back to you.
When an Employer of Record Makes Sense
You've already found the people
You have candidates in Nicaragua and need someone to employ them properly, fast.
Your contractors should be employees
Long-term, full-time contractors carry misclassification risk. Move them onto proper local employment.
You're building a nearshore team
Grow a team in Nicaragua before deciding whether you'll ever need your own entity there.
You want it handled by people who do it every day
Local labor law, payroll and HR run by a team that knows it, with a US company accountable for it.
EOR vs. Your Own Entity vs. Contractors
Three ways to work with people in Nicaragua, and what each one leaves on your plate.
Interface EOR | Open your own entity | Hire contractors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the legal employer | Interface | Your new Nicaraguan company | No one |
| Local company to set up and maintain | None | Registration, accounting, tax filings | None |
| Labor-law compliance | Handled by Interface | Your responsibility | Misclassification risk |
| INSS, 13th month, vacations, severance | Included and managed | You run it | Not covered |
| Contract and billing | US company, USD | Local currency, local law | Individual invoices |
| Who directs the work | You | You | Limited control |
- Who is the legal employer
- Interface
- Local company to set up and maintain
- None
- Labor-law compliance
- Handled by Interface
- INSS, 13th month, vacations, severance
- Included and managed
- Contract and billing
- US company, USD
- Who directs the work
- You
- Who is the legal employer
- Your new Nicaraguan company
- Local company to set up and maintain
- Registration, accounting, tax filings
- Labor-law compliance
- Your responsibility
- INSS, 13th month, vacations, severance
- You run it
- Contract and billing
- Local currency, local law
- Who directs the work
- You
- Who is the legal employer
- No one
- Local company to set up and maintain
- None
- Labor-law compliance
- Misclassification risk
- INSS, 13th month, vacations, severance
- Not covered
- Contract and billing
- Individual invoices
- Who directs the work
- Limited control
From Offer Letter to Payday
You choose the people and direct the work. We take care of everything that makes them legally employed.
Tell us who and what
The people you want to hire, their roles, start dates and compensation.
Contracts and registration
We issue compliant employment contracts and register each person with social security.
Payroll and compliance
We run payroll and statutory obligations every period and report back to you.
HR, changes and offboarding
Raises, vacations, letters, resignations and terminations, handled under local law.
Know Exactly What You Pay For
We agree a budget and funding schedule with you up front, then reconcile it against actual costs. Every line is visible: what your people were paid, what the law required, and our fee.
Your team's compensation stays confidential, shared only with the people at your company who need it.
What Employing Someone in Nicaragua Involves
The main obligations under Nicaraguan law. As your employer of record, every one of them is ours to manage.
A general summary of the Nicaraguan Labor Code and social security rules, not legal advice. Rates and rules can change; we apply the ones in force for your team.
Nearshore Talent. A US Company on the Contract.
The advantages of hiring in Nicaragua, without taking on foreign employment, payroll or legal risk.
You sign with a US company
Interface Outsourcing Group is a US LLC with an office in Cornelius, North Carolina. Your contract is under US law and you're invoiced in US dollars.
We are the employer
Our Nicaraguan entity employs your team and handles payroll, social security, 13th-month pay, severance and local labor law. You never manage foreign employment.
Your business hours
Nicaragua is on Central Time with no daylight-saving change, so your team works your US schedule and joins your stand-ups live.
Bilingual by default
English and Spanish speaking team members, so you can serve US customers in either language without hiring separately.
Security on SOC 2 guidelines
Access controls, background checks and signed confidentiality agreements, run under SOC 2 guidelines for security and confidentiality.
Start with a team of five
Your first five people, hired for your business and trained on your work. As you grow, we grow the team with people who already know how you operate.
Employer of Record in Nicaragua FAQ
We Can Recruit and Manage the Team for You
Same US contract. We hire, train and lead the people, and you get the results.
Ready to Hire in Nicaragua?
Tell us about the people you want to employ. We'll walk you through contracts, costs and timing.