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title: "Do we need our own company in Portugal to hire there?"
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# Do we need our own company in Portugal to hire there?

No. With Fronted as your Employer of Record, your employee is employed by our own Portuguese company on a local contract, and you direct their day-to-day work. We handle payroll, social security, tax withholding and reporting, and you have one dedicated contact the whole way.

Hiring someone as a contractor instead carries a risk: Portuguese law presumes employment when the relationship works like a job, and then employee rights and employer obligations apply.