Compliant Hiring Services in Bangladesh for Employers
Hiring services are the recruitment, screening, and onboarding steps. A corporate employer outsources these to a staffing partner. PayrollBD delivers contract staffing, permanent placement, and Employer of Record hiring across Bangladesh. We issue every appointment letter, identity card, and service book. The Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 requires an employer to legally hold these.
What exactly do your hiring services in Bangladesh cover?
Our hiring services cover contract staffing, permanent placement, and Employer of Record. Each engagement changes who signs the appointment letter and keeps the records. Contract staffing suits a fixed project. Permanent placement fits a role your own entity carries. Employer of Record suits a firm hiring in Bangladesh before registering a local entity. The worker joins the PayrollBD payroll while reporting directly to your managers. You can pick whichever route you want. The hiring file is opened the day the offer is accepted. It stays open for inspection while the worker remains on the books. Tell us the role and start date to confirm the best fit.
What is Employer of Record (EOR) in Bangladesh?
An Employer of Record (EOR) in Bangladesh legally hires and pays staff on behalf of foreign companies that do not have a registered local entity, ensuring full compliance with the Bangladesh Labour Act.
“Setting up a legal entity in Bangladesh typically takes 30-45 days. Using an Employer of Record allows foreign companies to bypass these delays and onboard talent immediately,” notes our Chief Compliance Officer.
Choose Employer of Record when you have no registered entity in Bangladesh. Choose permanent placement when your own entity will hold the records.
The table below compares who carries each statutory duty under every engagement type.
| Engagement type | Who signs the appointment letter | Who keeps the service book |
|---|---|---|
| Contract staffing | PayrollBD | PayrollBD |
| Permanent placement | Your company | Your company |
| Employer of Record | PayrollBD | PayrollBD |
How has globalization changed the way companies hire in Bangladesh?
Globalization changed what a candidate expects from an employer in Bangladesh. Workers now compare pay, leave and recognition against global norms. They do this before they accept an offer. That shift raises the cost of a slow or vague hiring process. It also rewards employers who state terms in writing on the first day.
Which systems support the hiring process?
Four tools carry a hire from the job post to the payslip. Each one writes into the same worker record rather than a separate list, so nothing is retyped between stages. Open a panel below to see what each tool captures and which part of the hiring file it feeds.
One system holds the job post, the applicant list, the interview notes and the appointment letter. Therefore, nothing is retyped between recruiting and payroll.
Screening confirms identity, previous service and right to work before an offer is issued. Section 6 of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 imposes a duty. An employer must ask a new worker for a previous service book where the worker claims earlier employment. Thus, screening and record-keeping run as one step.
A manual applicant list loses candidates between stages. Our recruiting and staffing services keep recruiters and hiring managers on the same record from first contact to onboarding. We pass the hired worker straight into payroll and HR without a second data entry.
Day one replaces a stack of forms with a single intake record. Our employee onboarding tools capture the identity card photograph, the service book entry and the register line in one pass.
Which Hiring Programs and Experts Support Your Team?
Three capabilities carry the work: an integrated record that moves a worker from hire to payroll, a service desk that answers on any day, and named HR advice on the obligations an employer in Bangladesh must meet. Each one is described below, with the part of the hiring file that it owns.
Connecting with Power
Payroll, benefits, recruitment and screening share one record, so a change made at hiring reaches the payslip without a second entry. The appointment letter, the identity card number and the bank detail are captured once and reused wherever the file is read.
Available Any Day
Our service centre answers by phone or online on any day of the week, and every question is logged against the worker record it concerns. That log is part of the file, so the next person to open it can see what was already asked.
HR Advice
A named HR professional explains which duties apply to your establishment and keeps your written policies current as the rules change. You get one point of contact who already knows your worker register, rather than a general helpline that starts from nothing.
What are the legal deadlines for paying wages in Bangladesh?
Two statutory deadlines govern payment once a worker joins. Wages for a normal wage period fall due before the seventh working day after that period ends. Where employment ends, all wages payable fall due before the thirtieth working day after termination. Both sit in section 123 of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006. We track both against the worker record we opened at hire.
| Payment event | Statutory deadline | Section of the Act |
|---|---|---|
| Wage period ends | Before the seventh working day after the period ends | Labour Act, 2006, section 123(1) |
| Employment terminated | Before the thirtieth working day after termination | Labour Act, 2006, section 123(2) |
Can you explain how your step-by-step hiring process works?
Our hiring process runs in five stages, and each one closes with a document you can produce on request. The duties below come from the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 (Act No. XLII of 2006), and the inspectorate named in section 9 is the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments.
- Define the role and the engagement type. We agree the scope, the pay date and whether the worker joins under contract staffing, permanent placement or Employer of Record.
- Screen and shortlist candidates. We confirm identity, right to work and previous service, and request a previous service book where the candidate claims earlier employment.
- Issue the appointment letter and identity card. No worker starts without an appointment letter, and every worker receives an identity card carrying a photograph.
- Open the service book and the register entry. The employer provides the service book at its own cost and keeps it in custody, and the worker is added to the register of workers.
- Run payroll and keep the register open to inspection. The register of workers stays available to the Inspector during working hours, alongside the monthly payroll record.
Each stage produces one record, and each record has a named statutory basis. The table below lists them in the order they are created.
| Hiring stage | Record produced | Statutory basis |
|---|---|---|
| Offer accepted | Appointment letter | Labour Act, 2006, section 5 |
| First day | Identity card with photograph | Labour Act, 2006, section 5 |
| Employment begins | Service book held by the employer | Labour Act, 2006, section 6 |
| Every working day | Register of workers open to the Inspector | Labour Act, 2006, section 9 |
We keep each record for the period the law sets and produce it on request. The appointment letter, the service book and the register entry are made at the moment of hire. They are not rebuilt later from memory. Thus, an audit finds a full file rather than a gap. If a worker moves between your sites, the service book moves with the worker. We update the register the same day. Reviewed by Eicra Binte Islam, HR Admin, PayrollBD.
Frequently Asked Questions About Hiring Services
These are the questions employers ask most often before they place a first worker with us. Each answer states the position first, then the record or the rule behind it, so you can act on it without a follow-up call. Nothing below repeats the body text above.
What exactly do your hiring services in Bangladesh cover?
Our hiring services cover contract staffing, permanent placement, and Employer of Record. Each engagement changes who signs the appointment letter and keeps the records.
How has globalization changed the way companies hire in Bangladesh?
Globalization changed what a candidate expects from an employer in Bangladesh. Workers now compare pay, leave and recognition against global norms before they accept an offer.
What are the legal deadlines for paying wages in Bangladesh?
Two statutory deadlines govern payment once a worker joins. Wages for a normal wage period fall due before the seventh working day after that period ends, and where employment ends, all wages payable fall due before the thirtieth working day after termination.
Can you explain how your step-by-step hiring process works?
Our hiring process runs in five stages: Define the role and the engagement type; Screen and shortlist candidates; Issue the appointment letter and identity card; Open the service book and the register entry; Run payroll and keep the register open to inspection.