at a glance
Hiring contractors in Japan can be a rollercoaster
Hiring Japanese contractors can be a challenge, as Japanese employment laws don’t clearly differentiate between contractors and employees. However, you still have to classify independent contractors correctly to avoid stiff fines, write employment contracts in Japanese, and pay your contractors in Japanese yen (JPY). Rippling can help you remain compliant with Japanese labor laws, while quickly expanding your global team.
Worry-free Compliance
Avoid misclassifying contractors in Japan
Rippling can help you avoid costly misclassification mistakes. Worried that your Japanese contractors are misclassified? Try our free classification assessment to find out.
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Support your Japanese contractors right out of the box with Rippling
Simplified Onboarding
Onboard contractors in Japan in 90 seconds
Rippling makes it easy to onboard Japanese contractors. Send out contracts in minutes. In a single onboarding flow, contractors can sign agreements, submit required payroll and KYC information, and even set up their email account or apps—all in a few minutes from their phone.
Global Workforce Management
Seamlessly transition contractors to employees
As your business grows, your workforce needs change. You can easily transition a contractor to an employee in minutes while preserving any historical data via Rippling EOR. Through the transition, you'll retain historical documents and payroll data, and the contractor can retain their email and systems access.
APP & IT MANAGEMENT
Set up and manage your Japanese contractors’ IT needs
Give contractors access to apps like Google Workspace and Slack with a few clicks—and remove it just as easily at the end of their contracts. You can increase security by enforcing multi-factor authentication and even set up workflows to automatically alert you of any suspicious login activity.
Contractor Compensation
Easily pay Japanese contractors in JPY
Easily pay contractors in your currency or JPY. And if you need to pay someone off-cycle for a late invoice? You can do that in minutes. Contractor payments are tied to invoices and integrated time-tracking, saving you manual data entry in pay runs and creating a papertrail to protect against misclassification risk.
Looking to hire employees
in Japan instead?
Check out our hiring guide in Japan.
Hire employees in Japan
