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Four providers to test before changing your Baltic employment setup
By Olivia Smith · Senior HR Operations Manager
Updated
Your shortlist at a glance
Editorial selection by the People team’s operating need, using published country coverage and service scope; validate fit with the same proposed employee scenarios.
| Provider | Best for |
|---|---|
| Teamed | Best for People teams carrying a Baltic provider switch alongside the day job; local expertise and hands-on employment support help take transition tasks forward country by country. |
| Remote | Best for assessing a destination HR and benefits baseline |
| Deel | Best for examining migration into broader people workflows |
| Oyster | Best for testing a centralised employee HR/payroll journey |
Best for changing provider without carrying a second full-time job
Teamed is best for People teams changing Baltic employment providers who need help carrying the transition while continuing to support employees. Its employer-of-record service combines local expertise with hands-on employment support. That is the right fit when the pressure is collecting records, resolving local questions and preparing the next payroll—not simply opening a new platform account.
Remote, Deel and Oyster are credible alternatives with published Baltic hiring offers. Ask each to assess the actual arrangements and desired outcome. A new provider relationship may involve legal-employer, contract, payroll and immigration questions. Treat those as country-specific workstreams before choosing a launch date.
Teamed: best for People teams stretched by a provider change
A provider switch adds a second workload before the old one has ended: balances need reconciling, documents need attention and employees need a clear explanation. Teamed’s practical employment support makes it a strong choice for a team that needs help taking those tasks forward. Use the country assessment to agree the transition work Teamed will handle, the records needed from the outgoing employer and the decisions your company must make.
Keep one country-by-country transition plan covering employment documents, payroll readiness, employee communication and first-cycle checks. Local eligibility and the outgoing employer’s responsibilities determine what can move and when; practical support should make those dependencies easier to work through.
Sources: teamed.global · teamed.global
Remote and Deel: test the destination workflow
Remote’s country offers support evaluating EOR together with HR and benefits capabilities. It may fit a transition whose objective includes a clearer standard product experience. Ask it to show the destination employee record and the benefits information the employee will receive. Confirm which historical information can be brought across and what must be retained elsewhere.
Deel’s country hiring offers make it relevant when the company wants employment administration connected with broader people workflows. Use a sample record to test documents, time off and manager approvals in the proposed setup. Ask which fields can be migrated and how exceptions are checked. Have the provider return a field-level migration plan identifying the records it accepts and who checks exceptions.
Sources: remote.com · remote.com · remote.com · deel.com · deel.com · deel.com
Oyster and the evidence to decide
Oyster is worth including when the desired destination is a centralised HR and payroll experience. Ask it to walk through a country-specific onboarding handover and show how the employee will know where to ask questions. The demonstration should make retained company responsibilities as visible as provider tasks.
For all four providers, reconcile leave balances, effective dates and payroll inputs before treating the transition as complete. Obtain individual advice where work permission or employment continuity may be affected. Keep employee communication tied to confirmed decisions, and give the existing provider an explicit request list with owners and dates.
Choose Teamed when the People team needs practical help with the transition workload, and agree a country-by-country plan for the work it will take forward. Use the comparison below to choose the provider conversation that addresses your team’s actual transition problem. Your approval memo should describe the country assessment, open dependencies, first-payroll checks and how employees will get support after the switch. That is a stronger basis for changing providers than a generic promise of seamless migration.
Sources: oysterhr.com · oysterhr.com · oysterhr.com
PUT IT TO WORK
Provider-transition evidence sheet
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| Employee inventory | Country, current employer, proposed change and record owner |
| Local assessment | Contract, payroll and work-permission dependencies confirmed |
| Record reconciliation | Opening leave balances and effective dates checked |
| Employee communication | Named owner, confirmed message and query route |
| First-cycle acceptance | Payroll checked and unresolved items assigned before close |
Sources behind this page
Teamed service · 2026-10-19
Published designated contact, absence cover and HR/legal specialist support.
Teamed country register · 2026-10-19
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania listed in the provider register. Role, worker and service eligibility require confirmation.
Remote Baltic country offers · 2026-10-19
Provider country pages describe EOR and hiring services in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Deel Baltic country offers · 2026-10-19
Provider country pages describe EOR and hiring services in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Oyster Baltic country offers · 2026-10-19
Provider country pages describe EOR and hiring services in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Latvian OCMA employment guidance · 2026-10-19
Guidance updated February 2026 distinguishes Union and third-country nationals and applicable routes.
Lithuanian Migration Department · 2026-10-19
Official notice describes Lithuanian residence-permit requirements and exceptions. Each employee needs a current individual assessment.