In this episode: Global Payroll Compliance: Managing Payroll Across Borders | Michelle Solomon and Filip Terzic, BIPO, with Nick Day.

How do you build a global payroll strategy when every country plays by different rules? On The Payroll Podcast, Nick Day speaks with Michelle Solomon, Country Manager ANZ at BIPO, and Filip Terzic, Sales Lead North America at BIPO, about international payroll, cross-border compliance and the risks of global expansion.

🌍 ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Expanding internationally introduces complex payroll requirements. From Australia's modern awards, employee classifications and superannuation to federal, state and local rules in the United States, businesses need more than payroll technology. They need effective governance, accurate processes and local expertise.

Michelle and Filip explain why payroll technology can calculate pay correctly without guaranteeing compliance, why payroll should be involved before expansion decisions are made, and how to build a consistent global payroll model that respects local legislation.

🔍 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Why global payroll compliance depends on local expertise.

• How Australian payroll rules and employee classification affect pay.

• Why compliance in one US state does not mean compliance across America.

• How payroll errors, underpayments and penalties can affect businesses.

• What to standardise globally and what should remain local.

• How to assess payroll providers and their local capabilities.

• Employer of Record (EOR) versus outsourced payroll.

• How AI could support the future of payroll.

🗝️ KEY TAKEAWAY

Global payroll does not mean making every country the same. Consistent governance, visibility and controls must be supported by local expertise to help organisations manage compliance across borders.

💡 MEET THE GUESTS

Michelle Solomon, Country Manager ANZ at BIPO, brings more than 20 years of international payroll and workforce experience.

Filip Terzic, Sales Lead North America at BIPO, helps organisations navigate international expansion through payroll, HCM and global workforce solutions.

🌐 LINKS

BIPO Global Payroll and HR Solutions: https://www.biposervice.com

Michelle Solomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-solomon-877ba534/

Filip Terzic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/filip-terzi%C4%87-06486699/

BIPO Employer of Record Services: https://www.biposervice.com/employer-of-record/

Nick Day on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/

JGA Recruitment opportunities: https://jgarecruitment.com/opportunities/

The HR L&D Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@thehrldpodcast

⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 Why global payroll still creates risk

02:45 What does payroll mean?

04:20 Australian payroll compliance

07:23 Why technology alone cannot guarantee compliance

08:34 Global ambition, local compliance

09:08 US payroll and state requirements

11:31 Remote employees and payroll rules

12:31 International expansion challenges

16:14 Director liability and payroll compliance

17:40 Why payroll belongs in expansion planning

20:14 Payroll errors and financial risk

20:46 Building a consistent global payroll model

25:02 Standardising governance, localising expertise

26:29 Technology versus local expertise

28:35 Evaluating global payroll providers

29:32 EOR versus outsourced payroll

33:22 Assessing local market expertise

36:19 International employee onboarding

38:20 Advice for payroll leaders

40:37 US employee benefits and vendor questions

44:10 The Payroll Vault

47:45 Global payroll in 2030

49:04 Closing reflections

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