Pay Bands, Carta integration, hiring automation improvements and more: November product updates

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Oyster Product Updates: November 2023

Oyster Team

At Oyster, we believe that hiring around the world should create exciting new opportunities, not slow you down. That's why we're thrilled to introduce some exciting new developments this month. We've integrated Oyster Pay Bands into our Salary Insights Tool to help bridge pay gaps, and brought you a seamless integration with Carta for efficient equity management.
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Hereโ€™s our roundup for the month:
๐Ÿ’ฐ Simplify salary decisions with Oyster Pay Bands
๐Ÿงฉ Streamline equity management with our Carta integration
๐Ÿค– New hiring automations such as contract quality scores and e-signatures
๐Ÿ“ข More updates including new platform roles and time-off reports

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Introducing Oyster Pay Bands: Where business meets ethics

Introducing Oyster Pay Bands: Where business meets ethics

At Oyster, one of our missions is to create a more equitable global hiring landscape. To help other companies do the same, we released Oyster Pay Bands - our proprietary salary ranges developed with Oyster's unique compensation approach.

Try Oyster Pay Bands in our Salary Insights Tool to benchmark salaries and make equitable, informed decisions when hiring globally.

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Integrate seamlessly with Carta, the leading equity management platform

Say hello to our new Carta integration! Now you can automatically import equity grants made on Carta into the Oyster platform and ensure that your equity grants sync with local regulations. Eliminate redundant data entry, save time, and streamline your equity management process.

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Unlock hiring efficiency with contract quality scores and advanced e-signatures

Get insights on how your employment terms stack up. Our new contract quality score will display a score and share if your contract is meeting statutory, customary, or best-in-class practices in the location you are hiring in. Oyster leverages deep country-level knowledge to share these insights so you can offer attractive time off, probation, and other terms.

Also, advanced e-signatures are now available if youโ€™re hiring in France, Italy, Turkey, Romania, and Brazil. You can now verify employment and confidentiality agreements, and send out signature requests directly from your Oyster account to Team Members. This feature simplifies global hiring, especially in countries with stricter digital signature requirements.


What else is new?


๐Ÿ‘ฅ New Oyster platform roles:
Equip your colleagues to work more efficiently by assigning the right specialized company or platform roles to the right people. Our latest update brings you four essential roles: Expense Administrator, Time Off Administrator, Payroll Administrator, and Invoice Administrator. Learn more about each role or assign these new roles to your company now.

๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ Time-off reports: Do more with your time-off data! You can now download a report of all your Team Memberโ€™s time-off requests and vacation balances, which makes it easy to sort, filter, and understand request details. Learn more or download your report now!

Canโ€™t wait to see these new features in action? Log into Oyster to try them out yourself!

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About Oyster

Whether youโ€™re engaging employees, contractors, or running payroll across borders, Oyster helps you bring on great talent by making global employment simple and human.โ€จโ€จWith Oyster, you get a platform that moves fast and in-house HR experts who care about getting it right. As the only B Corp-certified EOR, you can be sure that when you grow with Oyster, you grow responsibly.

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FAQs

What is an EOR?

An employer of record (EOR) is an entity that legally employs workers on behalf of another business. An EOR takes full responsibility for all aspects of employment, including compliance, payroll, taxes, and benefits.

Is it hard to switch from another EOR provider?

Switching from one employer of record partner to another can be seamless with the right planning and support.

Oyster offers a dedicated team of specialists who guide you through the process compliantly, while keeping your team membersโ€™ experience at the center.

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What is an EOR in payroll?

An employer of record is an entity that employs workers on behalf of another business. An EOR partner takes on the responsibility of many HR services, including payroll administration. When you work with an EOR partner to employ global talent, you provide funds to the EOR and they will handle salary disbursement, ensuring proper tax withholding, social security contributions, and retirement account funding.

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