Case Study: Delivering Compliant Payroll & Employment Solutions for a Global LNG Newbuilding Programme
Business Type: LNG Carrier
Location: Philippines, Singapore and South Korea
Key Stakeholders: Group Human Resources Director, Head of Compensation & Benefits and Regional Human Resources Business Partner
Faststream Consultants Involved: Chris Bramley, CFO, Mike McGrory, Executive Consultant and Stuart Barber, Finance Director.
As part of a major LNG and FSRU newbuilding programme, a leading global shipping organisation faced complex employment and payroll challenges across South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines. With no legal entities in these locations, they needed a fully compliant solution to recruit and manage site-based contractor personnel. Faststream delivered a tailored Employer of Record (EOR) and international payroll service, enabling fast mobilisation, cost efficiency, and long-term workforce support across multiple jurisdictions.
The Challenge
Our client needed to rapidly mobilise a specialist site team to support a large-scale LNG and FSRU newbuilding programme across South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines. However, operating in new jurisdictions brought a host of complex challenges, from understanding local tax and employment laws to managing risk and ensuring full compliance.
With no established legal entities in these countries, the client required a reliable solution to employ and pay personnel compliantly, without taking on the cost and administrative burden of setting up regional operations.
The Solution
Faststream implemented a fully managed Employer of Record (EOR) and international payroll solution tailored to the client’s operational and compliance needs.
We provided:
Full employment coverage including medical benefits, bonus schemes, and employer liabilities
Dedicated account management, acting as a single point of contact for all personnel and payroll matters
Local compliance through trusted in-country partners to ensure adherence to labour laws, tax regulations, and evolving legislative requirements
This solution enabled the client to onboard and manage engineering personnel across South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines, without the need to establish local entities, ensuring rapid mobilisation, legal compliance, and centralised oversight.
The Results
Through Faststream’s EOR and international payroll solution, the client achieved:
Rapid workforce mobilisation – able to deploy qualified personnel within days, meeting urgent project timelines with minimal delay
Significant cost savings – avoided the financial and administrative burden of setting up legal entities in three separate countries
Compliance peace of mind – ensured full alignment with complex local employment and tax laws, reducing risk across multiple jurisdictions
Long-term workforce scalability – enabled the successful delivery of multiple LNG and FSRU assets over nearly a decade using our solution
Centralised support – one point of contact for all international employment and payroll matters, improving communication and operational efficiency
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