How to Enhance HR Efficiency with Deel HR and Deel IT: Hire, Equip, and Onboard the Best Talent at Speed

Managing a distributed workforce comes with its share of challenges—hiring across borders, navigating local regulations, and keeping everything running smoothly. That’s why finding smarter, more efficient ways to handle HR and IT is a game-changer for companies looking to grow and support their teams seamlessly.

This guide introduces how Deel HR and Deel IT can streamline your processes, improve collaboration, and create a better employee experience. And when you partner them together, the impact is even more powerful.

How Deel HR improves HR efficiency

Deel HR is a global-first HRIS that enables you to hire and manage every type of employee and contractor in any location. At Deel, we have 4,500 employees spread across 104 countries. As a result, we know first-hand the challenges of managing a distributed workforce. Our HRIS system reflects our understanding of the best ways to support global employees, with the ability to scale your headcount as needed.

Deel HR is free for companies of all sizes. Our streamlined platform includes the following features:

People management and reporting

Many of our clients switch to Deel after becoming frustrated with the mix of spreadsheets and fragmented systems they’ve been using to complete essential tasks. Their previous approach has wasted time and resources, sometimes resulting in duplicated work or errors. Instead, they crave a central platform delivering clarity, control, and real-time insights into their people ops.

Deel HR simplifies workforce management by consolidating all employee data, regardless of worker type or location, into one intuitive platform. It acts as a single source of truth so your HR team members can collaborate, analyze, and take action within the same workspace.

Deel HR offers:

1. People directory and organizational chart: A consolidated, user-friendly directory of your entire company. It’s easy to navigate through teams, roles, and reporting structures, fostering better communication and collaboration
2. Information management: Keep everything organized and accessible by managing all worker types in one place, including employees hired via employer of record (EOR), full-time employees, and contractors—whether they’re hired through Deel or another source
3. Secure document storage: Request, upload, and store critical documents like contracts, tax forms, and compliance certificates. With enterprise-grade security and global compliance features, your sensitive data is always protected
4. Headcount reports: Stay on top of your workforce metrics with real-time tracking of onboarding, offboarding, retention, and growth trends. Use this data to drive strategic HR decisions and optimize workforce planning
5. Payroll reports: Generate detailed payroll reports for local and international workers. Track costs and payments effortlessly, ensuring compliance and accuracy
6. Global cost analysis: Gain visibility into workforce costs across regions. Analyze current expenses, forecast future costs, and make data-driven financial decisions to support your global strategy
7. Custom reports: Create impactful, tailored reports that align with your specific business needs. Whether it’s granular insights into team performance or a high-level overview for leadership, Deel HR’s analytics and reporting tools give you the flexibility to analyze what matters most

Employee onboarding and offboarding

With the knowledge that 29% of employees have quit a job within the first 90 days of starting, it pays to invest in a slick and seamless onboarding process. At the other end of the employee lifecycle, your offboarding program should also be a positive experience for departing workers, strengthening your employer brand in the talent market. In terms of compliance, both processes require strict adherence to the latest regulations, which you can achieve with:

• Onboarding automation: Using Deel HR’s workflow builder, you can auto-assign onboarding tasks such as payroll and compliance to employees based on their location, department, and contract type. Deel’s onboarding plugin quickly connects new hires with their manager and teammates. This happens from within Slack, where you can use the manager overview to check if the new hire has completed their tasks.
• Offboarding processes: Deel HR protects your company from termination litigation by ensuring all legal and compliance procedures are followed to the letter. Deel will notify the departing employee’s manager and team members and advise them on communication. We also use simple offboarding checklists to ensure the company retrieves all equipment, all parties sign the termination agreements, and all company data and access are revoked

Simplified compliance and document management

Whether you’re an onsite company looking to expand internationally or a remote-first company with employees in multiple countries, you’ll already know how challenging it is to track local labor laws and regulations in every jurisdiction. Deel HR enables you to maintain compliance in 150+ 150+ countries, so you never need to worry if you satisfy PTO or minimum wage requirements. We offer:

• Localized compliance: Meet international labor and tax requirements with pre-configured, country-specific templates for contracts, policies, and payments. You can customize them to suit your specific needs
• Global knowledge base: Access instant answers to HR, payroll, onboarding, immigration, and compliance questions—all legally vetted by industry experts
• Compliance monitoring: Stay ahead of regulatory changes with flagged local labor or tax laws updates. For example, you’ll receive a notification if termination policy regulations change or if the minimum wage rises in a specific country
• Centralized document management: Consolidate all your contracts, forms, and employee records in one secure platform
• Streamlined benefits management: Configure employee benefits to match local regulations and employee needs, covering healthcare, PTO, and more

Time tracking

Managing hourly workers requires precise time tracking to ensure payroll accuracy, compliance with labor laws, and overall efficiency.

Deel HR’s time tracker provides an intuitive desktop and mobile solution that allows workers to clock in and out conveniently. The solution also accommodates break times. Workers submit their hours at the end of a shift, which are automatically added to payroll. Security permissions let you decide whether to let employees add manual entries or change their timesheets after submission.

How Deel IT supports HR efficiency and collaboration

Modern HR professionals know people are the heartbeat of any organization. However, they can only support their workforce and set them up for success with the right technology. And that becomes more challenging when working with employees based in numerous locations worldwide.

Deel IT plays a vital role in equipping employees with the tools they need throughout the entire employee lifecycle while saving your tech teams time and resources.

Global device procurement and zero-touch deployment

Deel IT buys, leases, and ships devices in 150 countries. Hence, companies never need to get hands-on with sourcing suitable equipment and arranging shipping to local addresses. On average, we ship in 3-5 business days, with even shorter lead times on in-stock inventory.

Our platform uses zero-touch deployment to ensure desktops and mobile devices are set up, secure, and ready to use from day one.

Tech teams use Deel IT to define an IT policy based on:

• Employee information, such as their location, rank, role, etc.
• Product catalog, for example, device type, accessories
• Budget—the allowance allocated to each worker
• Procurement preferences, such as leasing or purchasing

All of the above can be automated by integrating into an HRIS such as Deel HR, so you don’t need to create a manual policy for each new joiner. Instead, you’ll just apply a policy template. For example, suppose you have a new engineer in Latin America. You might have a template for the engineering department or the region.

Device lifecycle management

Of course, technology support isn’t restricted to setting up new equipment. Remote tech teams are responsible for managing device lifecycles from a distance. They need a solution like Deel IT to store, repair, track, configure, and erase devices globally. Here’s how it works:

• Diagnostics and repair: Access 24/7 hardware and tech support for your global teams. Where necessary, you’ll receive managed repairs and loaner devices to maximize uptime
• Upgrading or trading in: Create rules to automate your equipment refresh cycles, including clearing or upgrading your old devices
• Recovering and erasing: Offboard your employees securely using managed device recovery and certified data erasure. You’ll maintain compliance with data privacy laws and safeguard sensitive information
• Reconditioning and reusing: Keep procurement costs down by storing, shopping, and refurbishing employee devices worldwide

Application management

Managing physical devices is only part of the equation. Remote IT teams must also oversee the specific applications installed on each device.

Deel IT enables you to:

• Set up apps before onboarding: Install relevant software according to the workers’ role and department so they can hit the ground running from day one
• Grant and revoke app access (coming soon): Schedule app access and modify it based on employees’ needs, such as revoking permissions when an employee changes roles or leaves the company
• Buy and manage SaaS licenses (coming soon): Apply for, manage, and pay for team licenses all from one place

IT services and support

Smaller companies without a dedicated IT team, or even tech teams needing to extend their support with round-the-clock coverage, will benefit from Deel IT’s comprehensive services. Our platform includes:

• 24/7 tech support for every time zone
• Support for hardware and software
• Equipment setups, troubleshooting, and guidance
• Global SLA-backed repairs and loaners

Key benefits of using Deel HR and Deel IT together

You could use Deel HR or Deel IT as standalone products or sync them with other tools in your tech stack to extend their value. But marrying these two impressive platforms together creates a powerful suite to streamline your people and processes.

With Deel HR offering real-time visibility and control over your workforce and Deel IT tracking devices throughout
 their lifecycle, you’ll receive a comprehensive view enabling you to complete tasks efficiently and stay compliant with just a few clicks.

Combining these two powerhouses also results in:

• Enhanced collaboration: Seamless workflows between HR and IT teams ensure smooth coordination for tasks like onboarding, offboarding, and equipment management, even for distributed teams across multiple regions
• Time and cost savings: By consolidating systems, your organization saves considerable money. For example, you’ll have the infrastructure to collect and reuse working devices rather than ordering new hardware for every new starter. Plus, you’ll automate repetitive HR and IT processes to reduce the grunt work and minimize human errors
• Improved employee experience: You’ll provide employees with a seamless start-to-finish experience, from onboarding to day-to-day support. The synergy between HR and IT means their devices are ready to use, they’ll have immediate access to their tools, and ongoing support is available, improving satisfaction and productivity

Enhance HR efficiency globally with Deel

Deel HR and Deel IT empower HR teams to operate more efficiently and support their global teams, however they’re made up and wherever they’re located.

By consolidating people management, compliance, and IT operations into one integrated solution, Deel simplifies hiring, equipping, and managing global workforces.

Book a free demo with Deel to see how your HR team will benefit.