Article
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How to Procure and Manage Equipment for Independent Contractors with Deel IT
IT & device management
Contractor management
Global expansion
Author
Anja Simic
Published
October 01, 2024
Last Update
December 02, 2024
Procuring and managing IT equipment on behalf of independent contractors and employees can present legal and compliance challenges for global teams.
Allowing contractors to purchase and expense their equipment may lead to misclassification, which can incur significant fines. Deel IT mitigates this risk. Now, you can compliantly provide your team with exactly what they need at speed—from laptops and phones to monitors and wireless headsets.
Streamlining the procurement and management of IT equipment in compliance with local laws and regulations is key to your team's productivity. Partnering with a provider that allows you to deliver and securely maintain and offboard equipment in 130+ countries like Deel IT supports your organization's global hiring and operations.
Ready, set, send equipment
Directly from your Deel dashboard, you can send your independent contractors an agreement to compliantly provide and manage their IT equipment.
To get started:
- Head to the contracts tab in your Deel dashboard
- Choose a contractor with an active contract
- Select the type of equipment, write a description, and send your usage agreement
- Collect signatures
Next:
- Verify their address
- Pack the equipment
- Send it right to their door
Sending equipment to 130+ countries is really that simple! Returns work just as seamlessly: When a contract comes to an end, you can request the return and supporting documentation directly from your Deel account.
Deel IT makes global equipment procurement, management, offboarding, and compliance simple. It supports your team's productivity by allowing you to compliantly track, send, and equip your globally dispersed independent contractors and employees with the tools they need to do their best work.
Schedule a demo to find out more.
About the author
Anja Simic is a passionate advocate for remote work and leveling the playing field for diverse talents worldwide. She’s the Director of Content Marketing at Deel. As a content marketing professional, she thrives on shaping impactful narratives through different formats such as long-form content, webinars, and newsletters (to name a few).