IPS helps companies hire employees around the world in full compliance, manage international payroll processes, and implement employment solutions without unnecessary complexity.
✓ Over 30 years of international payroll experience
✓ Experience across more than 120 countries
✓ Personalized consulting instead of platform support
✓ Support for companies without their own legal entity in the target country
An employer of record services case study featuring HRsolution
International employment is often too complex for standard answers. That is why IPS does not rely on anonymous platform processes, but instead provides personalized consulting through experienced professionals.
For more than three decades, Gerhard Benneck has advised companies on international employment models, payroll structures, Employer of Record solutions, and cross-border compliance. His experience combines international practice, an entrepreneurial perspective, and a strong focus on compliant implementation.
Gerhard Benneck
Managing Director
01 | Early International Exposure
Gerhard Benneck was exposed to international mobility from an early age. Through family and professional experiences, he became familiar with different countries, cultures, and working environments, including New York, Cologne, Paris, and Munich.
This international perspective remains a core part of the IPS DNA today: Anyone advising companies on international assignments, global payroll, or Employer of Record solutions needs to understand what international employment looks like in practice.
✓ Understanding of the realities faced by international employees
✓ Experience with expat matters and international assignments
✓ Consulting grounded in real-world international experience
✓ Awareness of cultural, legal, and organizational differences
02 | International Education & Professional Experience
After studying business administration in Washington, D.C., Gerhard Benneck moved to Europe. Working on behalf of an American bank, he was initially based in Luxembourg and later in Brussels.
There, he saw firsthand how complex international employment can become in practice: different legal frameworks, local HR processes, cross-border responsibilities, and the challenge of properly managing employees across multiple countries.
✓ Understanding of international corporate structures
✓ Experience with cross-border collaboration
✓ Practical perspective on employee assignments, payroll, and local requirements
✓ Consulting with an international perspective
03 | Late 1980s
In the late 1980s, Gerhard Benneck founded Contacts & Management GmbH in Düsseldorf. From the very beginning, the company focused on international businesses looking to establish operations in Germany and find the right employees.
This work quickly provided deep insight into the challenges companies face when hiring employees in a new market — especially when they do not yet have their own local entity, HR structure, or payroll department.
✓ Over 30 years of experience in international HR
✓ Early specialization in international companies
✓ Experience with market entry and employment in Germany
✓ Proven expertise built over decades instead of short-term, standardized solutions
04 | From Recruiting to Employment Solutions
Many international clients found the right talent in Germany but faced a practical obstacle: Without their own local establishment, employing staff in full compliance was difficult.
This exact need led IPS to develop international payroll and employment solutions. What began as a recruiting challenge became a question of payroll, compliance, and employer structure — and ultimately one of IPS’s core areas of expertise.
✓ Solutions for companies without their own establishment in the target country
✓ Integration of recruiting, payroll, compliance, and employment structures
✓ Practical experience with local employment requirements
✓ Support for building international teams in full compliance
05 | International Expansion
Over time, client requirements changed. It was no longer only foreign companies looking to employ staff in Germany — German companies were also searching for ways to enter international markets and hire employees abroad.
As a result, IPS evolved from a Germany specialist for international employers into a partner for cross-border employment in both directions: supporting foreign companies in Germany as well as German companies abroad.
✓ Support for international expansion
✓ Cross-border payroll services
✓ Employ staff without establishing your own local entity
✓ Experience with international market-entry and testing phases
06 | 2019
In 2019, an opportunity arose to further expand the company’s international operations. HRsolution International AG in Switzerland, previously an IPS network partner, was offered for sale. This led to the creation of IPS International Payroll Services by HRsolution.
This step further strengthened the international structure: broader operational coverage, a larger partner network, and a clearer focus on payroll, Employer of Record, PEO, and international employment solutions.
✓ Expansion of the international network
✓ Greater operational coverage in key markets
✓ Payroll, EOR, and PEO solutions from a single source
✓ International scalability with personalized support
07 | Today
Today, IPS supports companies in more than 120 countries. With remote work, digital nomads, international teams, and new employment models, international payroll is becoming increasingly complex.
IPS helps companies manage this complexity in a compliant, pragmatic, and personalized way — backed by more than three decades of hands-on international employment experience.
✓ Support in more than 120 countries
✓ Payroll, EOR, PEO, and compliance from a single source
✓ Dedicated contacts instead of anonymous platform processes
✓ More than 30 years of international experience
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to international employment. Every country has its own requirements regarding employment law, social security, payroll, contracts, reporting obligations, and local compliance.
IPS combines more than 30 years of hands-on international experience with practical employment solutions for companies looking to hire or assign employees abroad or employ them without establishing their own local entity.
For companies looking to employ international talent without immediately setting up local infrastructure.
✓ Employ staff without your own legal entity in the target country
✓ Support with setup, payroll, and local compliance
✓ Faster market entry with predictable costs and less risk
For companies that need to manage payroll, local requirements, and compliance across multiple countries.
✓ International payroll through a simple monthly payroll process
✓ Support with local laws, taxes, and social security contributions
✓ Payroll services in more than 120 countries with local partners
For companies looking to employ staff in full compliance without establishing their own employer entity in the target country.
✓ Local partners assume the role of legal employer
✓ Contracts, payroll, and compliance are handled in accordance with local requirements
✓ Your team works for you operationally while IPS handles the employer responsibilities
For companies looking to assign existing employees to international projects or offices while remaining fully compliant.
✓ Support with employment-law and tax requirements
✓ Guidance on local regulations, social security, and payroll
✓ Personalized support for complex international assignments
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