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Agent of Record (AOR) is an administrative intermediary service that lets a company engage independent contractors compliantly while still contracting with them directly. Acting as the AOR, Atlas HXM is your authorized agent for the administrative layer around the engagement — classification guidance, compliant onboarding, payment facilitation, and ongoing compliance support — but never becomes the contracting party itself.

AOR is currently available in Brazil, Canada, India, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We’re expanding to additional countries soon.

EOR is for employees; AOR is for independent contractors. Under Employer of Record (EOR), Atlas HXM becomes the legal employer and runs payroll. Under AOR, Atlas HXM has no employment relationship with the contractor — it acts only as your authorized agent, and you contract with the contractor directly. The two are execution paths that follow from the worker classification decision, not competing products.

The decisive difference is who holds the contract. Under Contractor of Record (COR), the provider becomes the contracting party with the contractor. Under AOR, you keep the direct contract with the contractor and the provider acts only as your authorized agent. Atlas HXM offers AOR, not COR.

No. In an AOR engagement, your company contracts directly with the independent contractor. Atlas HXM is your authorized agent for the administrative layer only — it is not the employer and not a party to the contract between you and the contractor.

If a contractor Atlas HXM has classified is later found to be misclassified, Classification Protection helps cover the financial costs — it is not a promise that a classification is guaranteed “correct,” or that misclassification can’t happen.

Reimbursement covers documented reclassification costs, back taxes, and unpaid employer-side taxes (excluding penalties, interest, and liquidated damages), up to $100,000 per contractor and $1,000,000 in the aggregate per client, subject to eligibility and exclusions in your Atlas HXM AOR services agreement. Amounts exceeding these limits are not covered. All reimbursement claims must be made to Atlas HXM within 12-months from the latest classification assessment and no material change has occurred to the factors on which the original classification was based (including role scope, responsibilities, work location, or engagement terms). See AOR Terms of Service for details.

Atlas HXM provides worker classification guidance and assessment, never a legal determination or legal advice. Classification is driven by the details of the working relationship, with rules varying by each jurisdiction, which is why accurate classification is what keeps a cross-border engagement compliant.

Atlas HXM’s AOR price is $199 per contractor, per month — billed monthly, cancel anytime*. This is one price covering onboarding verification (KYB/KYC) and contractor payment facilitation.**

Pay $199 per contractor/month today to start AOR and unlock your Worker Classification Assessment. If you decide not to continue with AOR or EOR after receiving your assessment, your final charge will be $99 for the Worker Classification Assessment only.

*Cancel any time before your next billing date to avoid the following month's charge; see AOR Terms of Service for cancellation mechanics.

**Pricing as of August 17, 2026, in USD per active contractor per month. Fee includes Know your Business (KYB) and Know your Customer (KYC) verification and contractor payment facilitation. Excludes applicable taxes, FX, and third-party fees; pricing subject to change. See AOR Terms of Service for more details.

You don’t start over. Your engagement data and history carry across, Atlas HXM flags the employment need, and a specialist guides you through the move to EOR. If your classification assessment shows a worker should be an employee, the classification fees you’ve paid are credited toward your EOR engagement, subject to eligibility and terms.