# Rise Works

> Start streamlining payments and compliance tasks with your Global Workforce today

Rise Works helps companies hire and pay global teams in fiat or crypto through automated payroll and compliance solutions.

Rise Works helps businesses hire and pay international contractors and employees by providing automated payroll and compliance infrastructure. With it, companies can onboard global workers, automate tax documentation, and process payments in local currencies or crypto. Rise Works simplifies workforce management for remote-first companies and Web3 organizations.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Payments
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2019-08-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/rise_works

## Products

- [Rise Pay](https://thegrid.id/profiles/rise_works): Rise Pay delivers hybrid payroll processing through blockchain-based smart contracts on Arbitrum, enabling automated fiat and cryptocurrency payments. The system manages tax compliance, KYC/AML verification, and contractor classification while supporting payments across multiple currencies and blockchains. (Payroll, Live, Main Product)
- [Rise ID](https://thegrid.id/profiles/rise_works): Rise ID provides blockchain-based professional identity management using ERC-725 smart contracts on Arbitrum. The system stores KYC status, work history, and professional credentials while enabling secure authentication and transaction signing for payroll operations. (Decentralised Identity, Live)
- [Employer of Record](https://thegrid.id/profiles/rise_works): Employer of Record provides full-time employee management services for global hiring, handling employment contracts, benefits administration, and local labor law compliance. The service enables companies to hire employees in multiple countries without establishing local entities. (Legal Service Provider, Live)
- [Agent of Record](https://thegrid.id/profiles/rise_works): Agent of Record offers legal compliance services for international contractor management, acting as an intermediary to reduce misclassification risk. The service handles contractor agreements, tax documentation, and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions. (Tax tooling & Accounting, Live)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.riseworks.io)
- [Documentation](https://docs.riseworks.io)
- [Blog](https://www.riseworks.io/blog)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.riseworks.io/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.riseworks.io/terms-of-service)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/rise_pay)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/riseworks)

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- [Open Data (ODbL)](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data): Open Database License terms and scope for The Grid's open data service.
- [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service.
- [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services.
- [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures

## Optional

- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP