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Labor Laws for Remote Employees Working Across Borders: Who Is Actually the Legal Employer?
On a Monday morning, one of the employees sends a message to HR, stating that they are moving to another country and want to continue working remotely. Initially, it could just be a flexible working application. But it also brings a host of legal, tax, and payroll issues that affect
Where Human Resources and Employment Law Collide
Businesses are operating in a changed landscape with the rise of the gig economy. Nowadays, digital platforms can connect companies with drivers, couriers, freelancers, techs, and other independent professionals globally within minutes. But as platform work has developed rapidly, legal systems have yet to keep up. This has led to
Where Human Resources and Employment Law Collide: The Decisions Global HR Teams Cannot Make Without Legal Clarity
The manager asks a simple question during a team meeting: Do you have the ability to shift this employee’s work responsibilities for next Monday? On the surface, it appears to be a regular operational decision. But when human resources and employment laws collide, it may be more than only business
Working Laws in Canada for Foreign Employers: What Changes When You Hire Across Provinces
The decision to hire your first employee in Canada may appear simple, but there are significant employment obligations that can vary from province to province where that person works. To understand the working laws in Canada, is to consider more than just Canadian employment laws; consider which Canadian jurisdiction has
HR Compliance Laws for Multinational Companies: Why a Single Global HR Policy Is a Legal Risk
As businesses expand to other countries, they tend to standardize HR processes. One employee handbook is efficient, consistent, and manageable. However, once this handbook is available to employees in various jurisdictions, local HR personnel might find clauses that don’t align with local employment needs. Here lies the importance of HR
Hiring in India After the Labor Code Reforms: A Compliance Checklist for Global Employers
One of the first steps in expanding into India is to recruit locally and build a team. However, the first hurdle for many international employers often arises before the issuance of an offer letter. Human resources, finance, payroll, and legal departments can all be on the same hiring schedule, with
International Work Laws and Mandatory Written Contracts: What Employers Must Issue Before Day One
Hiring someone in another country often begins with excitement. The candidate has accepted the offer, the start date is set, and onboarding is underway. Then someone in HR catches up with them and realizes there is a major problem: the employee has only been offered via email, but the paperwork
The Compliance Side of International Human Resource Management Nobody Talks About
While this can be a very exciting prospect, it can also be quite a bit of complexity that many organizations are unaware of when expanding into new countries. International human resource management is synonymous with the recruitment of global talent, the management of international assignments, the development of leaders across locations, the
Global Employee Management Rules That Change the Moment You Hire Across Borders
It may seem like it’s simply continuing a company’s operations in another country when hiring someone. Picture a business that’s been working with staff in one nation for a number of years and chooses to recruit its first foreign worker. While it can be the first thing you think of