Employing workers abroad: How to achieve global HR compliance

When expanding into a new country, you can’t assume your current employment policies and practices will protect your organisation. Each country has its own compliance obligations, cultural norms, and statutory and customary benefits. No matter how experienced, HR professionals “don’t know what they don’t know” when entering a new market.
Unfortunately, the risks are high and employee expectations might be even higher! Authorities in countries around the world are intent on protecting local workers, promoting transparency and ensuring they collect their perceived fair share of income, social security and other taxes. Misclassifying a single worker, for example, can lead to fines and penalties amounting to hundreds of thousands of US dollars. As an employer we get one chance to make a first impression, getting the structure, offer, and benefits right the first time is critical to landing and keeping new talent.
This webinar is designed to help HR professionals lower their organisational risks by asking the right questions when expanding internationally.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
- Common options for establishing local activities, including EORs, NREs and legal entities as guided by Permanent Establishment considerations.
- Local laws and regulations regarding business operations, taxation and employment.
- International staffing, including contractors vs. employees, local payrolls and expat employees.
- Human resources considerations, including local labour laws, hiring practices, employment contracts, working time and right to disconnect, competitive pay, employer benefits obligations, and remote working considerations.
- Employment Policies – understanding local variations.
- Restructuring policies e.g. redundancies and transfer of employment.
- Live Q& A session.
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