A significant issue facing global corporations is the potential for liability created by "accidental expats" -- employees who travel overseas on what are intended to be brief business trips or short assignments. These employees normally are not included in the company's global mobility programs and their prolonged presence in other countries can create employment, corporate and individual tax, immigration, and social security issues for the company.
Corporations may also run into the accidental expat problem when they are not aware of an employee's whereabouts when the employee has requested to work remotely. In addition, companies may unintentionally run afoul of tax and social security requirements when entering a new market by hiring individuals as independent contractors, hiring local nationals as employees of the U.S. company (not a local subsidiary with a local payroll), or sending expatriates and keeping them employed by the U.S. parent company. This webinar will highlight the risks and possible ways to minimize potential exposure.
Join Bloomberg BNA and Erika Collins, partner in Paul Hastings' International Employment law practice, for a discussion of:
Erika Collins, partner in Paul Hastings’ employment law practice
Erika Collins is a partner in the Paul Hastings Employment Law Department and chairs the firm's International Employment practice. Ms. Collins provides strategic advice and counseling to multinational employers on a wide range of global employment law and human resources matters. She leads a team of employment lawyers in the firm's U.S. and non-U.S. offices and has developed a network of international employment counsel to provide assistance worldwide. She represents public and private companies and advises on cross-border employment matters spanning Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America.
Ms. Collins assists employers with global employment issues and advises companies when they are expanding or downsizing around the world. She has handled office openings and workforce expansions; employment terminations, including mass layoffs and office closures; executive hirings and terminations and the attendant negotiations; and has prepared employment, separation, expatriate and consulting agreements in dozens of countries. She conducts multi-country audits of employment laws and practices, and provides strategic compliance advice regarding a wide range of issues, including data privacy, fixed-term contracts, outsourcing, and working time and leave regulations.