The European Commission’s Acquired Rights Directive ARD TUPE provides that when a business is sold employees also transfer to the new owner with their employment rights intact. Other countries around the world including Brazil Colombia India South Africa and South Korea also have similar laws that preserve workers’ employment terms and service histories under the new owner. Below we highlight …
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The Japanese government offers a variety of visas to attract skilled foreign talent and many international businesses with offices in Japan regularly seek foreign talent to fill open positions. However the complicated process of navigating the various visa categories in Japan selecting the proper visa and applying often turns global companies and expats away. In this guide we compare Japan’s work …
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For many Europe has long been an attractive region in which to work. With economic powerhouses like Germany France and Italy each among the world’s top ten largest economies attention from outside the European Union continues to grow. And for many is the goal. The Blue Card is an EU work permit offered by 25 of the 28 Member States to highly-qualified non-EU nationals. Beyond offering …
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China’s private health care industry is on the cusp of a boom. Much of this boom stems from demand that is driven by an incredibly high rate of dissatisfaction among Chinese citizens who feel that their state-run insurance scheme simply does not meet their needs—and they want more options. This demand for private health insurance in China is an alluring prospect for insurance providers and with a …
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Planning crafting and executing a is rarely—if ever—a straight forward endeavor. With seemingly innumerable moving pieces putting ideas into action can be an arduous task—particularly for small and emerging businesses; an expansion could be disruptive to current business activities. But with the right research planning and vision international development planning can lead to lucid understanding …
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Free economic zones FEZ free economic territories FETs or free zones FZ are special economic zones SEZ that have been given this designation by the trade and commerce administrations within a given country. These areas are either lightly taxed or not taxed at all with the idea that a lower or non-existent tax structure will spur economic activity. The United Arab Emirates UAE has dozens of these …
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Komandirovka or business activities that require an employee in Russia to travel outside of their regular work environment require that all employers reimburse their employees for each expense during the trip. For some trips and employees however per diems may be used for both domestic and international trips—each of which offer specific daily standards. Employers with a Russian employees are …
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Hiring contractors has many benefits and offers more flexibility in market expansion. Employers can engage contractors for specialized projects save time and money that would otherwise go toward hiring employees and test new global markets without entity establishment. However hiring contractors comes with misclassification risks. Misclassifying workers leads to fines employee entitlement back …
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The Internet allows people to communicate and businesses to continue operations 247 across all oceans and continents. It has reshaped upended and given rise to new industries and has changed the way humans interact with the world. Once barely more than a convenient quick and cheap way to send messages around the world the Internet now touches nearly every aspect of most humans’ lives—and it’s …
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Last week our company Velocity Global was recognized as the fourth Fastest-Growing Private Company in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine. In what has flown by like the blink of an eye but in reality took four years we managed to reach nearly 40000 growth and revenues north of 50 million. It makes my heart race just reading those words. While I can honestly tell you I had big plans for this company I’d be …
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