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International assignments

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  • Date:
    3 July 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employers of record (EORs) - meaning, purpose and benefits

    Companies are realising the advantages of hiring workers internationally, but it can be tricky to recruit, pay and manage workers in foreign countries. If you don't have legal entities in the countries where you want to hire, working with an employer of record (EOR) is the easiest way to leverage a global workforce. As Remote's Preston Wickersham explains, it's a cost-effective approach that minimises the many risks of global expansion, whether you're a startup, a small- or medium-sized business or a large enterprise.

  • Date:
    24 April 2024
    Type:
    News

    Global mobility failures risk loss of talent

    Companies are at risk of losing talent because of failures to mobilise their workforce effectively according to research by EY.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Business visitors in the UK

    Updated to reflect changes to immigration rules allowing more flexibility for business visitors.

  • Date:
    6 February 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Hybrid working and tax: what employers need to know

    The now-defunct Office for Tax Simplification recently highlighted the need for tax policy to be aligned with modern working practices, including hybrid and remote working from overseas. Susan Ball, employment solutions partner at audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK, looks at what employers need to know from a tax perspective.

  • Type:
    How to

    How to manage international assignments

    Updated information in relation to social security contributions post-Brexit.

  • Date:
    8 February 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    How to keep LGBT employees safe abroad

    It may not seem a burning issue amid travel restrictions brought about by the pandemic, but for international professional services firms, there are a plethora of reasons to meet the needs of LGBT+ employees who need to travel or be resident abroad.

  • Date:
    29 October 2020
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Managing international business travel during coronavirus and Brexit

    The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has made business travel increasingly complex, and the end of the Brexit transition period could complicate it further. Louise Haycock and Heidi Cook of Fragomen outline the key issues that employers need to consider when employees undertake international travel for work.

  • Type:
    Contract clauses

    Secondment agreement (international assignment)

    A model agreement to set out the terms that will apply where an employee moves abroad temporarily to work for another organisation within the same group of companies (sometimes known as an "inter-group transfer") in circumstances in which the employee is still employed by the UK organisation during the assignment.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    International assignments policy

    A model policy to set out your organisation's approach to international assignments in circumstances in which employees move temporarily to work in another country for another organisation in the same group of companies (sometimes known as an "inter-group transfer") where the employee remains employed by the UK organisation during the assignment.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Preparing for and managing long-term international assignments

    Leading practice guidance discussing the support that employers can provide to international assignees to ensure the success of their overseas assignments programme.