International Issues
Through our international employment issues practice group, Jackson Lewis
offers guidance, advice, counsel and representation in matters
affecting both domestic employers doing business abroad and foreign employers
doing business in the United States. Our practice is restricted to U. S.
labor and employment law, and we provide services to U. S. corporations on
expatriate employment issues from selection to repatriation, including
employee benefits and extraterritorial application of U. S. employment
laws; recruitment, hiring, management and termination of foreign-based
employees and foreign nationals; global mobility of high level
executives; cross-border litigation of employment and labor issues; and
NAFTA. We also advise and counsel foreign employers doing business in the
jurisdictions where U. S. employment and labor laws are controlling. As we
do not advise employers on matters of foreign law, an integral part of our
practice area involves relationships with leading employment lawyers around the
globe with whom we can coordinate services to meet clients' needs
for representation and counsel on international laws.
Jackson Lewis attorneys can assist employers in identifying legal needs, building a solid defense, meeting compliance requirements, and developing best practices. For more information, please contact practice area
coordinator
Johan Lubbe or
the Jackson Lewis attorney with whom you regularly work.
International Issues Legal Updates
- International Personal Information Flow, Privacy, and Security
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[6/2/2008] Employers must consider the requirements of international privacy laws when transferring employees' personal information across national borders, even if within the same company. Dramatic and frequent headlines of inadvertent data loss, security breaches, unauthorized disclosures, and theft read more »
- International Business Travelers May Face Warrantless Laptop Searches by U.S. Border Agents
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[5/9/2008] Federal border agents did not violate the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches in examining the contents of a traveler's laptop without any basis for believing the device contains contraband, a federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled. read more »
- SOX Applied to Employee Working Overseas
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[4/30/2008] As the contingent of globally-mobile employees increases, the issue of whether American law, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, applies to American employees while working overseas is receiving greater attention by the courts. Generally, there are two key inquiries: read more »
- Preventing Workplace Sexual Harassment Becomes International Legislative Trend
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[4/5/2001] To minimize the risks of liability, U.S. companies with foreign operations should educate management and staff regarding these developments and recommend strategies for resolving complaints internally. read more »
International Issues Articles
- Cross-border Restrictive Covenants
- [Labour and Employee Benefits 2007/2008 Vol 1]
A multinational employer seeking to protect its business from unfair competition generally has the right to impose reasonable post-employment restrictions on its employees. Although some common principles are recognised in most jurisdictions, an employer drafting cross-border restrictive covenants must carefully consider local requirements and restrictions. read more
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