The 2017 tsunami of high-profile sex harassment allegations against politicians, entertainers and news reporters has employers rethinking their approach to eradicating workplace harassment.
For the vast majority of employment relationships around the world, choice-of-law analysis is a non-issue that we rarely ever think about. But choice-of-employment-law becomes a hot issue in cross-border employment relationships.
An ongoing debate exists regarding the nature and extent to which transnational companies should be held directly and legally liable for human rights impacts.
In structuring overseas postings, multinationals inevitably struggle with the interplay between expatriate assignment strategy and the legal ramifications of a particular foreign posting.