Employment Law Advice for American Workers Abroad
Globalization is about more than the export of American jobs overseas. It sometimes involves close evaluation of the interests and rights of American workers who work in other countries.
If you need advice about your rights as an employee while working in a foreign country, or if you could benefit from a lawyer's help with the negotiation of an overseas employment contract, contact Schaefer Law Firm in Minneapolis for dependable counsel and committed client service on international employment issues.
Which country's law will define your rights as an international employee?
Many overseas employment assignments feature the potential for difficult issues of choice of law and conflict of laws. If you'll be working under a written contract of employment, we can review your agreement and advise you about the effect of the proposed choice of law terms that will specify which country's laws will apply for different purposes. We can also identify contract terms that present the potential for a conflict between American employment law and the laws of a foreign country.
Because of the very substantial difference between various nations' approaches to employee rights, the chance to consider and negotiate choice of law terms in international employment can be extremely valuable.
Our attorneys also advise expatriate employees about problems that can come up with respect to compensation, benefits, termination, resignation, whistleblower rights, severance, visa status or restrictive covenants in international employment. While our advice prior to execution of an employment agreement can help you anticipate and avoid these problems, our counsel after they come up can help you resolve them on favorable terms.
Schaefer Law Firm also advises and represents foreign nationals working in Minnesota when they need advice about their rights in the American workplace. To learn more about the range of our services on behalf of expatriate and foreign workers engaged in international employment, contact our office in Minneapolis for an initial consultation.
