In managing a global workforce, companies need to know varying regional regulations, balance the law with corporate policies, and understand cultural differences and how law and policy can be practically applied. Let this article be your guide to meeting the employment and labor challenges of a multinational company.
While these findings specifically relate to the private sector, our experience suggests that they are also relevant to the public sector and non-governmental organizations, both of which encounter many of the same fraud and corruption issues.
In this edition, the Docket reviews what every company in in the region needs to know in order to succeed, as well as providing a toolkit for counsel on mitigating IP loss exposure in China.
It’s a connection almost as sacred as any biological bond: the rapport between in-house counsel and clients with global business networks. In the face of litigation, internal documents could be called into evidence and upholding the international sanctity of attorney-client privilege can become knotty. Explore ways to make the law work for you anywhere in the world.
This issue discusses in-house salaries, electronic monitoring in the global workplace, building successful relationships with work councils in Europe, and more.
Compliance is difficult enough when a company operates in just one country. But difficulties become much greater when a company operates in many. Here are some resources for creating effective global compliance programs that support your company's business goals.
Economic globalization means that in-house lawyers who have been focusing on only domestic issues must now also become versed in foreign and transnational aspects of their particular subject-matter expertise. Learn what to do to get up to speed in international legal matters, including how to deal with the differences between common law and civil law.
Meaningfully bridging cultural divides requires more than taking a brief predeparture course in etiquette. Cultural education is a continuous process that often requires real attitudinal change, for which the payoff can be immense.