Global HR

Employers in Puerto Rico must take account of both US federal and Puerto Rico labour law. This dual legal system...

Austria offers its citizens some of the most generous holiday entitlements in the world, with some staff entitled to as...

For HR professionals identifying viable non-US citizen candidates for hire in the US, investigating visa eligibility is mandatory prior to...

Instances of global relocation are on the rise, and organisations struggle to contain costs. A cloud-based system could help managers...

As businesses become more international, so do employees’ roles, and it is not always clear when global workers have UK...

Chile is host to many multinational businesses, and has one of the highest rates of working hours in the world....

The ongoing threat of Ebola and terrorist attacks on journalists in the Middle East bring into focus the issues employers...

An employee who discovered a draft document about proposed changes to the pension scheme on his employer’s shared drive and...

Facebook is to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour in the USA for its contractors and suppliers, among...

Given the huge disparities in the levels of maternity pay and annual leave, UK professionals could be forgiven for thinking...

As organisations expand internationally, they should consider how employment law across different jurisdictions is a key part of global HR...

With the UK’s general election looming large, Karen Baxter of UK law firm Lewis Silkin and Sal Simao of US...

In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Court of Appeal considered whether or not European law requires the provisions of...

Last week, Ukip said employers should be allowed to discriminate...

Do employment contracts in Argentina need to be in writing? Are employees entitled to paid sick leave? How should employers...