Leading practice guidance discussing what options are available for organisations considering how to structure a remuneration package for an overseas assignee.
The employment tribunal held in this case that the hirer, and not the temporary worker agency, was liable to pay compensation to the agency worker for failure to pay her at the rate she would have been paid had she been directly recruited by the hirer as an employee.
An employment law guide for global employers on international assignments, covering type of assignment, recruitment, employment documents, policies and procedures, immigration, pay and benefits, tax and social security, preparing the assignee for the assignment, assistance for family members, global relocation consultants and return of the assignee.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has stressed that workers are afforded protection under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93) only if they are supplied by a temporary work agency to work "temporarily" for the end user.
Colin Makin, Krishna Santra, Linda Quinn and Sandra Martins are senior associates and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues is an associate at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.