In today’s tech-enabled economy, more and more jobs can get worked remotely. And remote work is getting more and more...remote: American employers see some of their remote workers slipping off and living overseas. Also, companies these days identify and attract talent in foreign countries, and onboard them to work remotely from their local home countries. Littler international employment lawyer Donald C. Dowling offers a roadmap for onboarding, employing, paying—and separating—staffers working remotely in countries outside the U.S. The fast-paced session sets out strategies for how to:
- Structure overseas staffers—direct employee, “employer of record” employ, or independent contractor?
- Pay overseas staffers—U.S. payroll, foreign payroll, 1099, or “W 8-BEN”?
- Navigate applicable employment law—U.S. law or host-country law?
- Offboard—separate from— staffers outside the U.S.
Meet the Presenter
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Donald C. Dowling
Donald C. Dowling is an attorney and shareholder at Littler in New York City. He has extensive experience advising U.S.-based companies on outbound international labor and employment laws. Dowling provides counsel on a wide variety of global employment law matters, including codes of conduct and HR policies that guide operations in multiple jurisdictions, international compensation and benefits issues, whistleblower hotlines, and cross-border internal investigations and HR compliance audits. He regularly helps clients properly engage independent contractors overseas, manages expatriate programs, and develops employment agreements and employee handbooks. Earlier in his career, Dowling served as in-house international employment counsel for a Fortune 500 company in Paris and as an employment law consultant for a global consulting firm.
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