International Employment Law - Ogletree Deakins

International Competence

The international positioning of Ogletree Deakins follows the market movement of an increasingly globalised work environment. As a result, the demands on international human resources management, i.e. the management of personnel from and around the world, are increasing enormously. We offer individual solutions especially for this problem, such as:

International Human Resources Management

Advice on and structuring of foreign assignments, postings of employees abroad, taking into account aspects of employment, residence, social security and tax law as well as the applicable national law
International personnel recruitment, entering into and terminating employment relationships worldwide
Advice on participation rights of domestic and foreign employee representatives in international personnel deployment
Design of global assignment guidelines
Problem solutions around the deployment of workers in a global, cross-border context

Advice on international restructuring and transactions (including investment activities)

Assistance with cross-border restructuring, reorganizations and transactions
Consultation on participation rights and negotiations with employee representatives and trade unions
Implementation of cross-national personnel cost optimization processes, both before and after transactions on the buyer and/or seller side

International Compliance and Data Protection Issues

Implementation of the GDPR requirements at global level
Implementation of compliance standards at global level
Implementation of compliance trainings for managers
Implementation of data protection requirements in the employment relationship
Consultation for group-wide and external data transfer

Harmonization of working conditions at global level

Design, adaptation and harmonization of all types of global policies
Worldwide introduction of uniform remuneration structures and other working conditions, including company pension schemes

Right of residence

Assistance with visa, residence and work permit matters worldwide