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something wrong in the employment agreement, it could be to the advantage of the employee and then any government is likely going to side with the employee, if it’s in their interest. Then there’s understanding payroll, such as making sure you know the difference in pay frequencies. For example, the concept of a 13th month and 14th month payroll can be pretty “foreign” to a lot of companies. Required profit sharing and bonuses are aspects of that additional understanding. Terminating employment in most countries requires employers to provide a 30-day notice, or 15- to 30-day notice, at least. In some countries, it can go up to 60, even 90 days. We make sure this is known to our clients. I’ve run into employers that complain about a provider’s service,
One of the biggest mistakes that I see companies do when they hire talent abroad is they try to do things the way that they do it in their home country, specifically as if they are in the U.S. or the U.K.
pull all the employee information off that employment agreement and populate all the information you need to actually get that employee on payroll. Beyond that, Albert IQ can do some amazing things. Like, how do you track employee burnout? The AI piece will help to figure in employee burnout in the overall employee experience. All of those analytic tools, all those insights that customers get, that’s what we include in the integrations we provide. GPA: What are the issues employers first going global fail to see? What
would you advise them to be sure to do? Rick Hammell: One of the biggest mistakes that I see companies do when they hire talent abroad is they try to do things the way that they do it in their home country, specifically as if they are in the U.S. or the U.K. Understanding the rules and regulations between how do you define an employee or how do you define a contractor, those are things that I think employers really need to think about from the get-go when hiring talent abroad. Make sure that you have a solid employment agreement. If you have
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