International HR Support
Are you looking to expand your company into another country? It can be tempting to try and dodge labour laws in other countries by hiring contractors or deploying a workforce that could slide under the radar of local government. The costs are cheap and you’re only testing the market but you’ll get compliant when you have to, right? It’s easy to think you can just cut it close to the wire…
But the costs of trying to avoid local labour laws are real, and some of the consequences for circumventing compliance include:
- Immediate shutdown of operations
- Blacklisted by local labour councils and Government
- Hefty fines and major, unexpected tax consequences and Government
- Litigation
- Damaged reputation
- Labour lawsuits your foreign employees are likely to win (at high cost to you)
- Potential criminal penalties
All it takes is for a local employee to make a call to their works council. It’s as simple as that.
Additionally, directors of companies in certain countries, who attempt to conduct international business out of compliance, can be held personally and criminally responsible. Therefore, it is incredibly important to have a company you can trust to handle all of your compliance issues in-country.
