Description
Understand the legal risk exposure an employer has to its overseasworking staff.An employer owes a duty of care to its employees. The scope of this duty gets complex and possibly expensive when the employer is in the United States, and the employee works overseas, whether the employee is a foreign local hired abroad, an expatriate, an international business traveler, or a telecommuter working abroad for personal reasons. This course explains the legal risk exposure an employer has to its overseasworking staff who suffer personal injuries abroad and offers practical strategies and best practices for minimizing and limiting legal exposure.
Date: 2022-02-08 Start Time: End Time:
Learning Objectives
The Scope of an Employers Legal Duty of Care to Its Employees, the U.S. Versus Overseas
• Complying With the Duty of Care Versus Protecting the Company From Avoidable Personal Injury Claims
• Interplay Among Workplace Health-And-Safety Laws, Workers Compensation Systems, and Uncapped Personal Injury Claims
How an Employers Duty of Care Plays out as to Differently-Situated Employees:
• Local Staff
• U.S. Domestic
• Local Foreign
• Staff Dispatched to Work Overseas
• Expatriate Posted Abroad
• Transferee Transferred Abroad
• International Business Traveler
• Staff Working Overseas for Personal Reasons
• Wandering Worker Telecommuter Who Moves Overseas
• Working Vacationer Who Telecommutes During a Short Personal Trip
Strategies and Best Practices for Minimizing Duty of Care Exposure Globally
Global Policies on Health and Safety in the Workplace
ASA ,CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,HR Certification Institute ,SHRM ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.
Donald C. Dowling, Jr.-Littler Mendelson P.C.
