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Laga employment law team lends expats a helping hand
With business on a global scale, employers are aware of the mobility of their employees.
However, sending someone abroad is not grounds to end their contract or cut all responsabilities that expatriation entails.
Erwin Vandervelde and Matthias Lommers were contacted by Bizz Magazine (7 May 2009, page 66) to help explain the intricacies and problems faced by expats.
Most international companies have a strong network set up to accomodate for foreign workers and expats. A person's salary, pension scheme, social seci-urity and family all depend of the local legislation and agreements that exist between two countries. Understanding these procedures is not an easy task so preparation is a necessity both for the expat and the employer.
Laga's employment team are specialised in immigration and social security affairs, so their insight in this article is a strong overview of their knowledge.
