Right People, Right Place, Right time - Navigating legal staffing structures across Asia Pacific webinar

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Pattie Walsh

Partner
UK

Here at Bird & Bird, I am a partner in our International Employment Group. I am currently qualified to practise in Hong Kong, Australia and England. This reflects my recent history where I have been lucky enough to be based in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Sydney and London. Most recently, I was based in our San Francisco office which I co-led, before returning to London.

This two part series of webinars focuses on legal staffing structures in Asia Pacific.

Part One – our case study will focus on hiring local employees and the various staffing structures available. In particular we will take a look from the perspective of each of the jurisdictions on:

  • Who is the employer in our scenarios posed? The current legal principles for determining the rights and obligations in respect of the various categories of staff from employee to consultants.
  • Applying the legal principles to more complex business situations from recruitment process outsourcing to managed service provider staffing arrangements.
  • A look at the local rules for dispatch or agency workers and issues surrounding co-employment.

Watch Part One here.

Part Two – our case study will focus on bringing in staff from outside of the jurisdiction and moving into or expanding operations in new markets:

  • Immigration obligations for non-local staff including quotas and time-lines in practice
  • What is legally possible, what entity structures are required and what are the risks if you need people on the ground before there is a local entity established.
  • Using foreign law to avoid local employment law obligations and the extent to which this works.
  • Bringing in talent on a short-term, secondment basis.

Watch Part Two here.

The webinar was be led by Pattie Walsh (Co-Head of our Asia Pacific Employment Practice) as well as members of our highly regarded International Employment team – Leila Moddel, Ying Wang, Jeannette Tam and Shu Yi Chye.

This article is produced by our Singapore office, Bird & Bird ATMD LLP, and does not constitute legal advice. It is intended to provide general information only. Please contact our lawyers if you have any specific queries.

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