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> are they required to comply with laws preventing employers from contacting employees on weekends? Almost certainly they are, as the same is even true with em
by bugglebeetle 3y ago
> are they required to comply with laws preventing employers from contacting employees on weekends?
Almost certainly they are, as the same is even true with employment across state lines in the US. Labor laws are almost always determined by the employee’s place of residence vs. where the company is located.
- cddotdotslash 3y agoExactly, and most countries promoting these visas refuse to clearly state what the foreign employers are exempt from or responsible for. I went through this myself a few years ago. I applied for, and received, a Taiwanese Gold Card (a similar program that allowed for foreign employment). I spent months going back and forth with the Taiwanese office attempting to understand what my employer at the time would be signing up for. They couldn’t give a clear answer on whether my presence would create a nexus for my employer, whether my employer would become responsible for health care program payments, etc. They kept referring me to one of the big four consulting companies. In the end I gave up and never entered.
- bugglebeetle 3y agoI think they’re mostly designed around wealthy contract workers vs. W2s, which has always been a “figure it out yourself” tax situation. I work for a global remote company on a W2 and looked at a few of these programs, but almost none are designed with this kind of arrangement in mind. You’d have to more or less go through the normal immigration routes as full time staff and your company comply with all the local employment and tax laws.