“Somewhere, Out There,” U.S. Employment Laws Still Apply: Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Employment Law

Do you need to understand when a U.S. employer may have to comply with U.S. labor and employment laws extraterritorially and when a foreign employer with operations in the United States is responsible for compliance with U.S. law? Read our practice note entitled Extraterritorial and Cross-Border Application of Federal Labor and Employment Laws by John L. Sander, Michael Watts, and William Ellis, Jackson Lewis P.C.

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