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Global HR hot topic: M&A employee transfers outside the US
Practice Area: Transfer of Undertakings
Sector: Business services
Jurisdiction: USA
Published: 26 May 2010
Law Firm: White & Case
Overview
Mergers and acquisitions of multinational target companies implicate complex employment law issues regarding the status of employees who might transfer from seller to buyer at closing. This comprehensive article from White & Case offers insight into a complex issue.
The article works through how acquired rights laws work, as to their particulars, differs from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. It looks at the EU, Singapore, South Korea and South Africa.
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