International Secondments - How To Apply The Law

Employee's mobility is on many employers' agenda for a wide number of reasons, including limited qualified resources and a need to access new labour markets, requirements for experience exchange, focus on encouraging cultural diversity, exposure to the global market, and entering new territories.

Romanian companies are no exception to this rule. While the trend at the beginning of the 2000's was to have inbound assignees, during the past few years the phenomenon has reversed: Romanian employees are being assigned to work abroad.

From the various options used for formalizing such assignments, we address the legal issues involved in international secondments, the approach commonly used when temporarily assigning an employee to work for the benefit of another employer, either for a fellow Group company or a third-party. This analysis addresses the contractual arrangement, working rights, and salary rights associated with international secondments.