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Teleworking From Bulgaria: Different Arrangements Have Different Consequences

Teleworking From Bulgaria: Different Arrangements Have Different  Consequences

Bulgaria has benefitted as a preferred remote working location for digital businesses. While it does not have a digital nomad visa for work, it has a cadre of skilled individuals working as computer engineers available to be employed by foreign based multinationals. In their article, Viara M. Todorova, a Partner of Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov, Sofia, and Ivan Punev, a Senior Associate at Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov, Sofia explain the specific tax issues that face a foreign company looking to engage local talent to carry on functions from Bulgaria. Several different arrangements are common, and each has its own set of employment tax obligations for the service provider and the company. Adding to the mix, the threshold of activity in Bulgaria that creates a P.E. is relatively low and the choice of arrangement can affect the outcome.

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Employers in the Netherlands: Prepare for Changes to Labor and Dismissal Laws In 2020

Employers in the Netherlands: Prepare for Changes to Labor and Dismissal Laws In 2020

In May, the Dutch Senate adopted the Labor Market in Balance Act designed to reduce the gap in legal protection and financial compensation between employment arrangements under fixed-term contracts and employment arrangements with indefinite term. The act provides greater rights on termination and, as a result, is unpopular with employers. It also aims to resolve some of the negative effects of an earlier amendment to the law that has been the subject of relentless criticism. Rachida el Johari and Madeleine Molster of Sagiure Legal, Amsterdam, explain the way Dutch labor law will affect termination rights for employees and suggest a path forward for management. This is another area of E.U. law in which companies will need to re-educate executives on proper patterns of behavior.

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