Foreign Nationals Working in The U.S.? They also need an international employee handbook as part of your inpat policy administration.
This is yet another area where we find very little on no consistency, even among organizations in the same industry group. Organizations bring foreign nationals to work in the U.S. for a variety of reasons and the scale from one end to the other is enormous. On one end of the scale we have illegal immigrants and on the other hand we have CEOs and law firm partners living in the U.S. but citizens of other countries. Obviously, one set of policies and procedures does not fit all..
Two of the biggest problems are; Whether to place foreign nationals into the U.S. medical plan and how to offset lost "social security" pension inpat employees lose by leaving home.
A company that invites even 5 foreign nationals to work in the United States under H1-B visa should have a well thought out strategy and"inpat assignment manual that each employee can refer to covering a variety of topics.
Of course, just like we have seen with all the other groups we have looked at, there are liabilities to doing things incorrectly that span the range of the legal range with some actions being criminal. For example, it's illegal to hire a foreign national to work in the U.S. simply because they will work for less money than a U.S. citizen. There are other examples.
Cultural issues create potential liability for the global organization hiring foreign nationals to work in the U.S.
95% of foreign nationals that come into the United States do not understand our healthcare system, our tax code, and the majority of our laws. The system in the United States creates a situation where if a global employer has sponsored a foreign national to come work in the United States, and they cause damages due to negligence, your company will be attached and named in the lawsuit.
95% of foreign nationals that will come into the United States are coming from a country with a form of national health insurance. Many come into the United States totally naive that one medical claim could cost them thousands "out-of-pocket." This is just one example of why employers have to have a "meeting of the minds" with the foreign nationals that are coming into the U.S. What are they expecting? Does the policy and procedure you hopefully have communicated to the long before they set foot in the U.S. remove most of the potential problems? We can tell you for sure.
Please contact us about inpat policy and policy for foreign nationals coming to the U.S.
