• Where the work is done, and who the employer is locally

  The employer's and employee's countries, where the work is done, remote work from home, and whether the employee is engaged directly, through a local entity or through another organisation.

• Hours, time zones and holidays

  Hours in a stated country's time, overlap with colleagues elsewhere, and whose public holidays are observed.

• Pay, currency, deductions and tax

  Amount and currency, the account's country, who bears conversion costs, deductions and contributions in each country with who registers and remits, and tax left to each party's own advice.

• Right to work, benefits and travel

  The employee's confirmation of their right to work, who applies for any permission and what happens if it is refused, benefits and insurance by country, and travel and visas.

• Law, disputes, ending and moving

  A chosen law with an acknowledgement that local rules may apply regardless, where disputes go, notice to end with local requirements prevailing, and what happens if the employee moves country.

A cross-border employment agreement is for an employer established in one country and an employee who works in another. It records where each is and where the work is done, who the employer is for local purposes, the position, hours and time zones, pay and currency, deductions and contributions, tax, the employee's right to work, time off, benefits and insurance, equipment, travel, confidentiality, which law is chosen, where disputes go, ending the employment and what happens if the employee moves country.

This blank form is completed by hand and signed by the employer, the employee and a local employer or agent where one is used. It records what the parties choose and does not tell either what the countries require. The form itself says the place where the employee works may apply its own rules whatever the agreement says. How a worker is engaged, taxed and protected across a border is complicated and differs by country, so take advice in each country before using it.

Not sure? Talk to an attorney about your situation first.

These are separate documents, for different jobs.

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