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An Ounce of Prevention: Planning, Establishing and Managing an Emergent Foreign Workforce

February 2014
EmploymentIT

Abstract

United States businesses are expanding internationally at a rapid pace. Acknowledging that a centralized U.S.-based headquarters may not be equipped to effectively manage the needs of a multinational organization, many companies opt to establish local operations to conduct business abroad. However, foreign expansion inexorably presents significant challenges for one obvious reason: different countries have different laws, regulations, and customs.

Author

Portrait image of Dan Lowin
Dan Lowin
Senior Counsel, Fico, USA

Daniel Lowin has served since 2009 as Senior Counsel with Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO), a multinational analytics and decision management company. His practice focuses on litigation management and employment law, with secondary work on trademarks and intellectual property, corporate governance, and contract negotiations. Daniel and his co-author routinely advise on employment law matters across FICO’s global operations, and have provided legal support for the establishment of new operations in several countries in the EMEA and APAC regions. Prior to joining FICO, Daniel worked as an associate in the Trial group of Dorsey & Whitney, LLP. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2005, and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Amherst College in 2002. Alissa Raddatz is a partner in the Labor & Employment group of Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP. Her practice focuses on domestic and international employment law advice and compliance. She assists clients with establishing and revising personnel policies, procedures and practices to reduce employment-related risks while meeting employers' business needs. She also focuses on counseling multinational employers on cross-border human resources issues affecting multiple countries and jurisdiction. Alissa graduated cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 2003, and received her B.A. with high distinction from the University of Minnesota – Morris in 1999.

Company

Fico

FICO is a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company. FICO pioneered the development and application of critical technologies behind decision management, including predictive analytics, business rules management and optimization. FICO uses these technologies to help businesses improve the precision, consistency and agility of their complex, high–volume decisions. The company's groundbreaking use of mathematics to predict consumer behavior has transformed entire industries and revolutionized the way risk is managed and products are marketed. FICO's innovative solutions include the FICO® Score — the standard measure of consumer credit risk in the United States — along with industry-leading solutions for managing credit accounts, identifying and minimizing the impact of fraud, customizing consumer offers with pinpoint accuracy, and automating complex business decisions. FICO also helps millions of individuals manage their personal credit health through its myFICO® service.

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