Employing foreign workers, and mobility

The approach

This is as much an employment law matter as an immigration one, which is why it sits here: an employer recruiting a foreign national takes on obligations under the Labour Code, the Social Security Code and the immigration code, in a single file and on a single timetable.

Work authorisation must be applied for before hiring and cannot conveniently be put right afterwards. The starting point is therefore checking the right to work attached to the permit held, then choosing the route — work authorisation, talent passport, secondment, intra-group mobility — in light of the role and the true length of the assignment.

Matters handled

• Checking the right to work before hiring, and securing the recruitment
• Work authorisation applications and following the review process
• Talent passport — skilled employee, assignment, business creation
• Posting of workers and intra-group mobility
• Employment consequences of losing a permit during the contract
• Inspections and penalties for employing a foreign national without a permit