This article discusses the controversies surrounding the issue of labour importation, and then describes the development of the various labour importation schemes introduced over the years as well as its institutional arrangements and its gaps. The managerial implications of labour importation...

Employee benefits with regard to expatriate workers can be a time‐consuming and complex area for corporate management. Problems arise because these expatriate workers tend to be mobile, their working locations can be unpredictable in many ways and their retirement location may be uncertain....

As with all other aspects of the taxation of expatriate workers, social security issues require careful consideration by employers. The social security benefit rights of UK expatriate employees are examined with regard to their liability, and that of their employers, to pay social security...

The 1988 Finance Act has a number of implications for the taxation of expatriates of UK origin. The main changes are outlined and the main groups of individuals who benefit or not are assessed. Some possible areas for planning maximum tax‐effectiveness are focused on.

Tax equalisation has become regarded as the principle whereby an employing company protects the net pay of an expatriate worker, so that the worker will be able to enjoy a standard of living of at least equal to that which was enjoyed in the home country. This policy and some of its implications...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand the nature of worker vulnerabilities in this market, as well as the economic conditions that have contributed to the growth of day labor. The conclusion...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether migrants from Bangladesh choose the destination that offers them the highest earnings and whether the relative stock of the skilled migrants in a destination increases with the earnings differences between the skilled and the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique the last decade of research on the effects of high-skill emigration from developing countries, and proposes six new directions for fruitful research. Design/methodology/approach The study singles out a core assumption underlying much of the recent...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of remittances on informal employment in the migrants’ countries of origin, looking both at the remittance-receiving and non-migrant households. Design/methodology/approach Using data from a large survey conducted in six transition...

Purpose – The spread of economic global integration in the last 50 years has resulted in the recent emergence of global labour markets. Ageing populations and skill shortages have placed significant pressure upon Australia's economic sustainability and survival in a global economy. The global...