INTERNATIONAL TELEWORK: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOUR EMPLOYEES WORK FROM ABROAD

Thanks to the tools put in place to facilitate telework during the recent lockdowns, more and more employees wish to telework, even temporary, from a country other than France, whether for family or leisure reasons. International telework or "full remote" (which means that an employee can work from wherever he or she wants) is thus an incentive factor for companies that want to attract and retain talents. Nevertheless, it requires a lot of flexibility for the companies and can generate risks, particularly in terms of social, fiscal and data protection issues, which are important to know. We have listed the main points of attention and steps to be taken into consideration before an employee of a French company carries out the activity for his employer from another country for a specific period.