Law360, New York (December 09, 2008, 12:00 AM ET) -- As an uncertain economy drives more global companies to downsize, lawyers are trying to make sure that a company not only reduces its work force in a nondiscriminatory manner, but complies with a host of international employment laws, according to Nancy L. Abell, chair of the employment law department at Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP.
Many company layoffs involve a combination of U.S. and international components. Abell said when a European entity is downsizing, it needs to think carefully about how that process may play...