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insight14 replied

28 July 2005, 10:43
It must have been a damn good question - 3 weeks and no replies!
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6 July 2005, 11:31
A good question...

I posted on this topic a while back and have since learned some new info. To recap:

I worked for a multi-national in London for about 2.5years through an agency that is based in Dublin. I left that role about 3 months ago and am looking to take up a permie job with the same multi-national in Australia sometime in the coming months.

If I'm reading the EA&EB regulations 2003 correctly:
Reg 6 means I can freely go and work for the multi-national at the expiry of my contract.
Reg 10 means the multi-national can freely employ me 8 weeks after my contract ends.

Hoewever - here's the spanner in the works:
Neither contract (mine-agent, multinational-agent) opts out of the EA&EB regulations, however the contracts DO state that they shall be bound by Irish law (presumably because the agent is based in Dublin).

My question would be: if the work is done by a UK resident for a UK company, in the UK, should the contract be bound by laws in another country? If so, what stops agents from setting up a "head office" in another country (say Romania) that may have less strict employment and conduct laws, and have all contracts bound to that country?

Any advice/abuse is welcome.
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