the company’s policy – one that does not reflect domestic law – what should management do? 153 Columns Design XML Ltd / Job: Finkin-Multinational_Human_Resource_Management / Division: 03-PartIII /Pg. Position: 41 / Date: 30/5 JOBNAME: Finkin PAGE: 42 SESS: 10 OUTPUT: Mon Aug 12 09:57:09 2013 MULTINATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND THE LAW Figure III.2 Source: Nation preference in job allocation World Values Survey (see Part VIII (D), infra). PROBLEM 6: HIRING A WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT A job applicant volunteers without any prompting that she is in
DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
Common Workplace Problems in Different Legal Environments
Matthew W. Finkin, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Takashi Araki, Philipp Fischinger, Roberto Fragale Filho, Andrew Stewart and Bernd Waas
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In Multinational Human Resource Management and the Law
Matthew W. Finkin, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Takashi Araki, Philipp Fischinger, Roberto Fragale Filho, Andrew Stewart and Bernd Waas
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Law 2013
Multinational Human Resource Management and the Law
Common Workplace Problems in Different Legal Environments
Matthew W. Finkin, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Takashi Araki, Philipp Fischinger, Roberto Fragale Filho, Andrew Stewart and Bernd Waas
Multinational corporations face considerable complexity in setting the terms and conditions of employment. Differing national laws prevent firms from developing consistent sets of employment policies, but, at the same time, employees are often expected to work closely with colleagues located in many different countries and seek comparable treatment. This critical volume offers a comprehensive analysis of how these contradictory issues are dealt with in five countries – Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan and the United States.