What is an employer's duty to prepare its employees for foreign assignments? What is the employer's responsibility if something happens to their employees while on foreign assignment? Increasingly, MNEs are recognizing a duty to take care of their global workforces. In this case, we take a short look at two situations in which global firms have been confronted with crises due to unexpected health and safety problems among their global employees and the potential consequences of not taking seriously enough their duties of care.

Work-Life Balance (WLB) for Overworked Professionals in Emerging Markets Potential Consequences of Sending an Expatriate on a Foreign Assignment with Inadequate Preparation