Human Resources & Employment

   

Our human resources professionals in China and Thailand work closely with our labor and employment lawyers and our accounting and tax professionals to provide our clients with a range of services such as: advising on labor and employment law compliance requirements, employee recruitment, labor outsourcing or labor dispatch services, applying for foreign work permits for expatriates, setting up corporate bank accounts and social insurance and individual income tax accounts, fapiao issuance services, payroll solutions (e.g. payment of social insurance, housing fund, individual income tax and employee salary payments), drafting employment contracts, employee handbooks, internal employment and work safety rules, intellectual property protection agreements, termination agreements, shareholders agreement, and stock option and profit-sharing plans. We also provide arbitration, mediation, settlements and dispute resolution services.

China

Due to unique and mandatory tax-filing and other regulatory compliance laws in China, many of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) we assist often require assistance with back-office administration tasks such as human resources and accounting. Many of our clients prefer to work with a single service provider that offers legal, accounting and human resources services as opposed to working with several different firms. It is often more practical and cost-effective to hire one services company to provide the majority of services normally required during the process of building a successful business in Asia as opposed to hiring and paying multiple services providers.

After establishing human resources and accounting management systems for our clients, our professionals continue to administer these management systems until our client’s businesses expand and they hire internal staff to complete human resources and accounting tasks in-house.

Key services provided by our human resources professionals include:

  • Cashier service
  • Fapiao issuance service
  • Setting up corporate bank accounts that are used to pay statutory welfare for employees
  • Setting up social insurance and individual income tax accounts
  • Payroll solutions (e.g. social insurance, housing fund, individual income tax and employee salary payments)
  • Employment contracts
  • Employee recruitment
  • Labor outsourcing (providing outsourced staff to help foreign businesses in Asia with daily operations)
  • Advising clients on compliance with labor law requirements
  • Preparation of employment contracts, employee handbooks, internal employment and work safety rules, intellectual property protection agreements, termination agreements and other employment documentation
  • Shareholders agreements, stock option and profit sharing plans
  • Expatriate employment contracts and work visas
  • Arbitration, mediation, settlements and dispute resolution

Thailand

Our Human Resources services in Thailand have been designed for companies to solve their recruitment challenges. We provide human resources consulting for companies to hire and retain talented people while complying with Thailand’s legal and immigration framework. Our human resources services and advice in Thailand includes the following:

  • Recruitment, employment benefits and talent retention
  • Preparation of employment contracts, employee handbooks, internal employment and work safety rules, intellectual property protection agreements, termination agreements and other employment documentation
  • Social security and administrative procedure monitoring
  • Work permit, visa and related immigration processes
  • Termination negotiation and dispute mitigations
  • Coaching and cross-cultural workshop for corporate executives in Thailand and Southeast Asia (these services are provided by a certified business coach from the International Coach Federation)

Whether your company is a complex global enterprise or a growing mid-sized business, outsourcing your human resources needs to our team in Thailand will reduce compliance risk and enable your company to focus on implementing its business plans and strategies.

Immigration, Work Visas & Fingerprinting

Our Immigration & Work Visas Practice Group assists foreign individuals and business owners with all aspects of reallocating to Asia, including residency applications, business invitation letters, entry visas and work permits.

Our immigration specialists provide the following services:

Canadian Permanent Resident Card Applications
Chinese Permanent Resident Card Applications
Immigration and work visa applications
Fingerprinting and criminal record checks
Foreign work permit applications in China
Special visa applications for entertainment artists and athletes
Research on immigration and residency requirements
Business visa invitation letters
Work permit and visa applications in (China, Hong Kong and Thailand)
Employment and temporary work contracts
Services regarding overseas investment immigration programs (e.g. American EB-5 Programs and Canadian Provincial Nominee Programs)
Arrangement of student tours to visit universities in Canada and Thailand to learn about Masters programs offered and for sight-seeing
Assistance with applications for Masters programs in Canada and Thailand