As more U.S. employers hire international workers or extend their organization into foreign locations, benefits and tax issues have grown increasingly complicated when managing international assignees. Further complexity arises depending on the type of employee or independent contractor. U.S. multinationals have begun to fill more key positions with talent in other nations or third-country nationals, who work a position in a foreign country from the U.S., but are not from the U.S. or that foreign country, rather than implanting American expats to international positions.
The third-country and local nationals “weren’t really offered benefits [in the past], but the landscape has changed in the last five years,” explains Todd Hancock, vice president of the international benefits practice, AmWINS Group Benefits.
