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    See Main Topics as appropriate, for example:

    EUROPEAN LAW/directives etc/freedom of movement of workers ;

    European Law/judgment enforcement (this note also covers jurisdiction of EC Member States)

    IMMIGRATION ;

    OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ;

    OVERSEAS NATIONALS (employment of) .

    UNFAIR DISMISSAL/employments not having unfair dismissal rights/work ordinarily outside Gt Britain

    The question of the extent to which employment tribunals have jurisdiction to consider cases in which an employee works abroad and/or is employed under a contract governed by non-British law is currently (September 2003) in a confused state - see notes at Overseas employment/unfair dismissal etc - new rules .

    NATLEX, the ILO database of national labour related legislation is a useful resource for international "labour, social security and related human rights legislation", albeit mainly concentrating on social security aspects.

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    last reviewed February2008.