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Baobab

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1. International Subcontracting

Reply to SujiwanKenobee (Original post)

Fri Apr 1, 2016, 08:46 AM

Apr 2016

appears to be on the rise. People work for a global company and it handles their relationship with the "real" employer in the host country. Its unclear if wages are supposed to be the higher of both countries minimum wages, or what.

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