Outsourcing Law


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Outsourcing refers to the practice of contracting workers outside of a company or business for work duties or services previously performed by company employees or “in-house”. This practice is also often referred to as offshoring due to the increasingly prevalent use of “non-U.S.” service providers for these outsourced duties. However, strictly speaking, outsourcing can and does refer to the use of contracted labor provided by individuals outside of an organization, but still within the U.S.; whereas when these same services are provided outside the U.S., it is both outsourcing and offshoring.

Offshoring is most typically identified with physical business processes, such as manufacturing and office support services, such as IT and call centers.

The greatest motivating factor for outsourcing is economical. Businesses seek to save money by using cheaper labor available in other countries or locales. The ability to save money via this practice includes the use of workers for low wages; fewer labor laws and environmental regulations to contend with in certain countries; and the power of the U.S. dollar in these countries’ economies.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) played a large role in the increased popularity of offshoring, by making it easier for U.S. companies to move their physical manufacturing processes to Mexico.

When call center operations involve regulated business services (i.e. banking, life insurance sales, consumer credit and lending) or regulated professions (i.e. accounting, lawyers, engineers) they are subject to U.S. regulation and oversight. However, despite numerous and varied attempts to address the practice of outsourcing in a legal sense, to date, there still exists no viable legislation governing outsourcing. Time after time anti-outsourcing legislation, bills and laws have been defeated.

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Outsourcing Law - US

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    This bill would give companies a two-year payroll tax holiday, reducing the amount of Social Security taxes they would have to pay, for new employees who replace workers doing similar jobs overseas. It also revokes provisions of the tax code that Democrats say encourage companies to outsource their work force.

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