This article provides a quick overview of the labor laws that companies with remote employees should know about. We go over applicable labor laws at the local, state, federal, and international levels, covering key regulations like the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), worker’s compensation, and more. We wrap up with a pitch of Pilot as the all-in-one compliance solution. This article provides a succinct wrap up — a difficult task since there is so much information out there on this topic. The labor laws for each country or state, even, could easily generate enough material to warrant their own individual pieces. But we summarize the need-to-know, salient details in one “essential guide.”