Jurnal Cita Hukum
Vol. 14 No. 2 (2026): Summer Edition

Governing Digital Nomad Employment Under International and Comparative Law: From Regulatory Models to an Interdisciplinary Governance Framework

Khuc Thi Trang Nhung (Lecture at University of Finance - Marketing, Vietnam)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2026

Abstract

This article examines digital nomad employment as a cross-border legal issue in the labour market of the digital economy. Rather than describing Vietnamese law in isolation, it analyses how selected legal systems and international institutions are addressing this form of work through the principal regulatory axes of determination of employment status, platform and algorithmic management, visa and residence rules, taxation, social security, applicable law and dispute-settlement mechanisms. Drawing on the experiences of the ILO, the European Union, the United States, Japan, Estonia, Thailand and selected digital nomad visa regimes, the article argues that the governance of digital nomad employment cannot be based solely on the traditional territorial logic of labour law. It must instead be framed as an interdisciplinary regulatory architecture combining labour law, migration law, tax law, social security, data governance and private international law. Vietnam is used as a reference case to assess the selective transplantation of international experience and to suggest a suitable governance direction for developing countries in the context of digital integration.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

citahukum

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Subject

Religion Humanities Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences Other

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Jurnal Cita Hukum is an international journal published by the Faculty of Sharia and Law, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia. The focus is to provide readers with a better understanding of legal studies and present developments through the publication of articles, ...