While construction-industry firms that deploy expatriates to far-flung and risky global jobsites have taken notice of the saga of one MWH Global Inc. engineer caught in a two-year legal wrangle in Qatar with new U.S. developments, employment experts say the situation is highly unusual.
Matthew Huang, a former MWH supervising engineer who was a 15-year firm veteran with previous expat experience, filed suit on Dec. 8 against his ex-employer in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging negligence, wrongful termination and emotional distress related to his mixed-race family's treatment by the Qatar government during a two-year deployment.