Global Assignment Best Practice Guide
When planning and preparing for a global assignment, there are numerous factors that have the potential to contribute to its overall success, with benefits both for your business and for the assignee. The following guide looks at best practice for employers when deploying personnel overseas, from the employee experience to the flexibility of different types […]
Types of Global Mobility Assignment
To achieve the flexibility and agility required to respond to changing business demands while operating within a cost-effective and compliant infrastructure, organisations should explore different types of global mobility assignments. With a varied global mobility portfolio, organisations can optimise the return and value of its mobility activity by ensuring the most appropriate and cost-effective type […]
Managing International Assignments: Employer Guidance
Organisations deploy personnel on international assignment for many reasons. Whether you are addressing an internal skills gaps, supporting leadership development or looking to improve working relations across borders, for any international assignment to be successful, there will be a multitude of legal, immigration, tax and pensions risks to manage when sending employees overseas. Global mobility […]
Corporate Relocation: Best Practice Guide
Many companies from large multinationals to entrepreneurial businesses are choosing to embark on a process of corporate relocation by relocating part or all of their operations to new regions. There are significant potential benefits to relocating abroad – access to markets, simplified compliance and cost savings are cited as key advantages. While there are a […]
Which Relocation Costs Should Employers Cover?
There are various reasons why a business may need to move or relocate its staff. Perhaps more suitable premises are required, the business is opening in a new location, there has been a merger with another business or it needs to reduce costs. Employee relocation projects are fraught with risk and challenges for employers. Among […]
International Relocation: Supporting Your Employees
International relocations involve transferring employees from the UK to work in a different country. This process requires careful planning and consideration, as it affects both the business and the employee’s personal life. Relocating to a new area can be a mentally, emotionally and physically challenging experience for an employee. International relocation is an especially daunting […]
Moving Out of the Country Checklist: How to Support Employees
Corporate relocations are administratively and logistically demanding for employers. They also require significant investment, with expectations of ROI and organisational value. Effective management of the relocation process will be critical to facilitate success of the move, enabling the employee to hit the ground running professionally and help to settle their family into the new environment. […]
International Move: How to Support Employees
Overseas deployments can offer many benefits for both the employer and employee alike. For the employee, there is the opportunity to develop professional and personal skills and experience in a new environment and culture, while for the employer, commercial objectives can be achieved by deploying an existing employee with required skills, expertise or knowledge. Yet […]
Posted Workers Directive (Employers’ Guide)
The Posted Workers Directive is no longer applicable in the UK. The rights of workers posted to the UK are now based solely on UK law, with new provisions due to come into effect in October 2024 under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023. Following the UK’s […]
Global Workforce Management: Guide for UK Businesses
Global workforce management can pose a range of strategic, logistical and legal challenges for employers as teams and projects span various locations, cultures, time zones, languages and working styles. As organisations strive for business growth through global talent management, we examine some of the areas of risk and opportunity for employers to develop, retain and […]