Managing a Global Workforce
Operating internationally allows your organisation to gain commercial advantage and pursue new opportunities. But managing international employees brings risks and challenges. Managing a global workforce involves overseeing employees across multiple countries, ensuring smooth operations while adhering to local employment laws and cultural expectations. For UK employers, it is an essential aspect of expanding into international […]
Global Mobility for Succession Planning
Finding the right people remains one of the key challenges in business. Competition for best talent is intense. The challenge becomes even more acute for senior level appointments, particularly where the requirements of a role demand international exposure and experience. Identifying and investing in future leaders has become critical for organisations as part of a […]
International Remote Working: Guide for UK Employers
International remote working allows employees to perform their duties from a location outside their usual country of employment. As work practices evolve, more organisations are offering such flexibility to accommodate employee preferences, support global operations or access talent in different locations. While this arrangement has clear benefits, such as enhanced employee satisfaction and cost savings, […]
Global Mobility Employment Contracts Guide
Global mobility employment contracts are agreements that outline the terms and conditions for employees working across international borders. These contracts are essential for ensuring compliance with employment laws in both the UK and the host country, while also addressing key aspects such as tax obligations, social security, and employee benefits. UK employers face several risks […]
Global Mobility Compliance in a Crisis
Deploying personnel overseas carries substantial risk, across a number of areas. If the worst were to happen, and a crisis or disaster were to affect your international workers, how would your organisation respond? Employers operating globally-mobile workforces must be prepared. The safety and well-being of your personnel are paramount. The speed and impact of your […]
Virtual Assignments: Benefits & Workplace Trends
Over recent years, virtual assignments have seen growth in use due primarily to advancements in technology and to the escalating costs associated with physically deploying and relocating employees overseas to perform roles. While this development had been emerging progressively, the global pandemic of 2020 and resulting travel restrictions and social distancing regulations precipitated a cataclysmic […]
Professional Relocating: Tips for Employers
Deploying an employee or a team of personnel overseas is a task that requires a high degree of professional relocating expertise, including planning, and knowledge and contacts local to the destination. We look at some of the practical considerations for HR and global mobility teams responsible for implementing overseas relocation projects. Relocation policy […]
Managing Mobility Costs and Compliance
The challenging economic and geopolitical environment has put pressure on businesses to explore new ways of facilitating overseas assignments with reduced mobility costs. Global mobility teams have been tasked with lowering their costs, just as other organisational functions have. But they have to do this while ensuring talent mobility and maintaining standards such as immigration […]
Aligning Global Mobility & Talent Management
Organisations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate return on their global mobility programmes. Crucially, this entails taking the mobility function beyond the role of a reactive, operational service, to become a strategic driver delivering value across the organisation. This transformation however necessitates collaboration with wider business functions and areas of strategic importance. One area that, […]
3 Ways Global Mobility Should Deliver Organisational Value
Competition for best talent continues to intensify on a global scale, against a backdrop of increasingly stringent national immigration policies. As such, organisations are more reliant than ever on global mobility functions to overcome challenges and meet their people needs. We look at three key areas where global mobility teams can focus on delivering much-needed […]