Managing a Mobile Workforce: UK Employers’ Guide
Whether exploring new business opportunities abroad, meeting up with partners in the supply chain or visiting overseas sites, many workers, as part of a mobile workforce, are required to travel for business purposes. UK-based employers have a duty of care towards their employees, including those travelling or deployed overseas, whether on a commuter or short-term […]
International Talent Management Strategy Guide
Implementing and optimising an effective international talent management strategy is an ongoing process. If your organisation is focused on maximising returns from your global workforce, what are the key factors that form the foundation of a high performing global talent management strategy? What is talent management? Talent management refers to a set of […]
Older Assignees & Expatriate Workers
The rise of Gen Z and millennials grabs headlines and companies scramble to accommodate the expectations of new generations. However, the fact that the workforce is ageing quickly is an equally important trend. This trend is a global one, not limited to Europe and North America. Workforces in many emerging markets in Asia and Latin […]
Managing Expatriate Gig Workers
The fast growing gig economy is changing the way companies run their businesses and manage their employees. On paper, the gig economy model – in which workers take on temporary work to perform specific tasks or projects – looks like a win-win for the company and for the employees. From a company perspective, the gig […]
Nurturing Diversity in Non-Diverse Locations
Nurturing diversity within the workforce is not just a moral imperative, it also makes economic sense: it allows companies to tap into new talent pools and provide a significant advantage in the global talent war. While companies are making progress on the road to diversity, they face problems when relocating employees to destinations where specific […]
Expat Package (What Do Employees Expect?)
The success or failure of an overseas assignment can often be impacted by the quality of the expat package provided to assignees when asked to work overseas. A competitive compensation package will not only help to attract the best available candidates for the job from within your organisation or when recruiting externally, it will also […]
Keeping Pace with Global Talent Mobility
The pace of change in talent mobility and global HR in general keeps accelerating as technological innovation, new generations entering the workforce, and new forms of global mobility are emerging. These ongoing changes bring a mixed bag of heightened employee expectations, hopes of better management practices and business uncertainties, and force HR teams to reassess […]
Adopting Flexibility in Global Mobility
A successful global mobility programme needs to work well for both the assignees and the company. But implementing an effective expatriate policy that is both flexible and defined enough to serve as the foundation for any mobility scenario is a challenge, even for the most evolved global mobility programmes. In reality, developing flexible international mobility […]
Cost of Living Allowance COLA: Guide for Employers
When deploying personnel overseas, remuneration and relocation packages are critical when deploying personnel overseas on assignment. It will also be important not to overlook any adjustments to reflect the cost of living in the host country. This is because the overall remuneration offered needs to be suitably lucrative to incentivise staff to accept an international […]
Split Pay for Overseas Assignees
Deploying employees on overseas assignment raises multiple procedural and practical issues for employers, including how best to approach remuneration. One option when paying oversees assignees is to use split pay, but this comes with pros and cons. In this guide for employers, we look at what split pay is for workers on overseas assignment and […]