UK Overseas Assignment Legal Risks 2026
International assignments remain central to global growth strategies, talent development and market expansion. However, sending employees to work in jurisdictions with restrictive laws, entrenched discrimination or cultural hostility towards certain groups carries significant legal and operational risk for UK employers. Diversity considerations in these environments are not simply a matter of corporate values; they are […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]