The role of the global mobility practitioner continues to evolve throughout the current COVID-19 crisis. While traditional assignments may have slowed for the time being, in many ways, the global mobility team has been pulled into many new types of discussions, and mobility professionals are looking for data to support the business as these new questions arise.
One thing Mercer has seen quite a bit of over the past several months is the provision of new, targeted bonuses, designed to achieve various aims. In some areas, companies want to provide additional compensation or incentive bonuses as a token of gratitude for employees working through new, and newly challenging, conditions. In others, clients are trying to prepare their employees for success in the new work from home environment, and are providing additional compensation to help them build out a fuller home office space.
