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LGBTQ+ health and well-being: Taking pride in an inclusive workplace

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Reading LGBTQ+ health and well-being: Taking pride in an inclusive workplace As many organizations have already recognized, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are ...

Building and sustaining a thriving talent marketplace

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Reading Building and sustaining a thriving talent marketplace Successful talent marketplace deployments often begin with a specific use case or business problem, ...

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Reading Health on Demand 2023 Health and well-being is a top concern for many CEOs and CFOs and is influencing their 2023 ...

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Reading Rethinking what we need from work A guide to employees’ most pressing needs and how your organisation can meet them based on ...

Latest trends in the drive for diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) for your workforce

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Reading Latest trends in the drive for diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) for your workforce As many organizations have already recognized, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are ...

What does the future of work look like for women?

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Reading What does the future of work look like for women? Not as bright as we’d like! Lagging flexible work options, inequities in domestic and ...

Host-based compensation approaches revisited

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Reading Host-based compensation approaches revisited After using home-based (balance sheet) approaches for international assignees for decades, ...

Levelling up with mobility technology - case study

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Reading Levelling up with mobility technology - case study An organizations mobility platform can have a “make or break” impact on the employee ...

How to take your benefits strategy to the next level through active management

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Reading How to take your benefits strategy to the next level through active management With the rise of global medical trend back to pre-pandemic levels, a cost-of-living crisis, and ...

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Reading Global Talent Mobility: Trends to Watch In this Infographic Mercer summarise the results of their recent Surveys to present a picture of ...

The Good Work Framework: A new business agenda for the future of work

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Reading The Good Work Framework: A new business agenda for the future of work The nature of work has been changing through the impact of three long-term trends: technological ...

Global Mobility Management Strategies for Small and Medium-sized Companies

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Reading Global Mobility Management Strategies for Small and Medium-sized Companies Having the right global mobility solutions in place is just as important for smaller businesses as ...

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Reading Global Talent Trends 2022-2023 The fragility of the post-pandemic recovery shows that the era of complexity is not over. Living in ...

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Reading Pay for Skills Survey Report 2022-2023 The latest Pay for Skills survey results are in. They offer insights that will help accelerate the ...

Aligning talent management and global mobility

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Reading Aligning talent management and global mobility We increasingly hear that “mobility should be better connected with talent management.” ...

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Reading The Global Risks Report 2023 The 18th edition of the Global Risks Report considers this backdrop of simmering geopolitical ...

International remote working: from buzzword to practice

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Reading International remote working: from buzzword to practice Working remotely is a way for companies to attract and motivate talent and more generally to offer ...

Three successful initiatives to contain and optimize benefit costs

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Reading Three successful initiatives to contain and optimize benefit costs The pervasive labor shortage means that employers need to do more to attract and retain talent. ...

Next steps for global mobility management

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Reading Next steps for global mobility management Global mobility management has rarely evolved as fast as in recent times. In a couple of years, ...

Getting started with international remote working and virtual assignments

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Reading Getting started with international remote working and virtual assignments The extensive use of remote working during the pandemic has forced organizations to reimagine their ...

Global talent trends: The future of work and mobility

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Reading Global talent trends: The future of work and mobility The voices of the nearly 11,000 C-suite executives, HR leaders, and employees who contributed to ...

Managing benefit plans in an era of soaring inflation

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Reading Managing benefit plans in an era of soaring inflation Many organizations are now structuring their 2023 benefits strategies — a core component of ...

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Reading Building a talent mobility culture The role of mobility is shifting from fixing issues to sourcing and developing talent. In this new ...

How will Web3 impact the future of work?

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Reading How will Web3 impact the future of work? The global pandemic accelerated the digital transformation of work and the work experience. ...

How employee benefits mitigate talent risks

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Reading How employee benefits mitigate talent risks Organizations must focus on flexible working and personalized benefits if they want to attract, ...

How can global mobility strike the right flexibility balance?

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Reading How can global mobility strike the right flexibility balance? The question of exactly how flexible global mobility should be has existed as long as the programs ...

Addressing cultural issues in the new world of work

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Reading Addressing cultural issues in the new world of work Many factors influence the success of international assignments. Some are linked to compliance, ...

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Reading Protect your People's Purchasing Power Managing international employees' expectations in times of high ...

Hong Kong maintains its status as costliest city for expats

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Reading Hong Kong maintains its status as costliest city for expats Mercer's 2022 Cost of Living Survey, which looks at the world’s costliest cities for ...

Working from Anywhere - a differentiation in the War for Talent?

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Reading Working from Anywhere - a differentiation in the War for Talent? The extensive use of remote working during the pandemic has forced organizations to re-imagine ...

Top Health & Benefits Trends & Challenges in Emerging Markets

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Reading Top Health & Benefits Trends & Challenges in Emerging Markets Finding ways to look after the well-being of your employees while also protecting the financial ...

Four Ways to Effectively Communicate in Times of Crisis

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Reading Four Ways to Effectively Communicate in Times of Crisis “Unprecedented times” is a phrase we’ve tired of hearing. But the fact remains ...

Is your Employee Value Proposition Still Relevant?

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Reading Is your Employee Value Proposition Still Relevant? We are in the midst of a workplace revolution. The pandemic has altered almost all aspects of the ...

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Reading Five ways to break workplace bias. The theme for this year's International Women's Day is #BreakTheBias where the IWD community ...

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Reading No Transformation Without Culture Culture is more important than ever. Whatever transformational challenge an organization faces, we ...

Retaining Mobile Employees: Why you need to clarify expectations and set priorities

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Reading Retaining Mobile Employees: Why you need to clarify expectations and set priorities The "great resignation" is making headlines all over the world. The causes and scale of this ...

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Reading Talent Management and Mobility Mobility is not just about relocation management and needs to be dicussed in the context of the ...

Employee Benefits and Technology Trends Report

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Reading Employee Benefits and Technology Trends Report Organizations, HR teams and the employee benefits they provide were stress-tested to the extreme ...

The Challenges of International Remote Working

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Reading The Challenges of International Remote Working Remote working has been introduced as a temporary measure during the pandemic, but the debate ...

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Reading Managing International Foreign Hires - policies, processes and best practices Hiring foreign employees for permanent overseas assignments has long been part of how companies do ...

Health on Demand - Delivering the Benefits Employees Want Now

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Reading Health on Demand - Delivering the Benefits Employees Want Now This report sets out the results of the Mercer Marsh Benefits Health on Demand Survey which looks ...

Three Steps to getting your global mobility function tech-ready

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Reading Three Steps to getting your global mobility function tech-ready The right software solutions can be transformational for global mobility teams, enabling them to ...

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Reading Mercer – A Holistic Approach to Well-Being for International Assignees Forward thinking HR professionals are now considering the expat experience from a holistic ...

How is Remote Working affecting your Company Culture?

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Reading How is Remote Working affecting your Company Culture? Many companies now plan to continue remote working for the foreseeable future. But is working from ...

Become the Benchmark to get - and keep - the workforce you need

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Reading Become the Benchmark to get - and keep - the workforce you need Making the unique needs of your own hourly workforce a new benchmark to consider provides the ...

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Reading ESG: Sustainable at the Core To nurture a brighter future for people and planet, we need to pick up the pace on sustainability. ...

Building a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

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Reading Building a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce Despite the great benefits that DE&I in mobility programmes can bring to both individuals and ...

The Value of Mobility: measuring talent mobility outcomes

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Reading The Value of Mobility: measuring talent mobility outcomes As costs come under scrutiny this article examines how the benefits of mobility can be measured and ...

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Reading Sustainable Talent Mobility The sustainability concept and ESG analyses (environmental, social, and governance) are often used ...

Resetting the future of work - disruption and renewal in a post-COVID world

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Reading Resetting the future of work - disruption and renewal in a post-COVID world As organizations navigate through COVID-19, the concept of the new normal inches closer to reality ...

Pride 2021: Four focus areas for inclusion and intersectionality

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Reading Pride 2021: Four focus areas for inclusion and intersectionality Despite a very challenging year Diversity, Equality and Inclusion has moved to the centre stage in ...

Six Ways to Better Serve your Mobile Workforce

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Reading Six Ways to Better Serve your Mobile Workforce A new generation of technology solutions, specifically designed to meet the needs of decentralized ...

Turning health risk into value: Are your health and well-being approaches inclusive?

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Reading Turning health risk into value: Are your health and well-being approaches inclusive? Are your health and well-being approaches inclusive? Although 81% of employers are focused on ...

What they didn't tell you about talent mobility management

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Reading What they didn't tell you about talent mobility management We would like to believe that mobility management decisions are based on rational thoughts and ...

Turning health risk into value: well- being

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Reading Turning health risk into value: well- being Covid -19 has accelerated many trends that were already underway before the pandemic. Employers ...

Leaders must actively 'choose to challenge' gender inequality

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Reading Leaders must actively 'choose to challenge' gender inequality Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are now at centre stage and organisationshave a unique ...

Practical Steps to Consider for the New Realities of Global Mobility

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Reading Practical Steps to Consider for the New Realities of Global Mobility Do you want to move your mobility function to the next level? If you want your team to become more ...

Talent Mobility & People Analytics Collaboration Networks

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Reading Talent Mobility & People Analytics Collaboration Networks Formal processes and organisation charts don’t tell the whole story about how teams work. ...

Global Mobility Policy Flexibility in Practice - Part 1 & Part 2

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Reading Global Mobility Policy Flexibility in Practice - Part 1 & Part 2 A successful global mobility program needs to work well for both the assignees and the company. But ...

Four Steps in Revisiting Mobile Talent Competition

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Reading Four Steps in Revisiting Mobile Talent Competition The scope of global mobility is rapidly shifting from expatriate management to a more comprehensive ...

Revisiting cost drivers to make mobility affordable for small and midsize mobility programs

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Reading Revisiting cost drivers to make mobility affordable for small and midsize mobility programs Cost continues to be the primary challenge that small and mid size global organisations seek to ...

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Reading Talent Mobility: Compensation Dilemmas Many HR professionals fail to appreciate the full impact of recent business changes resulting from ...

2 Minutes to Improve Assignee Well-being

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Reading 2 Minutes to Improve Assignee Well-being Organisations support their mobile employees with comprehensive reward and relocation packages but ...

Expatriate Management: Women in the Workforce

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Reading Expatriate Management: Women in the Workforce It has been well documented that organisations need to consider the disparity in gender when ...

Virtual Assignments: Cultural and Inclusion Issues

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Reading Virtual Assignments: Cultural and Inclusion Issues Many factors influence thefeasibility and successof virtual assignments. One of these factors is ...

Assessing the Feasibility of Virtual Assignments: a Checklist

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Reading Assessing the Feasibility of Virtual Assignments: a Checklist With enforced changing work patterns, how can we leverage this new-found agility and retainvirtual ...

Managing International Employees Working from Anywhere - Part 1: Redefining Mobility

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Reading Managing International Employees Working from Anywhere - Part 1: Redefining Mobility The face of Global Mobility is changing. These changes require, above all, a change of mindset and ...

Managing International Employees Working from Anywhere - Part 2: The Different Dimensions of International Virtual Working

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Reading Managing International Employees Working from Anywhere - Part 2: The Different Dimensions of International Virtual Working Remote working has become the temporary new normal for a large number of assignees as companies ...

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