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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 75
Did you know...in the US, to "table" something means to postpone it. But in the UK, "tabling" an ...
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Home-Based Tax Equalized vs. Host Plus Assignments
There are typically two main assignment approaches frequently used for long-term temporary ...
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Five Ways to Optimize Your Domestic Relocation Program
Domestic relocation has fundamentally changed since the pandemic. In this paper, AIRINC explore the ...
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The Coaching Approach to Successful Assignments: Part 2, Lesson 1 - The 100 Day Plan
In Part 2 of this series The 'C' Coach will consider life on assignment and how to achieve ...
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Non-resident directors: four risk areas for companies
Where companies appoint non-UK residents as executive or non-executive directors, it's essential to ...
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The Coaching Approach to Successful Assignments: Part 1, Lesson 5 - The Roles of Coach & Sponsor
In this series Mehibe Hill, 'The-C-Coach' will explore placing the assignee and family at the heart ...
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What's unique about APAC mobility programs?
APAC organisations are reshaping global mobility programmes from compliance-driven to strategic ...
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Global Perspectives - Cost of Living 2023
When moving to live and work in another country, cost of living is a factor that cannot be ignored. ...
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Jet Set Pets — things to know when relocating talent with 2, 4, 6 or eight-legged friends (and legless ones, too)
Crossing continents can be daunting for assignees. But what if the move includes beloved pets? To ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 73
Despite it being quiet on the event front, here at Expat Academy lots of work continues with our ...
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Fostering employee well-being in a sustainable way
What changes can we make today to drive the future of employee health forward sustainably?
During ...
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Why Expanding Your Business to Asia is a wise move
This guide from Global Expansion takes a detailed look at expanding business opportunities into ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 72
Welcome to August! We are well and truly into the summer holiday season, which usually means the ...
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Place Your Bets:- Spending for Maximum Mobility Impact!
Operate, Enable, Advise and Plan; These are the four main focuses of any global mobility program. ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 71
Herzlich willkommen zur Ausgabe 71 des Expat Academy Round-Up! Just a little sprinkle of German for ...
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UK Immigration Clinic: A Practical Update
This webinar from Magrath Sheldrick provides an overview of current Immigration hot topics, with a ...
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Host-based compensation approaches revisited
After using home-based (balance sheet) approaches for international assignees for decades, ...
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Global Talent Mobility: Trends to Watch
In this Infographic Mercer summarise the results of their recent Surveys to present a picture of ...
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Mobility Outlook Survey 2023
Each year it seems that Global Mobility is confronted with new and complex issues. As Mobility ...
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GloMo 5 - Global Mobility Policy Design & Policy Stratification
In this on-line training module, Expat Academy guide you through how to design a suite of Global ...
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Guide to Designing a Successful Core-Flex Programme
Considering a Core-Flex relocation benefits programme for your company?
This guide captures ...
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Local Plus - Tips, Tools and Trends
This paper sets out how the local plus (or host plus) approach can be a cost effective and ...
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GloMo 8 - Global Mobility Policies - Expat Lite and Career Development Policies
In this on-line training module, Expat Academy will explore how the traditional home-based Global ...
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GloMo 7 - Global Mobility Policies - Home Based Approach
In this on-line training module, Expat Academy introduce you to the "Home Based" Global Mobility ...
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GloMo 10 - Global Mobility Policies - STA & Commuter Policies
Learn how to review a person and role specification and apply knowledge of Global policies to ...
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GloMo 9 - Global Mobility Policies - Host & Local Plus Policies
Learn how to review a person and role specification and apply knowledge of Global policies to ...
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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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How pay and reward impact employee outcomes: A framework for employers
How most business leaders think about employees and workforces has had to change beyond all ...
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Public transport allowances – a sustainable and cost-effective assignment choice
Sustainability is the watchword for many organisations when constructing international assignment ...
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Modern Families: Removing Obstacles to Mobility - Exploring the Importance of Diversity and Inclusion
This paper examines the complex challenges faced when moving the modern family around the world. ...
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Global Mobility for (Crash Test ) Dummies: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion as Part of a Thoughtful Global Mobility and Talent Management Framework
In this piece Sterling Lexicon draws on recent research to highlight the prevalence of unconscious ...
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Agile Recruitment - Building a Successful Global Talent Acquisition Strategy
For many organisations, international recruitment is a key component of their global workforce ...
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Back to Basics: Inflation, Exchange Rates and the COLA
This webinar from AIRINC explores the impact of inflation, exchange rate changes and cost of living ...
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Revolutionize your Mobility Program
2023 is shaping up to be a significant year for global mobility programs. Seismic changes to the ...
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International remote working: from buzzword to practice
Working remotely is a way for companies to attract and motivate talent and more generally to offer ...
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Remote Working Webinar
In this webinar Adele Martins from Magrath Sheldrick explores the challenges employers may have ...
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UAE/Emiratisation Update
Companies based in Mainland UAE with more than 50 employees will need to increase their current ...
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Next steps for global mobility management
Global mobility management has rarely evolved as fast as in recent times. In a couple of years, ...
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Managing International Assignees: Cost-of-Living and Quality-of-Living update
Rising inflation and political turmoil around the globe are impacting multinational organizations ...
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Inflation and Your Global Mobility Program
With inflation continuing to be a global issue, AIRINC reviews some key areas that inflation can ...
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The covert cost - Managing rising host utility prices for assignees
With the inescapable headlines highlightingrising costs of utilities across the world, ECA’s ...
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What is the best way to address inflation and economic volatility for globally mobile talent?
One-way transfersand other host-based compensation assignments have grown in popularity over the ...
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Getting started with international remote working and virtual assignments
The extensive use of remote working during the pandemic has forced organizations to reimagine their ...
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Webinar: Long-Term Assignment Benchmark - Comparison of Global and European Results
Watch this session where AIRINC compare the global results from their recent Long-Term Assignment ...
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Webinar: What are the Trends for US Domestic Relocations?
View this 30-minute webinar where AIRINC look at the results from their recent benchmark survey ...
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DE&I: The Missing Piece of Your Global Mobility Puzzle
Put simply, consumers are diverse, and a diverse and inclusive workforce where employees are ...
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Sustainability & Global Mobility 2022 Survey
While many organizations report that Global Mobility does not yet play a wider sustainability role ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 56
As you can see from the contents section, Expat Academy have been very busy Huddling with members, ...
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Why you shouldn’t tailor your international assignment policies to suit the millennials in your workforce
Employees are individuals, not members of a generation. They each have their own challenges, ...
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20 Ways to Reduce the Cost of your Global Mobility Programme
This article is a list of 20 areas where there may be opportunities to cut costs. Every company is ...
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Mobility Basics: The Assignment Lifecycle
Assigning an employee to work in another country is complicated, but often necessary. When a ...
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Protecting Expatriate Salaries from Exchange Rate Movements
When managing international assignee salary packages, exchange rates can have a huge impact on the ...
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How to get started with making your GM programme more inclusive
Many global mobility departments are looking to take stock of their policies and consider whether ...
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International Remote Working - salary & benefits considerations
ECA's previous blog posts on this subject introduced the concept of international remote working ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 55
It’s continued to be a million miles an hour here at Expat Academy with event prep, training, ...
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Making Global Mobility more sustainable
Sustainability is rising up the agenda for organisations and individuals alike, so it follows that ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 53
Roll up! Roll up! It’s event season and Expat Academy are embarking on a swift world tour, ...
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How employee benefits mitigate talent risks
Organizations must focus on flexible working and personalized benefits if they want to attract, ...
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We need to talk about talent….and #workanywhere
While the need for GM teams to adopt flexibility into practices is more important than ever, it's ...
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GloMo 11 - Global Mobility Policies - Alternative Policies
Global Mobility can be described as more of an art than a science. As soon as you have defined ...
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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 ...
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ECA's data updates - Cost of Living
Hear how recent key events around the world have driven unprecedented changes in cost of living ...
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The Netherlands - House of Representatives approves extended employee rights to work from home (remote working)
On July 5, 2022, the legislative bill “Work where you want” was adopted in the ...
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Developmental Assignments & The Importance of Knowing Your Audience
Young professionals are in a different stage of their lives than mid-career professionals, and they ...
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How Global Mobility Can Avert a Summer of Discontent
The visible signs of Covid are now waning with the lifting of restrictions in many economies, the ...
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People Risk 2022 Global Report
Resetting priorities to manage risks for workforce and business resilience. Risk management is ...
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The Evolution of the Mobility Function
Join this AIRINC interactive webinar to learn how Mobility's role has changed to adapt to new ...
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Webinar: Potential tax pitfalls with your GM policies & year-end reporting ahead of July 6th deadline
BDO Expat tax team recently held a virtual clinic with The Expat Academy. This webinar focused on a ...
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UK Healthcare for Expats. What are the best hospitals in the UK?
The UK, and in particular London, is one of the most popular expat hotspots in the world. It is ...
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Social Security - Covid-19 Relaxation Measure to end 30 June 2022
With the outbreak of the Covid-19 situation in March 2020 many employees were forced to work from ...
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I Only Have A Few International Moves Each Year. Surely I Don’t Need A Global Mobility Policy?
Global mobility policies are not just for the big players. Whether you’re planning your ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 44
This update gives you real-time intel on what’s occurring in Global Mobility circles. ...
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Webinar: 2022 Mobility Outlook Survey - European Results
AIRINC explore the unique results of their survey for Europe and discuss how they compare to the ...
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Australia - A New Outlook For Skilled Migration Post The Federal Election
Australia’s Federal Election has ushered the Labor Party back into power after nearly ten ...
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ESG: Mobility's ladder to reach new heights
ESG is the future of global mobility—and the past two years show the reasons why: COVID-19. ...
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What does the absence of the Employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech mean for employees and employers?
Workers have been let down by the absence of the highly anticipated Employment Bill in the 2022 ...
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International Remote Working - Immigration, labour law, payroll and other compliance issues
This is the third in ECA's series of blog posts regarding the recent increase in interest ...
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Is Relocation Support the Key to Winning the War for Talent?
The seismic change to daily life brought about by the pandemic has led many people to re-evaluate ...
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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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Adapt to Work Everywhere
The results are in! Remote and distributed work is not only a viable way to get work done, but for ...
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How focused is Global Mobility on Sustainability?
Listen to this Sustainability and Global Mobility webinar from AIRINC where Jason Tang, Mike ...
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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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Global Virtual Work Survey
Remote work and hybrid work models are here to stay. The 2022 Global Virtual Work Survey study, ...
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GloMo 6 - Global Mobility Policies - Relocation Policy
In this on-line training module, Expat Academy introduce you to the key components of a relocation ...
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Working from Anywhere: the New Reality - Part 2: Employment Tax
This is the second in a series of videos exploring the tax and non-tax implications of allowing ...
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Working from Anywhere: the New Reality - Part 1: Employee Tax
This is the first in a series of videos exploring the tax and non-tax implications of allowing ...
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion & Global Mobility: Regional Pulse Report EMEA & APAC
To better understand the role that DE&I plays at a strategic and tactical level across markets ...
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Supporting your Relocating Employees
In this webinar recording the Cartus team shared the results of a global DE&I survey of more ...
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Talent Management and Mobility
Mobility is not just about relocation management and needs to be dicussed in the context of the ...
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How to Match Remote Work and Employee Benefits
As nationwide lockdowns swept through Europe and Asia in February and March of 2020, companies ...
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The Growing Importance of Remote Work Policies to a Successful Global Talent Strategy
Responding to the Covid -19 pandemic, businesses have become more flexible with many employees ...
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A definitive guide to Shadow Payroll
This guide walks through the concept of shadow payroll, and gives a high-level understanding of ...
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Employee Benefits and Technology Trends Report
Organizations, HR teams and the employee benefits they provide were stress-tested to the extreme ...
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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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Attracting and Retaining Talent: A Location-Agnostic Approach
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated new trends in talent management, and companies have had to ...
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Is It a Good Time to Update Your Mortgage Subsidy Policy?
With the recent announcement that mortgage rates aredown again, it maybe a good time to review your ...
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Managing International Foreign Hires - policies, processes and best practices
Hiring foreign employees for permanent overseas assignments has long been part of how companies do ...
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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 ...
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Worldwide health insurance: which countries require it for entry?
It is always advisable to have health insurance if you are living or working overseas, but there ...
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Building a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce
Despite the great benefits that DE&I in mobility programmes can bring to both individuals and ...
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Diversity and Inclusion - LGBTQ Expats
This article explores the issues facing LGBTQ employees when undertaking an international ...
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What is Secondment Allowance?
Some companies choose to pay a secondment allowance which combines different on-assignment ...
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Re-imagining Employee Retention Post-Pandemic
As a result of the pandemic many businesses are facing new challenges and considering relocating ...
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Creating a VIP Relocation Package
With an increasing need to offer the best packages to attract and retain top talent, what should ...
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Ideas on Sustainability in Global Mobility
Global Mobility has one of the highest per-capita carbon footprints of any HR function. This ...
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Employee Mobility - What is the New Normal?
This webinar, a collaboration between GMPD, Mobility Empowered and the India Mobility Forum is a ...
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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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Adapt to a New Normal: What a global pandemic has shown us about employee priorities
Join the panel to take a dive into the results of the annual Adapt survey by Topia and hear what ...
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Designing Flexible Remote Policies that Employees and HR will Love
Over the last year remote working has become more commonplace. This webinar considers how the ...
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Sustainability in Global Mobility Whitepaper
Global Mobility has, by its nature, one of the highest per-capita carbon footprints of any HR ...
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Principles of Global Mobility Training Course
This online course provides a full guide to the lifecycle of an international assignment, from ...
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On Demand Webinar - Short Term Assignments: Key Considerations
This webinar from ECA International explores where short-term assignments fit in a modern mobility ...
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Webinar - Localisation: Barriers and Opportunities
Successfully localising long-term assignees while retaining key talent and remaining fair to ...
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Sustainable Talent Mobility
The sustainability concept and ESG analyses (environmental, social, and governance) are often used ...
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Benchmarking Basics – keeping your expatriate packages competitive
This webinar from ECA explores the basics of benchmarking expatriate pay and benefits packages. ...
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Introduction to the RW3 Global Leadership Model
Today’s organizations need leadership at every level. You don’t need to be born a ...
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Global Social Security: European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland: Extension of the ‘COVID-19 – no impact policy’
The ‘COVID-19 – no impact policy’ to determine the applicable social security law ...
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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 ...
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Emotional Intelligence: Why EQ is more important than ever for your mobile employees
This article explores the growing awareness of the importance of EQ for mobile employees and the ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 28
A summary of the latest GM news from the Expat ...
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New shape of work podcast - flexing to support growth at Pandora
One of the key trends resulting from the pandemic has been the emergence of flexible working as a ...
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Flexible Mobility Series: Nike and Cartus, a Core/Flex Collaboration
This white paper from Cartus explores how Cartus and Nike collaborated to build and deliver a ...
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Turning health risk into value: well- being
Covid -19 has accelerated many trends that were already underway before the pandemic. Employers ...
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Global Mobility Recovery Checklist
Now is a great time to be reviewing and adjusting Global Mobility programmes, policies and mindset ...
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Leaders must actively 'choose to challenge' gender inequality
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are now at centre stage and organisationshave a unique ...
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Does your company pay a 'living wage' on a global scale
It is time to look at your salary structures with a global lens. Why? Three main reasons are ...
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How Organisations are Leveraging Shared Services Centres
This white paper sets out the background to Shared Services in HR and considers how and when to ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Core-Flex…is it Right for your Company?
Best practices and what to avoid – learn from the early adopters.
Core-Flex Mobility ...
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Four Steps in Revisiting Mobile Talent Competition
The scope of global mobility is rapidly shifting from expatriate management to a more comprehensive ...
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Supporting Dual Career Couples
Managing the logistics of one employee’s move can be challenging enough, but when you add in ...
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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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Assignees from Less Developed Countries: Issues and Challenges
There are unique compensation complexities to consider when moving an international assignee from ...
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Talent Mobility: Compensation Dilemmas
Many HR professionals fail to appreciate the full impact of recent business changes resulting from ...
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Virtual Assignments: Cultural and Inclusion Issues
Many factors influence thefeasibility and successof virtual assignments. One of these factors is ...
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Case Study: Evolving from a Transactional to a Strategic Mobility Function – Interview with Pearson
Interview to explore how Pearson’s Global Mobility function has evolved over the last four ...
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Assessing the Feasibility of Virtual Assignments: a Checklist
With enforced changing work patterns, how can we leverage this new-found agility and retainvirtual ...
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Creating an Amazing Employee Experience
Creating an amazing employee experience is imperative for organisations today, and it needs to be a ...
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Tips For Engaging Stakeholders And Building The Global Mobility Brand
The global mobility function, by the very nature of the services it provides, needs to engage with ...
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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 ...
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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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What is Permanent Establishment and why does it impact Global Mobility?
Permanent Establishment (PE) is a common cause of concern for global mobility programs. AIRINC ...