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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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An examination of the immigration and visa changes in 2023 Q2, and alignment to the CIBT Five Flagships
This is the first installment in a four-paper series that reviews over 130 news items, government ...
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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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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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What's unique about APAC mobility programs?
APAC organisations are reshaping global mobility programmes from compliance-driven to strategic ...
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LGBTQ+ health and well-being: Taking pride in an inclusive workplace
As many organizations have already recognized, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are ...
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Global Employer Services News - August 2023
BDO’s Global Employer Services News provides a brief overview of issues affecting ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 74
Here we are stepping into another month. Not any month though, it’s officially conference ...
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5 Strategies for Working in Cross-Cultural Virtual Teams
Cross-cultural virtual teams have become virtually routine for many large organizations. This post ...
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10 Tips for Great Global Virtual Team Meetings
While there’s nothing new about global virtual team meetings and how to run them effectively, ...
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Why are Global Virtual Teams so Important? - Infographic
This infographic illustrates the impact that working in virtual teams already has on our lives and ...
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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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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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Why Expanding Your Business to Africa is a Wise Move
Deciding to expand a business internationally is not an easy business decision, but Africa's unique ...
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P11Ds for Globally Mobile Employees
In the final run up to the regular P11D submission deadline, we have outlined some common areas for ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 69
Something dawned on me last week. Despite not being in education for nearly 20 years (showing my ...
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Why Should I Care About APIs?
The term, API, often gets raised when talking about making Global Mobility’s work easier and ...
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Vialto Regional Alerts 19th June
Global updates from the team at Vialto on immigration, employment tax and social security that may ...
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Vialto Regional Alerts 13th June
Global updates from the team at Vialto on immigration, employment tax and social security that may ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 68
6 Months… we’re into the 6th month of the year! I remember many (many) years ago ...
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Vialto Regional Alerts 6th June
Global updates from the team at Vialto on immigration, employment tax and social security that may ...
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Health Warning – Cost of Living Pressure Could Trigger Global Health Crisis
Pandemics, food shortages, inflation: in recent times, successive humanitarian, geopolitical, and ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 67
The land of tulips, bicycles, and more canals than you can shake a stroopwafel at certainly left an ...
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Global mobility in an unstable climate
Governments around the globe continue to grapple with the economic, social and political ...
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Employment tax reporting in 2023
You always need to prepare for your year-end tax reporting, but hybrid working and successive ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 66
Ah, May. Where I’m located, it’s supposed to bring beautiful spring weather and the ...
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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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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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2023 Q1 Review - Immigration and Visa Changes
2022 Q1 saw a world still very much in the midst of a global pandemic. Numerous international ...
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Rethinking what we need from work
A guide to employees’ most pressing needs and how your organisation can meet them based on ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 65
Wow!! What a week… I’m still slightly recovering from our first ever Global Workforce ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Female first — winners, losers and the battle for gender parity
On International Women’s Day, LinkedIn and Instagram were awash with celebration and ...
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Levelling up with mobility technology - case study
An organizations mobility platform can have a “make or break” impact on the employee ...
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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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ESG in Global Mobility - 10 Top Tips
Sustainability is often thought about purely in the context of the environment. However, ...
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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 64
As I sit here writing this EAR, unable to fully bring my chair close enough to my desk because my ...
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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 ...
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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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Spring Budget 2023 - UK
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his Spring Budget, accompanied by a full fiscal statement from the ...
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Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules - 9 March 2023
New changes to the Immigration Rules have now been published.
The most significant changes ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 63
It’s cold again!!! The UK has been hit by an arctic blizzard and sat here typing this now, ...
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Top 15 Tips For Companies Seconding People To Africa
BDO recently held a webinar with Expat Academy regarding the opportunities and challenges a UK ...
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International Women’s Day – is globally mobile work accessible to women?
Each year International Women's Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political ...
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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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Glossary of Compensation Terms
This glossary, provided by Expat Academy will help you decipher all the various terms used 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 Should you Calculate Pay for International Remote Working?
The great shift to remote working during the past two years is now firmly rooted and seemingly here ...
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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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ECA Global Perspectives - Benefits for Mobile Employees
A well-designed global mobility programme should incentivise talent to be mobile while minimising ...
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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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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 62
What a mad week. We say that a lot, don’t we? However, this week we’ve had three ...
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Pay for Skills Survey Report 2022-2023
The latest Pay for Skills survey results are in. They offer insights that will help accelerate the ...
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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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India | Tax | Union Budget 2023 | Key personal tax proposals
The Hon’ble Finance Minister (FM) of India presented the Union Budget 2023 on 1 February ...
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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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ECA Global Perspectives Whitepaper- National Salary Comparison
The National Salary Comparisonis a unique guide to how the differences in local pay levels, tax and ...
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France | Employment Tax | PASRAU – Adjustment of the French withholding tax system
The French withholding tax system for foreign employers of French tax resident employees has been ...
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UAE | Immigration | Unemployment Insurance scheme
The UAE government has announced a new requirement for employees in the private and government ...
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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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Aligning talent management and global mobility
We increasingly hear that “mobility should be better connected with talent management.” ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 61
Anyone else wondering how on earth it’s February already?? It’s all go here at Expat ...
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How has Scotland’s rent freeze impacted the housing market?
Residential rental markets in cities around Scotland are facing the difficult reality of low supply ...
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Poland | Immigration | Repeal of COVID regulations
The new amendment of the Polish Act on support to Ukrainian citizens in connection with the armed ...
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Vietnam | Immigration | Labour updates
Resolution No.105/NQ-CP (“Resolution 105”) dated 9 September 2021 on provision of ...
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Brazil | Social Security & Tax | Social Security Tax table for 2023
The updated social security tax rate table is applicable to all beneficiaries of the Brazilian ...
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Moving to 2030: the Sustainable Development Goals & the International Moving Industry
The objective of this document is to provide moving and relocation businesses with a good ...
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Personal Taxation in Europe
How much do Europeans take home from their gross salary? This report prepared by Vialto Partners ...
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European Union | Immigration | Delay in implementation of EES and ETIAS
The implementation date from the Entry/Exit System (EES) has been further postponed from May 2023 ...
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How to Become Environmentally Sustainable in the Moving Business
This report is created from within the relocation industry and contains useful insights in terms of ...
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Can a recession be good for global mobility?
As we start the new year there is concern in our industry about the possibility of a recession and ...
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The Global Risks Report 2023
The 18th edition of the Global Risks Report considers this backdrop of simmering geopolitical ...
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Romania | Income tax and social security changes based on Law 370/2022
Law No. 370/2022 approving Government Ordinance No 16/2022 (GO 16/22) – that amends and ...
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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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Hong Kong | Top Talent Pass Scheme
In response to the Policy Address announced by Mr. John Lee Ka Chiu, the Chief Executive of Hong ...
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France | Employment Tax |URSSAF right to verify and correct the "DSNs"
The authorities/ bodies responsible for collecting social security contributions (URSSAF, MSA funds ...
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UAE Immigration Landscape And Recent Updates
There are multiple visa categories that form part of the UAE Immigration framework, which include ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 60
Expat Academy Huddles are a lot of fun. Very hard work in the lead-up, but so much fun once we get ...
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United Kingdom | Losing EU residency status is unlawful, says High Court
On Wednesday 21 December 2022, the High Court ruled that EU nationals’ and their dependents ...
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Saudi Arabia | Fee Increases and Skill Verification Program
The Saudi Cabinet recently passed a new amendment that doubled the costs for renewing exit and ...
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UAE | ‘We, the UAE 2031’ Vision
The UAE Government recently launched the ‘We the UAE 2031’ vision at its annual ...
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Saudi Arabia | Accession to Hague’s Apostille Convention
Saudi Arabia officially joined the "Apostille Convention," commonly known as the Convention ...
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UAE Immigration | Discontinuation of Residence Permit endorsements
The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai has, in line with its ...
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Scottish Budget 2022 Summary
The acting Finance Minister delivered his budget announcement to the Scottish Parliament at ...
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Singapore - ONE Pass
As part of Singapore’s efforts to attract the top talent in business, arts and culture, ...
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United Kingdom - UK Autumn Statement does not address IR35 reforms
Despite a brief period of uncertainty with a proposed repeal of IR35 reforms and subsequent U-turn, ...
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Spain - Startups Law to encourage innovative entrepreneurship
On 1 December 2022, the Spanish Government has approved the so-called "Law of Start-ups", which ...
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Switzerland - News and current developments on work and residence permits
Currently, citizens of 61 countries that are not members of the EU are allowed to enter the ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 59
Happy New Year!! Anyone else glad 2022 is finally done and we’re now in 2023?? What a ...
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Germany - Inflation compensation premium free tax and social security contributions
Germany’s upper house of Parliament recently approved a measure that would give all employers ...
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China - Announcement on individual private pension plan
China’s Ministry of Finance and the State of Taxation Administration on 4 November announced ...
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2022 Immigration and Mobility Round-Up
It has been an eventful year in immigration and mobility, with the pandemic restrictions ending at ...
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Cost of Living Survey Highlights
Inflation remains high around the world as food and household prices rise as greater costs are ...
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What is Culture Shock and how does it affect Expats?
All new expats have one thing in common: they’ll experience culture shock and adjustment at ...
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Living in crisis locations – a mental and physical hardship
When people think of the challenges and hardships faced by expatriates the focus tends to be on ...
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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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What are the most expensive locations in the USA?
According to AIRINC's recent U.S. Domestic Relocation benchmark, 29% of companies provide a cost of ...
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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. ...
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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 58
‘Event season’...what is this season people talk about? Don’t seasons come and ...
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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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New School Options for a New Era
Pearson have provided a brief summary of the growing options for the schooling of children ...
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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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How Much Inflation are the Top Global Talent Locations Experiencing?
We have been watching top locations where companies send their key talent - view our ...
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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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Furnishing Rental & Allowance
Furniture rentalcan offer a more sustainable solution for mobile employee’s furnishing needs, ...
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Practical steps to improve your employee’s international assignment experience
As an employer, you want your assignees happy and healthy. But since every employee brings their ...
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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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How Remote Work Made Intercultural Training More Important Than Ever
Cutting intercultural training seems like an obvious way to save money when global mobility budgets ...
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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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Remote working: how can organisations incorporate the ‘new normal’?
With the rise of 'global nomad’ visas, employees and freelancers can now work internationally ...
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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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Automation in Global Mobility: The Benefits of Document Generation and Storage
Global Mobility teams are trying to find ways to reduce the amount of time they spend on repetitive ...
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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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What is International Remote Working?
In the first of a series of blog posts looking at international remote working, ECA introduces the ...
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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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Balancing assignee satisfaction with sustainable actions
With the introduction of initiatives across the globe, such as theEU’s Fit for 55 climate ...
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Where are housing rents rising and why?
In 2022, restrictions have been rolled back in many cities and business districts are becoming ...
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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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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 ...
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Greenest Countries – The Most Environmentally Friendly Countries For Green Living
Sustainability is a hot topic right now and for good reason. Air quality improved over the pandemic ...
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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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Mini Budget 2022 Analysis
Following a negative response to the Mini-Budget and turbulence in the financial markets, the Prime ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 54
As I’m sure you are all regular readers of the EAR, you’ll remember last time we ...
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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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Building a talent mobility culture
The role of mobility is shifting from fixing issues to sourcing and developing talent. In this new ...
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Interactive DEI Consulting Tool
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has become an important focus area for many organisations. ...
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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 52
It didn’t feel appropriate last Friday to send what is an upbeat round-up. You may have seen ...
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How will Web3 impact the future of work?
The global pandemic accelerated the digital transformation of work and the work experience. ...
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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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Immigration challenges faced by transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in the UK
It’s fair to say that everyone wants - and should - have a positive experience in their ...
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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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Updates on Sponsor Compliance and the Scale-Up Visa Scheme
This week the Sponsor Guidance has been updated with two important additions: the new Scale-up visa ...
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Are you prepared? Duty of Care and Your Mobile Employees
Living situations can change quickly, a concern that’s exacerbated when managing employees in ...
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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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Recognising and solving the increased challenges in Global Mobility operations
Typically, international employees make up just 1-2% of a global organisation’s workforce. ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 51
We’ve got a bunch of updates and goodies in this weeks EAR to ease you back into this next ...
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Poland | Ukrainian Nationals - Tax Payments in Poland and Residence Permit Applications
183 days in Poland have just passed or will pass very soon for the Ukrainian nationals who have ...
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“Manual vs. automated shadow payroll: How to build a business case for improved efficiencies”
This paper from Certino explores the advantages of automating Shadow Payroll to ensure your payroll ...
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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 50
It’s the big 5-0! Oh my, haven’t we grown?! You know, the traditional gift for a 50th ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 49
Summer Holidays are here bringing with it heatwaves, holiday chaos and hopefully some down time for ...
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Employer Q&A: Working During Hot Weather (UK)
As heatwaves become an almost inevitable feature of life in the UK, Magrath Sheldrick take a look ...
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What does inflation mean for you and your global talent?
The past year has been unprecedented for inflation. Both supply chain issues and global conflicts ...
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Compensation Trends Pulse Survey
Compensation approaches are becoming more dynamic than ever given the expansion of remote work, ...
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Global Risk Landscape 2022 - A Fragmenting World
Supply chains are breaking and changing like never before. Geo-political tensions, the climate ...
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Assignment management software and compliance in global mobility
It’s the old story: the business wants someone to go on assignment as soon as possible, and ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 48
The Expat Academy Round-Up (“EAR”) gives you a handy summary of all that we’ve ...
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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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Insights following the HMRC Expat Tax and NIC Forum
The UK tax authorities (HMRC) hold a quarterly forum with employers and professional advisors to ...
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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 47
No events this week – thank fff…riday for that! At least for our stress levels. But ...
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Protect your People's Purchasing Power
Managing international employees' expectations in times of high ...
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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 ...
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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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Have you Considered the Cyber Security Risks of Remote Work?
Remote work has become increasingly common. While remote work allows for greater flexibility in ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 46
It was all about the Huddles this week and then a short take of breath before the APAC virtual ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 45
We had our monthly virtual Global Heads Network meeting - as always, it’s great to hear ...
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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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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 ...
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Mobility Optimization Series, Part 1: Mobility Attracts and Retains Talent
In this period of transition and reinvention, many companies are reorganizing their Mobility ...
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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 43
Key topics this week are:
Working in Remote International Teams
Challenges of Global Mobility ...
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How Mobility Leaders Stay Ahead of the Curve
In this period of transition and reinvention, many companies are reorganizing their Mobility ...
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Annual State of Mobility 2022 Report
Graebel have produced a special edition of their Annual State of Mobility Report. This year, they ...
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Navigating the Global Talent Shortage
On 27 April 2022 the European Union (EU) took an important step in its goal to attract talent to ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 42
The Global Heads Network discuss the key topics of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, ...
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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 41
Lots of fun being back in person for this Bite Size Briefing in London followed by some well ...
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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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Countries With The Best Mental Healthcare In The World
Prioritising mental health has never been more critical than it is now, especially if you’re ...
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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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International Remote Working - tax and social security compliance risks
This is the second part in ECA's blog series looking at the recent increase in interest around ...
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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 39
A short working week that has not been short on challenges. We’ve had a number of member ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 38
The Easter holidays sees a short break from our regular events but the Benchmarking service, on the ...
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Top Health & Benefits Trends & Challenges in Emerging Markets
Finding ways to look after the well-being of your employees while also protecting the financial ...
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Four Ways to Effectively Communicate in Times of Crisis
“Unprecedented times” is a phrase we’ve tired of hearing. But the fact remains ...
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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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Software implementation – set yourself up for success with minimum stress
ECA International share their top tips on how to implement a new assignment management system as ...
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Shipping Market Update - March 2022
The shipping industry has faced significant challenges since the start of the pandemic which has ...
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Quick Read: Executing your remote-hybrid work strategy with an eye on tax implications
View this quick read for a dive into how to manage the tax implications that arise from a ...
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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 37
Three more Networks gathered this week – The Global Heads Network, Banking Network and APAC ...
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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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Menopause Management
Women over the age of 50 are the fastest growing group in the workforce. Whilst not all women will ...
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Ukraine Family Scheme
This is a UK immigration update on The Ukraine Family Scheme which is now open to immediate, ...
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Dual Employment Arrangements (Singapore)
This guide explores dual employment contractual arrangements in Singapore from the perspective of ...
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Five ways to break workplace bias.
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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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Choosing the right assignment management system for your organisation
The remit of global mobility (GM) functions continues to grow in both scope and complexity, making ...
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Which Countries Have the Best Healthcare in the World?
As the world enters its third year of the coronavirus pandemic, having a strong healthcare system ...
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No Transformation Without Culture
Culture is more important than ever. Whatever transformational challenge an organization faces, we ...
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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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Best Countries for Green Living for Expats
Sustainability is a hot topic right now and for good reason. Air quality improved over the pandemic ...
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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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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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Youth Mobility Scheme for Indian Nationals Set to Open 1 January 2022
On 4 May 2021 the UK signed the MOU on the Migration Mobility Partnership between India and the UK. ...
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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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A brief guide to shadow payroll reconciliation
Payroll reconciliation is a critical component to shadow payroll. This brief guide will explain ...
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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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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as Part of a Thoughtful Global Mobility and Talent Management Framework
Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion should be part of a thoughtful global mobility and talent ...
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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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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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Mercer – A Holistic Approach to Well-Being for International Assignees
Forward thinking HR professionals are now considering the expat experience from a holistic ...
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Magrath Sheldrick – Immigration Q&A
Ben Sheldrick looks back at the challenges of the last year and considers the future of immigration ...
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Equus – Leveraging Technology to Manage the New World of Work
In the middle of one of the biggest workforce transformations, mobility is shifting to play a ...
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How is Remote Working affecting your Company Culture?
Many companies now plan to continue remote working for the foreseeable future. But is working from ...
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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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ESG: Sustainable at the Core
To nurture a brighter future for people and planet, we need to pick up the pace on sustainability. ...
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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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Shadow payroll: Simplifying international employment tax compliance
Tax compliance has never been so critical or so complex, but shadow payroll requirements can be ...
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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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Applying for a European Health Insurance Card after Brexit
This article outlines the key changes and questions surrounding the EHIC, what those changes mean ...
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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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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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7 Ways to be More Productive When Working from Home
Read these top tips from RW3 to find out how to perform more effectively and happily when working ...
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Sustainable Talent Mobility
The sustainability concept and ESG analyses (environmental, social, and governance) are often used ...
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European Commission Releases a Number of 'Green Taxation' Measures
The European Commission has published a number of green taxation measures as part of a package ...
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A Selection of AIRINC Research Results - Q2, 2021
View this content to gain a quick update on some changes that have taken place over the second ...
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What does a good shadow payroll process look like?
Read this quick guide to understand the key components of a good shadow payroll process. This will ...
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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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2021 State Of Mobility - Despite pandemic, workers are more willing to relocate than ever
New research indicates that workers are more willing to relocate for work now than they were prior ...
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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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Staying Cool During a Hot U.S. Real Estate Market
Here are some tips and insights for companies seeking to create exceptional experiences for mobile ...
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The Year of the Mobile Employee - Global Mobility in 2021
Graebel have provided some tips and insights for companies seeking to create exceptional ...
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How the global shipping crisis is affecting international removals
The global shipping industry is facing serious capacity shortages due to the knock-on effects ...
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UK Future of the Office Survey
This article summarises the results of research from PwC, conducted over February and March 2021 ...
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What Exactly is Shadow Payroll? (And When is it Required)
This article aims to demystify the concept of Shadow Payroll by providing a high level ...
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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 ...
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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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Expat Academy Round Up - Issue 27
At a recent event on “Change and Transformation from a Cultural Perspective” ...
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Six Ways to Better Serve your Mobile Workforce
A new generation of technology solutions, specifically designed to meet the needs of decentralized ...
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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 ...
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Are you paying too much to your tax vendor - How to cut costs and improve efficiency in GM
In this ebook Global Expat Pay set out to help Global Mobility…
• Identify the ...
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5 Signs it's time to look for new global mobility technology
How do you determine if your mobility technology – whether you still rely on spreadsheets or ...
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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 ...
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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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Always Understand the Cost of Global Mobility and Expand your Business around the World
Global Mobility is a highly complex operational function that requires a collection of business ...
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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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Glossary of Relocation Terms
This glossary, provided by Expat Academy will be useful when writing or reviewing your relocation ...
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Glossary of Global Mobility terms
This glossary, provided by Expat Academy, provides definitions of the most common global mobility ...
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Glossary of Practical Tax and Payroll Terms
This glossary, provided by Expat Academy, explains what a shadow payroll is, why some countries ...
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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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Talent Mobility & People Analytics Collaboration Networks
Formal processes and organisation charts don’t tell the whole story about how teams work. ...
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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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Making the Case for Change - Seven Strategies to Help Mobility Win Approval for Change Initiatives
Centralising or decentralising a Mobility program. Instituting a new data management system. ...
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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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Relocation Best Practices for Mergers and Acquisitions
In an ever-changing global business environment, many companies are involved in mergers and ...
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Guidelines for a Successful Move Management Tender
Find out how to ask the right questions, determine what information to give potential suppliers in ...
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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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Employee Guide - Relocating to London
Moving to a new city can be daunting and this guide aims to provide you or your relocating employee ...
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2 Minutes to Improve Assignee Well-being
Organisations support their mobile employees with comprehensive reward and relocation packages but ...
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Immigration Essentials - Your Global Mobility Toolkit
A quick guide of all the things to consider when an assignee requires a visa or work permit to work ...
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How to Choose an International Removal Company
In five simple steps, this eBook helps you to find and book your ideal international removal ...
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Expatriate Management: Women in the Workforce
It has been well documented that organisations need to consider the disparity in gender when ...
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What About the Family? An International Assignment Won’t be Successful if the Family is Not Happy.
One of the most important factors in a successful relocation or international assignment is the ...
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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 ...