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Expatriates

Now more than ever, expatriation of employees is an essential part of managing the workforce in international organisations. It is important that workers’ skills are put to best use across the world.

Organisations should give careful consideration to the locations to which they send employees. There are many factors to take into account, including political stability, legal and tax requirements, employment costs, transport links and language and cultural barriers.


    • Global mobility
    • USA
    • Expatriates

    Biden to boost migrant worker visa rights

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jan 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jan 2021

    Changes to rules concerning H-1B visas could increase numbers of foreign specialists while safeguarding US wages.

    • Global mobility
    • Business continuity
    • South America

    ‘Infodemic’ and ‘Covid myopia’ pose risks to global workforce

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Nov 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Nov 2020

    Risks facing the global workforce have reached their highest level since 2016, with a growing ‘infodemic’ and mental health issues among significant challenges.

    • Global mobility
    • USA
    • Right to work

    US immigration: How Biden’s election affects global mobility

    by Nita Upadhye 20 Nov 2020
    by Nita Upadhye 20 Nov 2020

    Global mobility has been stymied under Donald Trump but the new Biden administration is planning a return to a more talent-friendly approach.

    • Working from home
    • Coronavirus
    • Expatriates

    ‘Stealth expats’: managing staff secretly working abroad

    by Juliet Carp 4 Nov 2020
    by Juliet Carp 4 Nov 2020

    Finding out that an employee has secretly been working from another country isn’t a new problem, but it has become...

    • Europe
    • Financial services
    • Germany

    Services sector ‘overlooked’ in Brexit trade talks

    by Rob Moss 13 Oct 2020
    by Rob Moss 13 Oct 2020

    The needs of the UK’s £225bn professional services sector are being overlooked in the UK-EU trade talks according a sub-committee...

    • Global mobility
    • Europe
    • USA

    Global mobility leaders: ‘Your country needs YOU’

    by Julia Onslow-Cole 28 Apr 2020
    by Julia Onslow-Cole 28 Apr 2020

    One of the best known images of the First World War is the commanding face of Lord Kitchener, his finger...

    • Global mobility
    • Workplace culture
    • Expatriates

    Why cultural training is vital for overseas assignments

    by Janette Hiscock 15 Jan 2020
    by Janette Hiscock 15 Jan 2020

    Overseas projects often fail when employees and their families are not prepared for life abroad. Janette Hiscock looks at why...

    • Global mobility
    • Europe
    • Argentina

    Real pay growth in Europe lagging far behind Asia

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Nov 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Nov 2019

    Real salary growth across Europe is expected to slow in 2020, with wage increases lagging far behind pay awards seen...

    • Brexit
    • Expatriates
    • Latest News

    International expansion: three HR essentials that get overlooked

    by Ben Wright 27 Jun 2019
    by Ben Wright 27 Jun 2019

    With Brexit encouraging a growing number of organisations to establish themselves abroad, Ben Wright explores three people management challenges that...

    • Expatriates
    • Payroll
    • Global HR

    HR Tech World 2017: Maersk Oil drills down on global mobility and payroll

    by Jo Faragher 20 Mar 2017
    by Jo Faragher 20 Mar 2017

    Making payroll globally consistent and compliant can be a challenge. How does Maersk Oil, which operates in more than 10 ...

    • Expatriates
    • Employment law
    • Global HR

    How do you decide if expatriate employees’ legal rights fall under UK or foreign law?

    by Helena Rozman 7 Dec 2016
    by Helena Rozman 7 Dec 2016

    The recent legal case of Jeffery v The British Council shows employers how to decide whether expatriate employees’ legal rights...

    • Expatriates
    • Talent management
    • Global HR

    Why the talent function needs to work more closely with global mobility

    by Andrea Piacentini 2 Dec 2016
    by Andrea Piacentini 2 Dec 2016

    International assignments play a positive role in career advancement, so why is global mobility not linked more closely to talent...

    • Global mobility
    • Europe
    • Webinars

    International assignments in an uncertain world (webinar)

    by Bar Huberman 11 Oct 2016
    by Bar Huberman 11 Oct 2016

    ON DEMAND | The current economic and political climate has led to increasing challenges for employers managing ...

    • Expatriates
    • HR Technology
    • Global HR

    How software can help to streamline global relocation

    by Cath Everett 26 Aug 2015
    by Cath Everett 26 Aug 2015

    Instances of global relocation are on the rise, and organisations struggle to contain costs. A cloud-based system could help managers...

    • Global mobility
    • Expatriates
    • Global HR

    Managing the risks of employing a global workforce

    by Nicholas Robertson and Elizabeth Espín Stern 5 Dec 2014
    by Nicholas Robertson and Elizabeth Espín Stern 5 Dec 2014

    Many international companies operate with employees deployed across the world. They function across networks of offices in different countries, client...

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