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.
Employers often ignore the localised health needs of staff they send to work overseas, research has suggested, with two-fifths of...
Assignments to emerging markets such as Africa and China will increase over the next year, with almost half of global...
Jonathan Exten-Wright, Carl Soan and Lynda Finan, DLA Piper’s global mobility unit, consider some of the key issues that arise...
UK cities have climbed the rankings of the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates to live in, according to research...
A round-up of HR-related stories in today’s newspapers.Britain faces a “brain drain” of talented professionals after it emerged that one-fifth of...
Luanda in Angola, Africa, is the world’s most expensive city for expatriates to live, according to annual research. Two other...
European cities continue to dominate the top 25 worldwide locations with the best quality of living for workers, annual research...
An overseas posting brings with it exciting opportunities to experience diverse cultures; taste new food; learn a foreign language; participate...
In a just-released follow-up to its 2008 Flash Survey: Cost Savings Initiatives survey, ORC Worldwide, a global human resources (HR) consulting...
Asia’s expanding markets offer a multitude of financial opportunities – and challenges – for international investors. One such challenge is...
Henry Brookman warns that the stress of relocating for work can lead to family breakdown, and suggests how HR can...
The extent to which expatriates are managed by HR varies from company to company, depending on budget, resourcing and even economies of scale. But what management do they really need? Here expats spill the beans on what they most want from HR - and what they actually get. A current expat, a former expat, and a serial expat who has managed them too, offer their top tips for HR professionals. Tara Craig reports.
The recent case of Michelle Palmer, a British expatriate working in Dubai who was caught cavorting on a beach with...
The increase in the tax rate to 45% for top earners will make the UK an unattractive place to work,...
The number of employees on international assignments has doubled over the last three years as part of the continuing trends...
