In today’s increasingly global world, businesses are finding that more of their employees are moving internationally than ever before. The reasons for these moves are vast and varied: from a 3 month project to learn new skills from an overseas team, to permanently relocating staff overseas to set up a new branch of their organisation.
As you might expect, any move that crosses borders will bring with it a number of complications and risks for both the employee and the employer. In our experience these issues fall into one of the following categories:
To help resolve these, and bring certainty to both the organisation and the employees affected, it is prudent to put in place a consistent approach to international moves. Our clients agree (and we have countless stories of organisations battling either complicated approval lines, inefficient processes, or unclear policies) although we often hear that they do not have time to put such an approach in place or simply do not know where to start.