Global Mobility Survey

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* 1. How has Covid-19 impacted your organisation’s international assignments?

Expatriates have been forced to stay on assignment longer than planned

International assignments have had to be cut short to allow expatriates to return home early

Tax and social security planning has had to be adapted to take account of assignment changes

Benefit plans have had to be adapted to take account of assignment changes

There has been a rise in employees working from their homes internationally or in a country other than where their office is ordinarily located and associated needs to provide them with homeworking benefits

Very little impact in practice

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What package elements / terms & conditions that are currently available to your expatriates are in your view especially relevant during the pandemic as part of your organisation’s global mobility programme?

Mobility, hardship and location premium

Rest and recreation leave

Security measures

Airfare and home leave

Spouse and family support

Relocation assistance

Repatriation

Medical benefits

Mental health support and counselling

Homeworking benefits for the growing number of international homeworkers

Others? (please specify)

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* 3. What key benefit which is not currently offered by your organisation’s mobility programme would improve international assignments for expatriates during Covid-19? Please consider any of the benefits listed at question 2, or any other relevant benefits not specified by us.

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* 4. What changes do you anticipate in your organisation’s assignment patterns over the next 2 years?

	Increase	Decrease	No change	n/a
Duration of assignments	Duration of assignments Increase	Duration of assignments Decrease	Duration of assignments No change	Duration of assignments n/a
Number of senior management moves	Number of senior management moves Increase	Number of senior management moves Decrease	Number of senior management moves No change	Number of senior management moves n/a
Number of key/strategic assignments	Number of key/strategic assignments Increase	Number of key/strategic assignments Decrease	Number of key/strategic assignments No change	Number of key/strategic assignments n/a
Number of female assignees	Number of female assignees Increase	Number of female assignees Decrease	Number of female assignees No change	Number of female assignees n/a
Number of younger assignees	Number of younger assignees Increase	Number of younger assignees Decrease	Number of younger assignees No change	Number of younger assignees n/a
Number of older/experienced assignees	Number of older/experienced assignees Increase	Number of older/experienced assignees Decrease	Number of older/experienced assignees No change	Number of older/experienced assignees n/a
Number of assignments to specific locations (e.g. more remote, or specific continent)	Number of assignments to specific locations (e.g. more remote, or specific continent) Increase	Number of assignments to specific locations (e.g. more remote, or specific continent) Decrease	Number of assignments to specific locations (e.g. more remote, or specific continent) No change	Number of assignments to specific locations (e.g. more remote, or specific continent) n/a
Number of employee self-initiated moves	Number of employee self-initiated moves Increase	Number of employee self-initiated moves Decrease	Number of employee self-initiated moves No change	Number of employee self-initiated moves n/a
Use of contractors for assignments	Use of contractors for assignments Increase	Use of contractors for assignments Decrease	Use of contractors for assignments No change	Use of contractors for assignments n/a
Diversification of assignment types	Diversification of assignment types Increase	Diversification of assignment types Decrease	Diversification of assignment types No change	Diversification of assignment types n/a

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* 5. Do you consider gender diversity has evolved in your organisation’s global mobility programme in the last 5 years?

Improved

Stayed the same

Got worse

Unknown

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* 6. What have been the main challenges to international assignments in your organisation generally?

Tax / tax compliance

Retirement benefits

Health benefits

Compensation

Bonus

Lack of central management

Lack of formal policies (or vague policies)

Immigration compliance

Family-related issues

Loss of spouse income

Spouse career disruption

Career management/planning

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What have been the main challenges to international assignments in your organisation experienced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic?

Tax / tax compliance

Retirement benefits

Health benefits

Compensation

Bonus

Lack of central management

Lack of formal policies (or vague policies)

Immigration compliance

Family-related issues

Loss of spouse income

Spouse career disruption

Career management/planning

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What are the biggest obstacles to expatriate mobility generally in your organisation?

Impact of Covid-19 on ability to take up new assignments

Restrictions on air travel and quarantine requirements

Dual career or other family related issues

Hardship / remote locations

Career management issues

Package not attractive enough

Policies not reflecting needs

Lack of policy flexibility

Candidate not possessing the right skills (e.g. too junior, wrong sector/role etc)

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Do you consider that Covid-19 will have a broader impact on where expatriates choose to live and/or work?

Yes

Unsure

Please specify reasons for your answer in the box below

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* 10. Do you consider that advances in technology are going to reduce the need for global assignments in future in your organisation?

Yes - it will reduce the number of international assignments because we can engage effectively with appropriate individuals already situated in the relevant host-country

No - the role performed by expatriates still requires their presence on the ground locally

Unsure

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* 11. What has been the impact of Covid-19 on international (short term) business visitors?

Major impact – our globally mobile executives have stayed home since March

No impact – it’s been business as usual as long as there are flights

Moderate impact – please explain the ways in which impacted: regional impact, duration, additional precautions required or others

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* 12. How confident are you that any employees who may have relocated to work overseas during the Covid-19 period haven’t triggered an employer obligation to arise, such as in a host country payroll withholding requirement, or an overseas employer social security charge?

Very confident – we are fully aware of our obligations and have taken advice to understand this

Confident – we have checked ourselves and don’t think we have an issue

Neither here or there – it’s the employee’s issue to deal with, not ours

Not overly confident, but to think of it, they’ve been out there for a while now…

I had absolutely no idea we had to check this