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If so, you’re not alone. Varying laws, requirements and exchange rates make managing compensation and payroll for expats across the world a dicey job.

Adding to the complexity, there isn’t a lot of information out there. How are your peers managing global compensation and payroll around the world? What are they struggling with? Where are they succeeding? SIRVA is creating the conversation.

Our new report, Best Practices on Expatriate Payroll Administration, has the answers you need....

SIRVA is attending the 19th Annual Electric Utility HR Community of Practices Annual Conference (EU-HRCP) this week in Houston, TX. 

Jill McDonald, Director- Policy Consulting, is featured on the "Relocation Issues & Strategies" panel addressing cost containment ideas, policy structure and feilding questions from the audience. Other topics covered in this session include technology, real estate and U.S. domestic relocation trends. 

For more information about SIRVA or this event, please contact...

Partnering with SIRVA for your relocating employees means less administrative work for you and more productivity from your transferees. But what about the rest of your employees? Employees who chose to move on their own face the same expenses and stress as a relocating employee, but with SIRVA’s Home Benefits they can enjoy some of the same benefits, too.

1.Mortgage

SIRVA is attending the 2013 National Relocation Conference in San Diego, CA from May 15^th to 17^th. Be sure to come see us at booth #400 to play “SIRVA Sommelier” for a chance to win a one year membership for wine of the month club!

Also join SIRVA employee, Michelle Cicen, and Michael Westphall from Abbott for their session, “I’d Rather Turn You Down Than Let You Down—Formalizing Your Pre-Decision Program”. This session will be held on Thursday, May 16^th from 3:15-4:15 pm.

Two SIRVA employees will...

Poland's economic prosperity has convinced companies from all over the world to establish operations there. Although its strong economic position is attracting multinational corporations, Poland still has a way to go to meet the standards most expats expect.

This Issue of Policy Matters explores the opportunities and mobility challenges that await across Poland's borders and examines the steps the country is taking to establish itself as a destination for companies and expats alike. 

Read the...

The 98^th Annual International Supply Chain Management Conference will be held in Dallas, TX from April 28^th to May 1^st.

Come visit SIRVA at Booth #501 to talk with our industry experts and test your luck for a chance to win $500!

Questions about this event? Contact us at events@sirva.com. 

In this webinar, SIRVA policy experts will outline how to build a consistent mobility practice within domestic policies across countries – addressing which policy elements can be consistent across the globe and which need to be location specific. 

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

Presenters: Julian Yates, Vice President, Global Consulting, SIRVA

                      Jill McDonald, Director, Policy Consulting, SIRVA

                      Zofia Stobs-Stobart, Director,...

Organizations generally take one of two approaches to domestic relocation policies outside of their home country, they either try to apply their home country policy in other countries or they allow their colleagues in other countries free rein to develop their own policy. There is a middle road, of course, which can achieve consistency while recognizing necessary differences for legal, tax or other reasons.

Creating Equity

Many companies are employing good corporate governance and taking the...

SIRVA’S Chris Cerasoli, Regional VP of Corporate Housing, recently shared his expertise on corporate housing with RentingNewYork.tv. His guest blog post, 6 Reasons Corporate Housing Trumps Hotels, outlines the advantages, from practicality to comfort, of corporate housing when compared with a long-term hotel stay.

For more information, please contact Chris directly at christopher.cerasoli@sirva.com.  

“Do you have a group move benchmark?”

SIRVA’s consulting group is often asked this question when a company is deciding which benefits to provide in a relocation policy for a group move they are planning. The simple and short answer is, “No”.

Every group move is unique and the relocation program correlates to whether the company wants everyone, the majority or just some key employees to accept the move. The company’s standard policy benefits are then adjusted in response to that answer. Due to...

SIRVA will be attending the 2013 HRIA Conference at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, AB Canada on April 17^th and 18^th.

Join our team at booth #420 to learn how SIRVA is making mobility simple. While you’re there, take a roll of the dice for a chance at winning our grand prize!

For more information, contact events@sirva.com. 

Thinking about purchasing real estate? Here are a few things SIRVA wants you to consider...

First, the real estate market is really picking up in certain areas. More people are buying homes at very low mortgage interest rates and for prices even lower than 5 years ago. Newly constructed homes are being sold faster than builders can keep up with in many areas. All of this activity is helping people to regain confidence in the housing market and feel more secure about their potential home...

"SIRVA, a leading global relocation and moving services provider, announced it opened an office in Doha, Qatar. Under the SIRVA brand Allied Pickfords, SIRVA now has local operations in Qatar, enhancing its complete mobility solution for customers across the globe and ensuring exceptional quality and service in Qatar through local delivery. The company will offer direct, on-the-ground domestic and international household goods moving services to businesses, governments, and private customers...

The Forum for Expatriate Management is featuring a series of articles this year written by the experts at SIRVA. The latest article, “The Three C’s of Mobile Technology: Mobile Technology has Changed Connectivity, Communication, and Control”, was authored by SIRVA’s VP of Client Technologies, Brian Richards.  The article discusses trends in mobile technology and the resulting impact on the mobility industry. 

With increasing relocation activity in Europe, new confidence in the European property market and the UK and Germany being identified as preferred locations, SIRVA takes a look at the contributing factors and the resulting impact on client policy.

Why the increase?

Despite Eurostat, the European Union statistics agency, reporting a record low in unemployment at the beginning of this year, unemployment grew to 11.9 percent in January. The 17-nation Eurozone reported key skill shortages could be...

Global assignments, whether short term or long term, are often decided in a rush. You’ve expanded your offices and you need a Director of Operations over in Singapore stat. Or a new global project is underway and you need a manager to train your production team in Germany….yesterday!

Often I see clients making decisions about determining the type and length of the global assignment, and choosing their candidate even before running the numbers to see the financial impact to their bottom line. It...

Your customization is our priority, so whatever your needs are, we have the right solution. By selecting from our comprehensive suite of global relocation services, we can deliver the ideal mix of services for you.

 
How can SIRVA create the "perfect mix" for your mobility program? Visit our booth at the upcoming Worldwide ERC ® 2013 Global Workforce Summit: Talent Mobility in APAC held at the Pudong Shangri-la, Shanghai on 19 - 20 March, 2013  to learn more! And you will not want to miss one of...

Over the last 5 years, mortgage lending has seen some dramatic changes to eliminate the costly loan losses that occurred from the wild lending days of 2004-2008. These changes made it more difficult for consumers to qualify for a loan and for lenders to document the loan. These changes have been written about and have appeared in the news in many forms. Recently, we have started to see signs that common sense may begin to enter into lending once again. These signs are welcome relief as they...

After all the doom and gloom of late 2008 through to the end of 2011, the economy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) appears to be on the up and up! It is expected to grow by 4% in 2013 and anyone living in Dubai or Abu Dhabi can already see that the boom years seem to be on their way back. Traffic is backed up again, cranes on half-built buildings are back to work, the queues at immigration are long and even off-plan property sales are on the rise.

The net effect of the evident improvement of the...