International Mobility Policy for a US-based Electronic Company

This Company is a worldwide leading supplier of power system solutions for a diverse range of applications in a variety of industries including telecommunications, networking, computing, office systems, medical, process control, test and instrumentation.

Approach

The policy contents covered different assignments’ duration/eligibility, pre-assignment preparation, relocation compensation and benefits, logistics arrangements, on-going assignment support, repatriation/reassignment, assignment termination, etc. This policy also took into account the market practice as well as benchmarking with companies of similar background and scale.

Results

The end product provides clear guidelines to the Human Resources Department to plan, administer and monitor the staff international assignments in a consistent and structured manner. It also create s uniformity across the firm with a widely-distributed workforce around the world.