Written by a Hanish Vithal, Chief Information and Technology Officer, SilverDoor Apartments Sustainable transformation is at the forefront of most industries, competing directly with building innovative and integrated digital solutions. More than ever in the Global Mobility (GM) industry, it has become key to combine both approaches. Alongside this, it’s important to balance providing the […]
Written by a Global Mobility leader in the technology sector This piece is from The RES Forum’s research paper – Technology in Cross-Border Working: disruptive force or old wine in new bottles, October 2021. You can download the paper here. “As we design the employee experience, it’s so important to decide when an activity should […]
By David Enser, Partner, The RES Forum This piece is taken from The RES Forum’s research paper – International Remote Working, the emergence of a new paradigm, July 2021. You can download the paper here. In my view, International Remote Working can be a strength, a weakness, an opportunity, or a threat to an organisation. […]
Alan Fergusson, Director of Employee Benefits – Worldwide Broker Network WBN is delighted to continue its Technical Partner relationship with The RES Forum. As an organisation, we’ve been tracking how International Remote Working (IRW) is evolving right in front of us. As a practice, it’s gaining new terminology, processes and potential risks almost daily. […]
This piece was written by Matthew Judge, Group MD of Anvil Group, providing an Expert Perspective to our research paper Managing Risk in the New Normal. Matthew joins the RES Forum on 24th June to explore global mobility risk in more detail. RES Live! 24th June 2021. Define – Identify – Decide. Dealing with […]
Paul Bernardt, Managing Director – Harmony Relocation Network In summer 2016, out of the blue, South Korean shipping line Hanjin was unable to continue normal operations and requested deferment of payment. Hanjin was the largest South Korean container carrier, and a global top-10 player. Close to one hundred container ships (carrying a total of 540,000 […]
Introduction Global mobility is no stranger to change. But even for this industry, the pace became relentless as soon as the world locked down against COVID-19. With vaccine roll out intensifying, the hard-thinking shifts to the safe reopening of borders and the resumption of cross-border working. The challenge of mass-testing and the issue of equitable […]
When devising strategies to encourage effective international employee engagement in the time of Covid-19 and beyond, multinationals must seek ways to build and maintain trust with spouses and partners. A joint decision Let’s agree that the typical candidate for an international assignment is a dedicated, driven individual. They see an international assignment as a […]
All employers have a duty of care towards their workforce. In a narrow, legal sense, this means employers are required to take all of the reasonable and necessary steps to protect their employees’ health, safety and wellbeing. This, of course, does not end at national borders, and multinational companies who assign expatriates all over the […]
Sterling Lexicon is committed to keeping our customers informed as we learn new information about the impacts of COVID-19 on the transportation industry. While Sterling Lexicon has implemented its pandemic response plan, our customer-facing teams remain fully operational at this time. Air Freight As major airlines continue to cancel flights or stand-down large proportions of […]
