International mobility

Talent shortages and an ageing workforce in the western world are just some of the factors contributing to an increase in global worker mobility.  PwC research uncovered that 93.9% of new graduates believe they will work across more geographic borders than their parents did, reinforcing the trend that international assignments will continue to be a significant but necessary cost to organisations. The International Mobility team at PwC works with organisations that deploy staff across international boundaries to provide strategic consulting advice, planning and compliance services.

Potential issues

• You need to ensure your international assignment strategy is consistent with and supports your business strategy – how do you do this?
• Are you concerned that your people are tax compliant in all the jurisdictions that they are currently working in?
• How do you pay staff competitively and cost effectively in the countries your business operates in?
• You need to demonstrate the cost and value to the business of your international assignment programme.
• You have non-UK domiciled senior executives who are concerned about recent UK legislative changes – what are the key issues for them?
• You want to understand assignee motivations both when accepting and returning from assignment and how this links with your business and International Mobility strategy.
• You are losing assignees after repatriation; why is this happening and what can you do about it?
• You want to know if your international assignment reward, tax and benefit policies are competitive and effective in the countries in which they operate.

How we can support you

Our International Mobility team is part of a global network of 6,000 human resource practitioners in 153 countries.  We can assist you with every aspect of your international assignments. We can:

• Ensure you as an employer and your international assignee are compliant in the jurisdictions you operate in, from tax and social security through to immigration.
• Design and implement your international assignment strategy and policies
• Provide you with technology solutions that with enable you to take global control of tax and administration for your international assignees.

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