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U.S. Domestic Relocation Policy Essentials
A well-crafted domestic employee relocation policy will improve the transferee experience, control costs, meet your employees’ needs, and help you win and retain new talent. Improving the employee...
Buyer Value Option (BVO) vs Guaranteed Buyout (GBO) Home Sale Programs. How Do they Compare?
In the realm of corporate relocation, home sale assistance programs play a crucial role in easing the transition for employees and companies alike. Among the relocation home sale programs, the most popular options are the Buyer Value Option (BVO) and the Guaranteed...
The Best Types of Expatriate Assignments for Your Mobility Program
Offering long-term, short-term or extended business international assignments can be a powerful tool for retaining (and attracting) top talent. Read the blog to determine the best option for your mobility program.
U.S. Domestic Relocation Policy Essentials
A well-crafted domestic employee relocation policy will improve the transferee experience, control costs, meet your employees’ needs, and help you...
Buyer Value Option (BVO) vs Guaranteed Buyout (GBO) Home Sale Programs. How Do they Compare?
In the realm of corporate relocation, home sale assistance programs play a crucial role in easing the transition for employees and companies alike. Among the relocation home sale programs, the most popular options are the Buyer Value Option (BVO) and the Guaranteed...
The Best Types of Expatriate Assignments for Your Mobility Program
Offering long-term, short-term or extended business international assignments can be a powerful tool for retaining (and attracting) top talent. Read the blog to determine the best option for your mobility program.
Repayments No Longer Deductible due to TCJA
Major tax reform rocked the relocation industry on December 22, 2017 when The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was approved by congress. The most realized effect was the removal of tax exempt status for qualified moving expenses. In November's edition of Mobility...
An Emphasis on COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment)
Creating policies that are competitive, compliant, and up-to-date for our clients is a top priority at WHR Group. By using the results collected from WHR’s 2018 Mobility + Culture benchmark study, we hope to do exactly that. The study has served as a tool to help us...
Corporate Culture & Your Relocation Program
Corporate Culture refers to the beliefs and behaviors that determine how a company’s employees and its management interact and handle business. Corporate culture is often implied, rather than expressed or defined, and it is something that develops organically over...
Values in Action
Hard work, empathy, proactiveness, and trust are more than descriptive words at WHR Group. They are the core values in which business is ran. When evaluating candidates, WHR uses the Culture Index™ to identify and measure character traits. We believe that these words...
5 Steps to Improve Employee Satisfaction with Corporate Housing
We have yet to relocate an employee who is excited about moving into temporary housing. Let’s face it, they want to be in their own homes, in their own beds, surrounded by their own belongings. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work out that way. Things come up...
5 Ways to Improve Your Relocation Exception Management Process
Sometimes, no matter how detailed and inclusive your employee relocation management policies are, you run into exceptions or special requests from your employees. This might include wanting to bring children on house-hunting trips, needing an additional month of...
The WHR Intern Experience: Part Two
Editor's Note: We asked two of our 2018 summer interns, Alexis Harris and Joe Plantier, to write about their experience and work at WHR Group. After interning at WHR Group Inc. this past summer, I can certainly see why this company is considered a leading employee...
3 Truths About Outsourcing Your Relocation Program
As you know, there’s a lot that goes into relocating an employee – you have to coordinate the move, administer expenses, review and approve exceptions, audit invoices, and manage third-party suppliers. You have to stay up-to-date on real estate market trends,...
The WHR Intern Experience: Part One
Editor's Note: We asked two of our 2018 summer interns, Alexis Harris and Joe Plantier, to write about their experience and work at WHR Group. Read Part Two by Joe Plantier here. My name is Alexis Harris and I’m going into my senior year at the University of...
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