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2026 FIFA World Cup Countdown (Mobility Risk in the Final 90 Days)
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches (June 11–July 19, 2026), organizations relocating employees to, from, or within the United States, Canada, and Mexico are entering the highest‑risk period for...
What is COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment or Allowance)?
Cost of Living Adjustments or Allowances (COLA) are a cornerstone of successful employee relocation programs, designed to protect transferees’ purchasing power and standard of living when moving between geographic locations. At WHR, we recognize that compensation does...
How Much is the Average U.S. Domestic Relocation Package?
On average, the cost of a domestic employee relocation package for a U.S. move can range from $10,000 to $100,000, depending on the employee’s homeowner status (homeowner vs. renter), family size, distance, and benefits offered. According to internal data from WHR...
2026 FIFA World Cup Countdown (Mobility Risk in the Final 90 Days)
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches (June 11–July 19, 2026), organizations relocating employees to, from, or within the United States, Canada, and...
What is COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment or Allowance)?
Cost of Living Adjustments or Allowances (COLA) are a cornerstone of successful employee relocation programs, designed to protect transferees’ purchasing power and standard of living when moving between geographic locations. At WHR, we recognize that compensation does...
How Much is the Average U.S. Domestic Relocation Package?
On average, the cost of a domestic employee relocation package for a U.S. move can range from $10,000 to $100,000, depending on the employee’s homeowner status (homeowner vs. renter), family size, distance, and benefits offered. According to internal data from WHR...
Providing Mortgage Support to Transferring Employees in Today’s Housing Market
As companies compete for talent, it's important that your organization offers the right mortgage support to transferring employees. Whether it’s a new candidate or an existing employee, don’t lose talent because your organization isn’t offering the same or more...
Relocating Employees Can be Challenging: How to Reduce Costs & Keep Employees Happy
What if we told you there was a way to reduce your transferee’s household goods moving claims, save organizational costs, and provide better customer service? Improved customer service means on-time deliveries/pick-ups and happier employees. To accomplish all this,...
Six Tips for Relocating Employees that Attract & Retain Talent
Employee relocations or even temporary assignments to a new location can be complicated and stressful for your employees. You’re not just shifting employees from one location to another, you’re uprooting them from their community, friends, extended family, and...
Offering Tax Assistance & Tax Equalization Ensures Higher Employee Retention & Improved Recruitment Outcomes
Many companies are struggling to find and retain good talent. It’s important that benefits, including relocation tax assistance and tax equalization, are very competitive. Offer employees what they need to have the best possible experience as they uproot their lives...
Collect Key Data Points for Success
Read our article as featured in International HR Adviser. At its core, employee relocation is a human resource benefit and like all HR benefits, from health insurance to retirement accounts, organizations need timely and insightful feedback from employees. Click here
Buckle Up this Summer for Household Goods Move Challenges: Plan Ahead!
Arriving just in time for summer, a familiar story; the household goods industry will have a difficult time over the summer months meeting consumer demand. While COVID-19 impacted how household goods suppliers had to perform their services, the need for moving was...
Four Things You Didn’t Know About Relocation Management Companies
If you are new to learning about the employee relocation industry, you are not alone. In fact, employee relocation services recently made Inc. Magazine’s list of “The 6 Best Industries You’ve Never Heard of.” In the simplest terms, relocation management companies like...
Build a Better Relocation Program
“If a company is cheap about relocation, they are cheap about everything.” Forbes In our 2018 benchmark relocation survey, we learned that 87% of respondents expect to maintain or increase the number of company relocations in the coming years. Most firms understand...
Is Your Company Managing the Emotional Toll of an Employee Relocation?
Moving is often considered a top life stressor, so what happens when you add in a few other big stressors like buying/selling a home and starting a different job in a new location? How stressful might that be for a transferring employee? More importantly, how are your...
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