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Aligning your Global Mobility and Talent Acquisition Teams
Has your organization effectively coordinated and aligned the efforts of those involved in global mobility with those responsible for talent acquisition? Or do your teams feel siloed with different...
Year-End Preparation Playbook
If you haven’t kicked off your year-end relocation expense process yet, don’t worry, but don’t wait! The cycle is already underway, and there’s no better moment than now to get moving. Grab your coffee, rally your team, and let’s make this year-end the smoothest one...
Navigating Group Moves
In today’s ever-evolving business landscape, companies often undergo organizational changes that require relocating multiple employees at once, whether to consolidate offices, expand into new markets, or support mergers and acquisitions. These large-scale relocations,...
Aligning your Global Mobility and Talent Acquisition Teams
Has your organization effectively coordinated and aligned the efforts of those involved in global mobility with those responsible for talent...
Year-End Preparation Playbook
If you haven’t kicked off your year-end relocation expense process yet, don’t worry, but don’t wait! The cycle is already underway, and there’s no better moment than now to get moving. Grab your coffee, rally your team, and let’s make this year-end the smoothest one...
Navigating Group Moves
In today’s ever-evolving business landscape, companies often undergo organizational changes that require relocating multiple employees at once, whether to consolidate offices, expand into new markets, or support mergers and acquisitions. These large-scale relocations,...
2019 IRS Standard Mileage Rates Released
Effective on January 1, 2019, the International Revenue Service (IRS) issued new, optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving purposes. The rate for medical and moving...
Top 3 Posts of 2018
2018 was a year full of change and growth for WHR Group. We welcomed more employees to the WHR family, completed our 2018 Mobility + Culture benchmark study, and developed and implemented numerous technology innovations. We were also able to cover a slew of topics...
Moving to a Winter Wonderland
One of the largest obstacles in relocation is preparing for a new way of life in a different destination. Relocating employees can struggle with issues ranging from selecting a school for their children to finding their new favorite grocery store. A complication that...
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...
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