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Mexico Security Update: What Global Mobility Teams Should Know
This update is relevant for organizations with employees currently in Mexico, upcoming relocations, or near‑term business travel.In late February 2026, localized security operations in parts of...
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 mobility disruption. With approximately three months remaining before...
What is COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment or Allowance)?
Cost of Living Allowances or Adjustments (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...
Mexico Security Update: What Global Mobility Teams Should Know
This update is relevant for organizations with employees currently in Mexico, upcoming relocations, or near‑term business travel.In late February...
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 mobility disruption. With approximately three months remaining before...
What is COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment or Allowance)?
Cost of Living Allowances or Adjustments (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...
What is Repatriation Assistance?
The Importance of Repatriation Assistance: What is Repatriation? Repatriation occurs when an expatriate employee returns to their home country. Unfortunately, it’s oftentimes an overlooked benefit in employee relocation programs. The process isn’t always easy on the...
You Know that You Need an Employee Relocation Management Company: What Should You Do Next?
Choosing a new Relocation Management Company (RMC) to manage your global mobility and relocation program can feel like a daunting task. It’s important that you choose an RMC that best fits your workplace culture, employee needs, company budget, and work style. You’re...
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...
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