Expatriate Compensation Services
Mercer
provides a full range of information products and services to help
you manage your human resources globally. The compensation services
support you in designing competitive, equitable and cost-effective
expatriate packages. The Expatriate Compensation Services are
designed to answer the question: "What should we pay our
executives when transferred from one country to
another?"
The Balance Sheet Calculation
The balance sheet calculation provides the answer by bringing
together all of Mercer's vast information database including
Cost-of-Living, Quality-of-Living, Tax and Compensation Reports
as well as our expertise in international assignments. It
represents a useful and competitive analytical tool to help you
determine your international compensation structures. The
objective is to ensure that expatriation financial conditions
are fair and that the expatriate package encourages mobility.
The Balance Sheet Calculation follows the home country approach
used by major multinational companies. According to a survey
conducted by Mercer in 2001, 70% of the companies use this
approach. It allows you to define in a rapid, easy and
systematic manner your expatriates packages taking into
consideration tax constraints in the home and host country,
cost of living and quality of living differentials, housing
costs and other allowances or benefits if requested, such as
car or education allowance.
Cost-of-Living Reports
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Cost-of-Living Index
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Three Cost-of-Living Indices: Mean-to-Mean, Efficient and
Convenience
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Tailored content and weighting of our international basket
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Reversible Mean-to-Mean index
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Inflation rate updates for expatriates' goods and services
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Exchange rate adjustments
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Spendable income tables
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Fully supported price list
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More than 260 cities available as home and host locations
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Complete survey conducted twice a year
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Monthly index updates upon request
Expatriate Housing Cost
Tables
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From 1 to 4 bedroom accommodations for furnished and
unfurnished houses and apartments in good, very good and
best residential areas
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Tables by position level and number of bedrooms
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Tables by position level and family size
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More than 260 cities available
Expatriate Education Cost
Tables
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Entrance fees, deposits and tuition costs
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More than 260 cities available
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Kindergarten, primary and secondary schooling
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Italian
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British
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French
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Japanese
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Asian
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Business Travel Cost Tables
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Business trip expense i.e. hotels, meals, newspapers, etc.
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Per diem travel allowances
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More than 260 cities available
Quality-of-Living Reports and Expatriation
Premiums
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Reversible Quality-of-Living index
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Based on 39 quality of living factors
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Recommended expatriate premium ("hardship allowance")
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More than 280 cities available as base and host
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Complete survey conducted annually
Personal Tax Reports
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info
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Easy to use tables by income level and family status
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Expatriate tax advantages
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Easy calculations from gross to net and net to gross
salaries
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More than 70 countries available
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Information updated once a year
Short-Term Assignment Allowance
Tables
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Daily Rates for Low, Medium and High prices
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Accurate and specific selection of items for short-term
assignments
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Over 260 cities available
Worldwide Compensation and Benefits
Reports
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Annual base salary and total cash compensation information
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Employment conditions, statutory benefits and typical
employer's practices
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Position evaluation methodology
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GDP, inflation and salary forecasts
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More than 65 countries available
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Complete surveys conducted annually
