Global Mobility Programme Scanner

Global mobility plays an important part in global growth. Recent Mercer surveys confirm that the number of international assignments has increased over the past two years and will continue to grow. While most organisations have a comprehensive mobility programme, many are unaware of hidden costs, risks, liabilities and inefficiencies. Mercer and Marsh, have developed the industry's first Global Mobility Programme Scanner, which reviews all aspects of a comprehensive mobility policy. The Scanner process provides specific guidance for addressing identified risks and stream-lining your programme.

The scan provides a high-level assessment in 7 key areas:

◼	GLOBAL MOBILITY PROCESS
◼	CORE BENEFITS: RISK AND MEDICAL
◼	CORE BENEFITS: RETIREMENT
◼	ASSIGNMENT PREPARATION AND CONDITIONS
◼	ALLOWANCES AND OTHER ASSIGNMENT PROVISIONS
◼	COMPENSATION
◼	GENERAL RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
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Benefits of the Global Mobility Programme Scanner

The scanner integrates all the aspects of Mercer's mobility-related services with cross-functional expertise in compensation, retirement schemes, and health and personal protection plans. The scanner also integrates the general corporate risk aspects as they may relate to mobility from our sister company Marsh. Mercer and Marsh will provide you with a high-level assessment of your programme as well as identify and map the risks associated with it. We will indicate best market practices and make recommendations specific to the risk areas.

Coordinated by a single project manager, the scanner will be used as a platform to review and identify:

• Areas of improvement to optimise your global expatriation costs and processes.
• Financial risks: compensation packages, risk insurances, and pension arrangements.
• Individual risks: satisfaction of your employees.
• Hidden costs and inefficiencies in your mobility programme.

What Our Clients Say

"We developed an international compensation system to facilitate the mobility of our top executives. This global compensation grid is complemented by a retirement system that protects the rights of these employees, who won't necessarily return to their country of origin. We deal with a single project manager at Mercer who coordinates these various aspects internally."

*****

"Thanks to its cross-functional expertise in local compensation, complementary retirement schemes, and health and personal protection plans, Mercer has enabled us to develop a relevant localisation policy. We have achieved our goals to optimise our international mobility costs while maintaining the social protection of our employees at an acceptable level with the help of innovative schemes."

*****

"We wanted to optimise our international mobility policy as part of a cost-reduction strategy. We were considering reducing payments in certain bonus categories, like cost-of-living differentials. But we discovered, thanks to Mercer, that this approach could give rise to staff problems, whereas the greatest optimisations centred on health/personal protection insurance plans. Mercer performed an in-depth survey and suggested a new insurer offering equivalent conditions at a lower rate. We have exceeded our cost-reduction targets and still manage to offer our expatriate staff an appealing package."

*****

"Mercer helped us define and formalise our international mobility policy, complete a dedicated guide for Human Resources, and optimise our mobility organisation and management processes to more effectively apply the policy and optimise operational efficiency."

What Does the Global Mobility Scanner Cover?

GLOBAL MOBILITY PROCESS	Corporate views on mobility Mobility and HR policies Governance process International vehicles Categorisation of expatriates Compensation approach Communication and support Repatriation process and support
CORE BENEFITS — RISK AND MEDICAL	Home versus host approach International medical plan International life plan International disability plan International business travel Security and evaluation plan
CORE BENEFITS — RETIREMENT	Home versus host approach International/offshore – pension plan approach Individual winners and losers analysis Social security policy Salary augmentation in lieu of retirement plan
ASSIGNMENT PREPARATION AND CONDITIONS	Language training Cultural training Annual vacation and holiday Home leave. Settling-in allowance Temporary accommodation Preassignment trip Relocation services
ALLOWANCES AND OTHER ASSIGNMENT PROVISIONS	Transportation at host location. Travel to and from host location Housing benefit at host location Host country housing purchase assistance Home country housing considerations Education support for dependent children Quality-of-living allowance Spouse or partner support Tax advisory services
COMPENSATION	Base salary Other cash components Variable compensation Per diem rates Job grade
GENERAL RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK	Corporate risk management governance Mobility risk management policy Business travel management policy and travel tracking Home contents and personal property insurance Vacant home — owners insurance Directors and officers coverage Global cargo and moving insurance Kidnap, extortion, and detention insurance Key persons and protection of financial investment

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Ellyn Karetnick International Mobility Practice Leader for the UK Telephone: +44 20 7178 5308 Email: ellyn.karetnick@mercer.com Carlos Mestre European Talent Mobility Practice Leader Telephone: +41 22 869 30 90 Email: carlos.mestre@mercer.com

Mark Price Principal in the International Consulting Group Telephone: +44 20 7178 3652 Email: mark.a.price@mercer.com Norbert Lochmann Regional management for Mercer Marsh Benefits in Europe & MENA Telephone: +39 02 4853 8747 Email: norbert.lochmann@marsh.com