Work organisation
Leading practice guidance discussing how organisations can ensure their reward package is both attractive to assignees and represents a fair deal for the employer.
Enhanced by creating seven separate guides on preparing for and managing international assignments, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide discusses the situations where international assignments can be used to achieve business objectives, including the benefits to the organisation and the assignee, and the steps to take to prepare for and manage an assignment effectively.
Leading practice guidance discussing how employers can approach selecting and preparing an employee for an international assignment.
Leading practice guidance discussing how ongoing communication between the employer and the employee before, during and after an international assignment is essential to managing the employee's expectations and ensuring that they feel supported.
Leading practice guidance discussing why employers should continue to assess the assignee's performance while they are on an assignment and the importance of dealing with any performance or conduct issues quickly.
Leading practice guidance discussing how organisations can assist international assignees with the practical arrangements of relocating abroad, such as obtaining immigration permission and helping find suitable accommodation.
Leading practice guidance discussing how employers can support the assignee and their accompanying family members settle and feel part of the local community in the host country.
Leading practice guidance discussing how employers can facilitate an assignee's return to the home organisation and improve their international assignments programme by learning from previous assignments.
Updated to include a reference to Moghaddam v Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and Ors, in which the EAT summarised the legal requirements that need to be met to objectively justify extension of a fixed-term contract.
Updated to include information on the launch of a consultation on the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill in Northern Ireland.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to work organisation.