Human Resources

The HR department (other names for which include Human Capital and the now old-fashioned Personnel) has a broad remit that generally includes recruitment, payroll and benefits, redundancies and outplacement, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations in such areas as immigration, tax and social security. Talent management may also form part of it. Read more

Human Resources

Global mobility professionals: Looking to the future by learning from HR’s past
The last 20 years have seen great changes in the roles performed by global mobility professionals. The function has gained expertise and its profile has been raised significantly. Yet those working in this field still strive for a more strategic role. In the first of a three-part analysis, Dr Sue Shortland draws parallels with the development of the HR function to provide learning points for global mobility for the years ahead.
The future of the global mobility function: Learning from HR’s evolution
In the second part of her analysis of the future of the global mobility profession, Dr Sue Shortland considers further lessons that can be learned from the history of HR’s evolution from its reactive personnel management background into its strategic role today.
Transforming the global mobility function
In her three-part analysis of HR’s journey from reactive personnel operation to strategic human resources function, Dr Sue Shortland draws lessons from HR theory and practice to highlight how the global mobility profession can reach its strategic objectives. In this third part, she explores how the current HR operating model is being transformed for the future.

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Employee happiness – the under-considered aspect in the success of assignments

Health and wellbeing support is key to all-round mental and physical health, it supports the happiness of the employee and, therefore, is likely to have a positive impact on the success of their work too. This plays into the hands of the 26% of employers who, according to our latest research, are concerned that employees overseas may be unhappy and will want to return home, and the 19% of employers who are concerned that the assignment may not work out. Providing robust health and wellbeing support will promote overall wellbeing, thus helping with happiness. And healthy, happy employees tend to be more productive, increasing the success of the employee and the business.