Partner & Family Support
Partners’ careers, childcare and education are key concerns for many relocating families. Current demographic trends mean that some must also take into account the welfare of parents, or other elderly relatives, when considering relocation.
Without adequate partner and family support, employees may refuse the move, or the relocation may fail. This section brings together news, features and practical advice on the full range of employee family support topics.
Latest Partner & Family Support News
Taiwan regains crown as best place to be an expat
InterNation’s latest comprehensive annual study of life as an expat sees two Asian nations top the list of best places to live and work overseas.
International Women's Day
International Women's Day Celebration
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Partner Careers
Working fathers should be allowed to 'step up' at home
A former UK headteacher has called for fairer delegation of family duties between working parents and better support by employers for both fathers and mothers.
Dual career couples: successful job search abroad
For the partners of employees relocating overseas, maintaining a career can be a challenge. Alessandra Gnudi, Executive Director of FOCUS, an organisation that specialises in supporting relocating expats, offers some practical tips for partners aiming to secure that all-important first overseas position.
Women and global mobility: on her terms
Relocate Global’s International Women’s Day celebration, perhaps ironically, showed March 8 has something for everyone.
Childcare
Increasing pressures on young children… and the solution
Lacy Chapman, Head of Lower School at ACS Cobham International School takes a look at the increasing strains on primary school children and examines some of the potential solutions.
New data on shared parental leave suggests more to be done: CIPD
A year after the introduction of shared parental leave (SPL), new CIPD research concludes employers and government could do much more to encourage take up and support working parents.
The 'top 10' grammar schools in England
As England gets its first ‘new’ grammar school in five decades, we take a look at the top 10 (of 163) grammar schools for GCSE results in England, as published by The Telegraph newspaper.
