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Civil Unrest in Hong Kong and Global Mobility Duty of Care Employer Obligations

| November 30, 2019

duty of care employer obligationsFor many years, Hong Kong has been ranked as one of the safest cities in the world. However, the recent protests in Hong Kong and unrest have raised some security concerns for corporations with employees and families deployed there as part of its international relocation program. On November 14, the U.S. State Department raised its travel advisory for Hong Kong from Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions to Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. The U.S. State Department website advises the following: Read More

Help! I Need to Put Together a Domestic Relocation Package, and I Don’t Know Where to Begin! Getting Started with Employee Relocation

| November 19, 2019

employee relocationWe see it all the time: a company (often a smaller or start-up organization) reaches out to TRC because they have found the perfect employee candidate. The only problem is that the candidate lives on the other side of the country and there is no existing employee relocation program.

Fortunately, this candidate is willing to relocate, but she knows that it is expensive, and she has asked what kind of employee relocation package the company will provide. The company has never been involved with a domestic relocation before and is not quite sure what to do. She is a must-have candidate and she knows it, so she has considerable bargaining power. Read More

TRC Global Mobility Goes to Washington for Worldwide ERC Hill Day 2019

| October 8, 2019

Worldwide ERC Hill DayTRC’s Melissa SeitzMedford, CRP, GMS, Director, Consulting Services and Jerry Funaro, SCRP, SGMS-T, Vice President, Global Marketing were part of a Worldwide ERC® delegation on Capitol Hill on October 2. During Worldwide ERC Hill Day, delegates met with senior House and Senate staff, particularly those from their home states or the states where their companies are headquartered. They discussed several pending pieces of legislation that are of particular interest to companies that relocate employees. These include: Read More

Hrvoje Crnecki, CRP Joins TRC Global Mobility as Director, Global Business Development

| September 30, 2019

Hrvoje CrneckiTRC Global Mobility, Inc. (TRC) is pleased to announce that Hrvoje Crnecki, CRP, has joined the company as Director, Global Business Development. Hrvoje (pronounced “Hervoy”) has been in the industry for more than 12 years, holding a variety of roles at Paragon Global Resources, Cartus, Crown World Mobility, Mercer, Mondelez International and Kimberly-Clark.

Hrvoje has an especially personal knowledge of the relocation process. He has already experienced six interstate relocations within the U.S., receiving support ranging from a lump sum to a full relocation package.

More dramatically, Hrvoje experienced his first big move at the age of ten, after his native Yugoslavia erupted into war. As Hrvoje says, this was not a traditional corporate relocation but rather a compelled move with “limited” benefits! Hrvoje, along with his brother and mother, arrived in the U.S. with only a few Yugoslavian coins in their pockets and experienced all the challenges associated with moving to a foreign land, from culture to language to geography. When he was in college, Hrvoje attended a relocation job fair and that sparked his interest in the mobility industry. Read More

Steve Townsend, CRP, GMS-T Named SVP, Client Services at TRC Global Mobility

| September 3, 2019

Steve Townsend - TRC Global MobilityTRC Global Mobility, Inc. (TRC) is pleased to announce that Steve Townsend, CRP, GMS-T, has been promoted to the role of Senior Vice President, Client Services. As a member of TRC’s executive team, Steve will lead TRC’s Operations and Client Relations functions and report to TRC’s President.

Steve has been an integral part of TRC’s business development effort since 2011, representing TRC in the Southwestern and Southern U.S.

He had a long and successful career in operations management before joining TRC. In his 17-year career at Prudential Relocation, Steve served as Vice President, Relationship Management. As one of Prudential’s senior operations leaders, Steve directed multiple teams in client relations and service delivery, achieving an overall client retention rate of 98 percent. Earlier at Prudential, he served as Vice President, Client Services. Steve began his career at a mid-sized energy company, where he directed an in-house mobility team, redesigned and enhanced the employee domestic relocation policies, and managed the sales of corporate owned real estate. Read More

Selecting Core Flex Program Benefits and Administering

| August 5, 2019

Core Flex Program BenefitsThe core relocation benefit ensures there is some level of parity and predictability among relocating employees and that all employees receive the basic benefits needed to get the transfer done. For domestic relocations, such a core flex program benefit might include: relocation counseling, home marketing assistance, rental or home finding assistance, final trip to the destination, and shipment of household goods.

Additional flexible elements that could be matched to the employee’s requirements could include: Read More

Pros & Cons of Core-Flex Relocation Programs

| July 26, 2019

Core-flex relocation programsCore-flex relocation programs build in flexibility and minimize costly exceptions, and ultimately this model can increase employee satisfaction and acceptance rates for both international relocations and domestic relocations. In addition, a carefully considered core-flex program can help companies to:

– Gain a recruiting edge

– Tailor relocation benefits more closely to employee or candidate needs

– Make employees feel more valued and invested in the process

– Empower hiring managers, business units, regional locations, etc.

– Eliminate or at least dramatically reduce exceptions

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The Evolution of the Core Flex Model for Employee Relocation Programs

| July 16, 2019

core flex modelThe core-flex model has become one of today’s most talked-about employee relocation programs. As the name suggests, core-flex incorporates a defined, core relocation benefit and a flexible selection of optional benefits to supplement this core. Along with lump sum packages, core-flex programs are an increasingly popular way to add flexibility and align mobility benefits with employee needs.

Two major factors are driving the need for more agile mobility programs: the keen battle for talent in a full-employment labor market and the growing population of millennial transferees. Recruiters and hiring managers who are eager to sign the best talent need every tool at their disposal, including mobility benefits that make relocation more attractive. For their part, millennials are accustomed to an array of choices in almost every aspect of their lives. They value personal control and dislike corporate mandates.

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Global Mobility Industry Disruption: One Talent Mobility Leader Shares his Management Philosophy

| June 24, 2019

global mobility industryDuring Worldwide ERC’s Americas Mobility Conference in Atlanta, WERC President & CEO Peggy Smith caught up with TRC Global Mobility’s Leo Capotorto to talk disruption, innovation and trends within the talent mobility industry.

Leo came to the US from Argentina and he brings a unique perspective to the mobility business. He points to his culture in shaping his philosophy of not making a big deal over the disruptions that will inevitably impact the industry, but instead to “go with the flow.” He emphasizes that disruption is a “good thing,” but advises that you have to adapt fast. Read More

EU Elections Highlight Political Polarization Throughout Europe (and how this impacts global mobility)

| June 6, 2019

eu elections global mobilityThe following article was originally published on  May 30, 2019 by Worldwide ERC. View the original article. 

Voters in the 28 European Union (EU) member states went to the polls last week to elect 751 new Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Results reveal that many traditional political parties struggled in this election and some were outperformed by both far-right populist parties and liberal green parties. The long-time center-left, center-right coalition that has been central to governing the EU for 40 years lost its majority: moving from holding 54% of seats before the vote to only 43% of seats. The newly elected EU Parliament officially takes power in July, but with the substantial number of new MEPs, it is unlikely that the Parliament will be fully up and running until this fall. Once the new Parliament begins to govern, the larger implications of these election results will be clearer. Read More

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