b'TYPES OF MOBILITYThe business will need to understandand mobility with a better understandingthe most expensive assignment is a the cost and compliance risks of theof what this may mean for them. Makingfailed assignment, however, helping the arrangement, and the employee will needtechnology and creative communicationbusiness make better mobility decisions to understand the implications such anmethods available can help prepare theto select the right policy and support arrangement may have for them.employee for mobility in the new normal. requires a lot of education. If the company approves a move toIn addition to remote work concerns,A manager might come to mobility France, for instance, is the employeenow is a good time to evaluate the rightprepared to send an employee on an ready to assume the personal tax burdenbalance of expat assignments, local hires,assignment or relocate them in a way that of the move? If the employee chooses toone-way moves, virtual assignments, orgets them from one location to the next as move to a lower-cost city domestically,other alternatives. Knowing when toinexpensively as possible. Cost, however, are they willing to take a lower salary thatinvest in a traditional expat assignmentis not the only factor to consider in a aligns with the location they choose toand when to use lower cost options cancross-border transfer. How can mobility reside in? help balance costs in the future, somethingcreatively encourage the business to that will be top of mind given cost pres- consider issues of compliance, salary and THE RIGHT TOOLS sures. Investing in the right technologybenefit compatibility, and, above all, the To address the employee perspective,and communication method can help thepurpose of the move? mobility must be prepared with thebusiness consider what the purpose of mobility is and what policy is best. Putting technology and communication in right tools and policies to deal with theplace will help the business consider the increase in remote work. While an under- One solution AIRINC has used tovarious factors and barriers to mobility standing of the personal implications willaddress this is interactive decision guides.and drive the business to make better not necessarily mean that the employeeThese solutions have a strategic focusmobility decisions in the long run.should buy a ticket to France, or a housethat help users see beyond the dollar in a lower-cost location, they will be ableamount associated with a move. ManyJill Penman is a client engagement manager with to enter conversations with their managerare familiar with the expression thatAIRINC, a global relocation services provider.PERSPECTIVESP R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E S D I R E C T O R YACCOMMODATIONS REAL ESTATEVEHICLE RELOCATION Corporate Stays DigitalThe Lind Realty Team Inc., L. Hansens.5 corporatestays.com Brokerage.9www.lhf.com lindrealty.caEXTENDED STAYSnowbirds Auto Connection Ltd.7 Les Suites - Ottawa.19RELOCATION MANAGEMENTsnowbirdsautoconnection.comles-suites.com RELONATInside Front CoverVEHICLE TRANSPORTATION www.relonat.comMOVING & STORAGESnowbirds Auto Connection Ltd.7 SIRVA, Inc. Digitalsnowbirdsautoconnection.comAvail Move Management ca.sirva.com .Inside Back Cover atlasvanlines.ca TRC Global Mobility, Inc.21 www.trcglobalmobility.comWeichert Workforce MobilityOutside Back Cover www.weichertworkforcemobility.com22PERSPECTIVES Winter 2020'