An employee working in Paris accepts a three-year assignment in Silicon Valley. Her salary remains tied partly to France, but the move to Northern California comes with housing assistance, tax support and other benefits designed to make an international assignment financially workable. Now consider a deceptively...
The clean-energy transition is usually discussed in terms of technology: solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, electric vehicles and new transmission lines. But every new project creates a less visible requirement. People have to build it. And increasingly, the workers with the right skills are not...
Global mobility is entering a more strategic phase. For years, programs were judged largely by whether employees moved compliantly, arrived on time and stayed within budget. Those fundamentals still matter, but business leaders increasingly want to know what mobility made possible: faster market entry, access...
Lump-sum relocation policies have become an appealing answer to rising costs and administrative complexity. Employers receive a predictable expense, mobility teams manage fewer service providers, and employees gain freedom to decide how their relocation funds are spent. But simplicity for the company can create complexity for...
Global immigration is not moving neatly toward either openness or closure. A more selective system is emerging instead: governments are tightening enforcement for many travelers and workers while creating faster, more attractive pathways for the talent, investment and skills they value most. For employers, this means...
Americans are relocating less often, and housing is becoming one of the biggest barriers separating workers from better opportunities. The share of people who changed residences fell to 11.8% in 2024, down from 12.1% the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest geographic...