Tessa IversenCBS, CEP

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Lesson learned: mobile employees and trailing tax on equity nobody was tracking

We had the same thing with business travellers, not only formal transfers. The fix was dull: the HR system now passes every change of work country to the share

Asked in Global & Mobility · 4d ago

Peso offers in Argentina are out of date in weeks. Is anyone indexing pay to the dollar?

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Asked in Global & Mobility · 5d ago

Lump sum or managed relocation for an 18-month move from Warsaw to Dublin?

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Tax equalisation: the four misunderstandings we now explain before anyone signs

Add the partner's income. If a spouse keeps working remotely for a home employer, or starts work in the host country, the household's tax position changes and n

Replied to in Global & Mobility · 4w ago

Our template for one global grade structure with local pay ranges

The India figure will be familiar to anyone who has tried to apply a global promotion increase guideline there. A standard 8% to 10% on promotion leaves people

Replied to in Compensation · 4w ago

With a 2% merit budget, is a performance-by-position matrix still worth the effort?

A middle route: give the flat 2% and hold back 0.3% of the budget as a targeted pot for people below 90% compa-ratio with strong performance. You get the simpli

Replied to in Compensation · 1mo ago

With a 2% merit budget, is a performance-by-position matrix still worth the effort?

We went flat, 2% for everyone not on a formal improvement plan, and I would do it again. The administrative saving was real and nobody left over it. A 1.2 point

Replied to in Global & Mobility · 3mo ago

Cross-border commuters working from home two days a week: where does social security land?

Our policy sets a hard cap of 40% of working time at home for commuters, against 60% for residents. People were unhappy that it differs, but we explained the re

Replied to in Compensation · 4mo ago

Is a market reference point really any different from a midpoint with a new name?

About 55% are direct benchmarks, so that last point lands. I am going to test the market-tracks idea against our data before the next meeting. If two or three t

Replied to in Compensation · 4mo ago

Is a market reference point really any different from a midpoint with a new name?

We went to reference points and came halfway back. Now it is grades with three market tracks per grade: general, technical and commercial. Forty-two midpoints,

Asked in Global & Mobility · 5mo ago

Is a global benefits floor realistic for an NGO working in 40 countries?

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Replied to in Global & Mobility · 5mo ago

Seven years into a three-year assignment in Singapore. How do we localise?

For the future, put the localisation terms in the original assignment letter. Ours now says that at five years the assignment either ends or converts to local t