Global Mobility: The Interaction Of Assignment Guideline And Assignment Contract

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Chapter 1: Why assignment guidelines are worthwhile even with few international assignments: Transparency, fairness and efficiency through clear rules.

Companies that only send employees abroad sporadically need to consider when it becomes reasonable and necessary to develop an assignment guideline. However, many companies with limited foreign activities shy away from the effort of developing an assignment guideline (also called expat policy) and prefer to regulate each foreign assignment individually or look for a simple template that can be applied directly to their specific needs.

Nevertheless, companies should create suitable regulations as early as possible for the following reasons. The assignment guideline should also be regularly reviewed and adapted to the company's changing requirements.