A substantial increase in the number of employers anticipating a rise in the globally mobile workforce has been recorded in an annual survey by financial services giant MetLife, writes David Sapsted.


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etLife’s survey, involving more than 2,500 company decision-makers and almost 3,000 workers, found that 68% of employers expect global work to increase.


This compares to only 45% in the same survey last year. Published in October, MetLife’s ‘Expat Employee


Benefit Trends Study’, also found a shift in the demographics of those taking up global assignments. Younger, single employees now comprise 42% of the workforce, compared to 33% relocating with a spouse or partner. MetLife also noted that this year’s research had


recorded “the importance of care delivery during and beyond critical work and life moments that are unique to global assignment experiences”. The report said that when employers demonstrate “always-on care” at key moments, globally mobile employees are 36% more loyal to their employers, 40% more productive and 40% more engaged.


“If employers can find a way to show additional


support to employees in the form of customised and value-added benefits, then the appetite for global assignments can only increase and result in increased productivity and loyalty,” commented Tim Imre, vice president and head of MetLife Worldwide Benefits.


CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THE BUSINESS A second report this autumn – produced by KPMG – concluded that, in the ever-evolving world of international assignments, companies’ mobility policies must be “connected, transparent and equitable to promote agility and empathy for workers”. The report, ‘The Future of Mobility’, said that organisations must ensure all employees have ready access to information about mobility opportunities through “a unified point of entry”, such as the intranet.


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