“ YOUNGER GENERATIONS ENTERING THE EXPATRIATE ARENA WILL SIMPLY NOT BE WILLING TO ACCEPT ONE PARTNER GIVING UP THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND BUILDING A CAREER FROM A SERIES OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES. ”


Both partners want to pursue meaningful careers and hold financial independence. If there is no possibility of obtaining a work visa, expatriates’ working partners face a major change in their identity and lifestyle through what might be a lengthy period of unemployment in a foreign land where they have few, if any, friends and connections. Although it has long been reported by employers


that not enabling partners to work and pursue their career abroad represents a major barrier to global mobility, why should host nations offer up employment opportunities to incoming foreign nationals potentially at the expense of local labour market unemployment? The answer is simple. Many economies are struggling to find skilled and highly qualified workers; open vacancies lead to a brake on economic growth. Global competition has become increasingly fierce and nations need skilled people and to move towards full employment to realise economic imperatives. Skilled foreigners can help to train and develop locals, thereby raising the capability of the resident labour force. It is therefore relevant for national governments to consider the value that skilled accompanying partners can bring. There is therefore a triple win in evidence from


enabling partner employment – nations, employers and assignees/families all benefit from favourable work visa regimes for accompanying partners. In essence, there is an ‘ecosystem’ effect in play with the fortunes of organisations and their business success driving economic growth within the host countries in which they operate. Inter-related with this is the deployment of skilled talent – flowing from both individuals directly- employed by the expatriate sending organisation and from the skills and capabilities that accompanying


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