Health

Sending staff on assignment can be very expensive, therefore companies want to ensure they are providing the best chance of assignment success. Unfortunately, international assignments regularly fail due to several common factors including a lack of support, health concerns and culture shock. Focusing on health concerns, companies are establishing ways to combat this problem…One solution could be a pre-assignment health check.

Spousal support can play a vital role in the acceptance and refusal of an international assignment. Family concerns make up 38% and partner’s career makes up 40% of the top reasons for refusal.

Managing risk for relocating employees, whether for illness or injury, is a vital part of global mobility. Sometimes difficult destinations that reside in Asia or Africa can pose particular challenges in terms of infectious diseases, generic health and safety and even pollution.