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Industry Trends
July 10, 2020

Mexico City Auto Use Restrictions

Get the latest update on auto use restrictions in Mexico City. Source: Dwellworks  Our partners, Dwellworks, provided the following information on the Mexico City automobile restriction policy, Hoy No Circula set forth by the Mexican government.  The program aims to improve overall air quality by restricting vehicles permitted on the roadways.  Due to a significant […]
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Industry Trends
July 10, 2020

European Union Update

Read this new information on how the newly implemented border controls and asylum application volume are causing delays and travel difficulties. Source: Fragomen Worldwide Travelers within the European Union and the Schengen Area may be subject to general travel and immigration service processing delays due to the influx of refugees, particularly to Austria, Germany, Hungary […]
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Events
July 9, 2020

EMEA and APAC Updates

Worldwide ERC® recently provide the following global updates for the EMEA and APAC regions: EMEA Latest Immigration Figures Show Extent of EU Workers Leaving UK: The recent UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) report shows that most leavers from the UK in 2016 – 36 percent – were EU citizens, with 117,000 emigrating; an increase of […]
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Industry Trends
July 9, 2020

Industry Updates for The Americas

Worldwide ERC® recently provided the following industry updates for The Americas: Government Affairs Community Update: Worldwide ERC’s latest update includes a report on NAFTA and tax reform, along with mobility industry impact statements. Navigate to the most recent Government Affairs Community Update. An Idea from Latin America: The World Economic Forum (WEF) says that two ways Latin America […]
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Industry Trends
July 9, 2020

Government Affairs Community Update

The latest issue of the Worldwide ERC® (WERC) Government Affairs Community Update addresses several topics, with Tax Reform the leading discussion point. WERC advises that progress on tax reform has slowed while the Senate remains focused on health care. There are no drafts of legislative language that would indicate specifics of a new tax plan, and there are […]
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Industry Trends
July 9, 2020

Hurricane Harvey’s Potential Impact on Relocation

Hurricane Harvey is expected to hit the Texas and Louisiana coast beginning late on Friday, August 25, 2017, and it may impact relocation activities in the area. Harvey is anticipated to be a category 3 storm with winds in excess of 100mph, with a damaging storm surge up to 20 feet and flooding rains up to […]
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Industry Trends
July 9, 2020

Hurricane Harvey Relocation Update

With the unprecedented events in Houston having an effect on many NuCompass clients and their employees, we invoked our teams at the beginning of the storm to be prepared in the aftermath for the needs of relocating employees. This event can affect relocating employees in all stages of relocation, from those in the process of leaving the Houston […]
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Industry Trends
July 9, 2020

Government Affairs and Relocation

Worldwide ERC® recently published a Government Affairs Update, which outlines the potential impact on relocation and global mobility programs. Information in this update includes:tax reform, Social Security, IRS changes, the new French withholding system, the travel suspension, the FinCEN advisory, and airline carbon emissions. Tax ReformThere were a number of developments on tax reform during the last […]
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Industry Trends
July 9, 2020

Talent Management Trends in China

Worldwide ERC recently published a survey of 116 companies on trends they anticipated regarding talent mobility in China. Below are some interesting survey results for assignment management structure and top destination cities. Structure for Managing Assignments in China  Respondents were asked how assignments were managed by their companies. The results were not surprising in that there […]
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Industry Trends
July 9, 2020

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act and the Impact on Global Mobility

The U.S. House of Representatives has recently passed a Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 1044). This bill would dramatically change the employment green card distribution system.  Under the previous policy, only seven percent of green cards could be issued in a year to nationals from a given country, regardless of its population. Act H.R. 1044  would eliminate a safeguard […]
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