Course#: 92

Category: Relocation Planning

Field of Study: Personnel/HR

Audience: HR Managers, HR Generalists

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate

Delivery Method: Self-Study

Prerequisites: Some college level courses with moderate algebraic training

Advanced Preparation: None

Overview:
This course teaches you how to set compensation for employees who accept foreign assignments. It covers how to choose employees for such assignments, how to compensate them with a series of allowances, and how to tax equalize their compensation. Keeping the employee whole is stressed, since he or she should not be penalized financially for accepting an overseas assignment.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the effects of globalization on the need for expatriate employees
  
• Determine appropriate allowances and benefits for expatriates
  
• Use the balance sheet approach to calculate expatriate compensation
  
• Discuss major tax issues unique to expatriates
  
• Use Internet sources and software programs to calculate appropriate cost-of-living allowances

Credit and Professional Continuing Education Information:

• PHR/GPHR/SPHR (SHRM)
• CPE Registry Self-Study (CPAs)
• Job and Compensation Analyst (JCA)
• CCP/CBP/GRP (WorldatWork)
• Authors

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