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Cases · People & private matters · Employment, labour & workplace disputes

Align benefits across countries

How do we offer fair benefits to staff in different countries?

WONE Global reviews what each country requires and what you currently offer, then designs a benefits approach that meets local law and your group policy, with providers arranged country by country.

Countries in the typical case Canada · United States · United Kingdom · Germany · India · Australia

The situation

What is happening

What is at stake

Uneven benefits hurt retention and can fall below the local legal minimum without anyone noticing.

A scenario

Software companyMid-sized company · from Canada · in United States, United Kingdom, Germany and 2 more

It wants one benefits standard for staff in 12 countries.

Where it ends Fair benefits that meet local law.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Pensions and health benefits abroad”“Harmonising benefits across countries”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global reviews what each country requires and what you currently offer, then designs a benefits approach that meets local law and your group policy, with providers arranged country by country.

Usually led by Employment, Payroll & Mobility, with Tax & International Structuring and Insurance & Risk Transfer.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Weeks 1-2WONE Global reviews local requirements.
  2. Week 3Benefits approach designed.
  3. Weeks 4-8Providers arranged.
  4. ThenAnnual review.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Mandatory vs voluntary benefits in each country
  2. 02Pension, health and insurance options
  3. 03Tax treatment of each benefit

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A benefits benchmark across markets
  • Aligned benefits policy
  • Provider arrangements in place

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsEmployment, Payroll & Mobility7 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedTax & International Structuring25 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedInsurance & Risk TransferArranged on request→

Who handles it

Employment, Payroll & Mobility, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Australiain the typical case WONE Global Partner Dimitrios Katsaros · Principal Solicitor Brief this Partner →
  2. Germanyin the typical case WONE Global Partner Ulrike Berner, MBA · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  3. Canadain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. United Statesin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Diego A. Adam · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  8. Ethiopia WONE Global Partner Mekonnen Shiferaw · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  9. South Africa WONE Global Partner Johan Beer · Partner Brief this Partner →
  10. Spain WONE Global Partner Marc Navarro Gracia · Labour and Payroll Manager Brief this Partner →
  11. Switzerland WONE Global Partner Michael Sterchi · Founder Brief this Partner →
  12. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  13. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  14. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

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