30/08/2010 Luxembourg and New Tax Measures Planned

On 30 July 2010, the Luxembourg Minister for Finance proposed a draft law to the Luxembourg Parliament for the introduction as from 2011 of tax...

27/08/2010 Indonesia Tax Authorities Renew Compliance Efforts

Indonesias Director General of Tax issued Circular Letter No. SE-60/PJ/20101, which instructs each tax office to collect and complete at least 1,000...

26/08/2010 Argentina Issues Guidance on Withholdings of Individual Income Tax

Guidance from the Argentine tax authorities Administracin Federal de Ingresos PblicosAFIP concerns individual income tax. Resolutions 2866 and 2867...

14/08/2010 Analysis of New Tax Treaty Between Germany and U.K

The Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed a new tax treaty on 30 March 2010.1 This treaty...

04/08/2010 Austria: Wage Tax Changes

In its decision of 28 June 2010 the Austrian tax court commented on the extent to which double housekeeping expenses are tax deductible. The Austrian...

31/08/2010 EC proposals on intra-corporate transferees have no provision for partners to work

European Commission’s proposals on intra-corporate transferees fail to address the needs of working spouses.

20/08/2010 Canada: New Restrictions for Temporary Foreign Workers Announced

Canada will introduce a four-year cap on the time some work permit holders can work in Canada and a two-year probation period for employers that fail...

19/08/2010 India Issues Clarifications on Visas

Indias Ministry of Home Affairs MHA has issued further clarifications on work-related visas for India in the form of revised Frequently Asked...

15/08/2010 United States: Immigration Priority Dates

Priority date cut-offs in the third employment-based immigrant category will advance substantially for most countries, but will move forward more...

05/08/2010 United Kingdom: New English Language Requirement for Spousal Visa Applicants

Foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area EEA or Switzerland who are applying to enter or remain in the UK as the spouse, civil...

26/02/2009 Hiring prospects slow down globally

Manpower's employment outlook for 2009 shows that, globally, year-on-year hiring forecasts are weaker. In Europe the survey reveals more negative and declining employment outlooks compared to the 4th quarter of 2008

25/02/2009 HR European news roundup - February 2009

The latest news from the Federation of European Employers (FedEE).

13/07/2006 Country focus: Spain

Setting up business, handling staff transfers or hiring locally in Spain? Our guide will take you through those first vital steps.

17/11/2004 China

Opportunities abound in the world's largest consumer market. If you plan to open an office or send employees to China, read our newly updated guide first.

02/08/2004 Japan

Despite an ongoing economic slump, the Japanese market still lures multinationals from around the world. Sorting through the paperwork is the first challenge. Elise Krentzel reports.

26/08/2010 India and Czech Republic Sign Social Security Agreement

India has recently signed a social security agreement SSA with the Czech Republic. The SSA provides for the following benefits, on a reciprocal basis,...

25/08/2010 Czech Republics New Form As Per EU Social Security Regs

New Regulation EC No. 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council came into force on 1 May 2010, together with implementing Regulation EC...

26/03/2010 Where European portable pensions plans are now

Almost five years ago, an EU directive aimed to facilitate the process of tackling obstacles to employee mobility. Ffion Llwyd-Jones looks at how the pension transfers plan is still waiting for the journey to begin.

23/09/2009 Meeting expatriate healthcare needs

One of the ever-present challenges for expat healthcare insurance is medical inflation, which continues to rise, but has the recession made expats or companies scale down?

14/05/2009 Expat localisation: policy versus practice

ORC Worldwide's International Localisation Policies and Practices survey reveals that, despite having a policy, most companies deal with employee localisation cases individually. To ensure lower costs, companies need to standardise their policies.

01/04/2010 Managing pay differences across countries to attract and retain top talent

Grasping country differences in pay allows multinationals to manage workforce compensation globally. Compensation practices like mandated salary increases add to the complexity.

21/09/2009 Four most expensive cities are in Europe

An international comparison by UBS of purchasing power in 73 cities worldwide named Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich and Geneva the world’s most expensive cities, while wages are highest in Switzerland, Denmark and the US.

07/07/2009 Tokyo most expensive city for expats; Europe gets cheaper

Asian and European cities still dominate the most expensive cities for expats, despite major reshuffling in the ranking caused by currency fluctuations, according to survey.

11/06/2009 Three Swiss cities among most expensive for expats

Geneva, Zurich and Basel remain in the top 10 most expensive cities for expat workers, according to a new survey.

28/05/2009 How the economic downturn is affecting expat pay

Expats, who deal with multiple economies and currencies, are particularly affected by the current financial crisis. Monique Neijzen of AIRINC offers HR professionals some advice on how to handle expat compensation in these troubled times.