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The relocation experts at Global Mobility Solutions offer insight on top mobility challenges and industry trends. Learn important tips such as the benefits of benchmarking your relocation policy every 12 to 18 months and the importance of choosing the right relocation technology. We also present industry best practices and helpful information for companies and their employees on everything relating to relocation, including visa and immigration issues, learning new languages and culture, and finding a new home.

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Passport, packed suitcase with a Welcome Home tag, and a reintegration plan checklist for employees returning from an international assignment

Repatriation Done Right: Bringing Employees Home Without Losing Them

This post is also available in: FrançaisMost companies put real effort into getting an employee abroad and very little into getting them back. That gap is expensive: the employee who returns from an international assignment with new skills, a global network, and a changed outlook is often at real risk of leaving soon after coming home. Here’s how to plan repatriation so the assignment pays off instead of walking out the door. Why Repatriation Is the Overlooked Half of an Assignment Assignment planning tends to focus on the outbound move: visas, housing, schooling, and a smooth landing. The return gets treated as a logistics task to deal with later. But

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Mike October 4, 2026
International PEO vs. Global Assignments

International PEO vs. Traditional Global Assignment: Which Fits Your Company?

This post is also available in: FrançaisCompanies expanding into a new country usually land on one of two paths: hire through an International PEO, or send an existing employee on a formal global assignment. These solve different problems, and choosing the wrong one tends to show up later as either unnecessary cost or unnecessary risk. Here’s how the two actually compare. Two Different Ways to Put Talent in a New Country An International PEO is built for hiring new, local talent in a country where your company doesn’t yet have a legal entity. A traditional global assignment is built for relocating an existing employee, someone already on your payroll, into

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Mike September 7, 2026
Group Relocation Planning Essentials

Group Moves 101: Planning a Multi-Employee Relocation Without Chaos

This post is also available in: FrançaisRelocating one employee is manageable with a checklist and a good relocation coach. Relocating twenty, fifty, or two hundred employees at once is a different problem entirely, and the standard playbook for individual moves tends to fall apart under that kind of volume. This is a practical breakdown of what makes a group move different, where the process tends to break down, and how to plan one without it turning into a fire drill for your HR team. What Counts as a Group Move? A group move is generally defined as relocating ten or more employees from the same origin to the same destination,

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Mike September 7, 2026
Global Mobility Destination Services

Destination Services Explained: Temporary Living, Home Finding, and More

This post is also available in: Français“Destination services” gets used as a catch-all term in relocation, which makes it hard to know exactly what’s included until you’re the one managing a move. Temporary housing, home finding, lease assistance, mortgage support, and family services all fall under this umbrella, but each one solves a different problem at a different point in the relocation timeline. This piece breaks down what each service actually covers and how they work together once a transferee arrives at their new location. What Are Destination Services? Destination services are the set of benefits that support a transferee after they’ve accepted a relocation offer and arrive in their

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Mike September 7, 2026
GMS Pre-Decision Candidate Evaluation

Pre-Decision Services: How to Screen Candidates Before You Commit

This post is also available in: FrançaisBy the time a company extends a relocation offer, it has already spent significant time and money finding the right candidate. What often gets skipped is a step that happens before that offer goes out: screening whether the move itself is realistic for the candidate, and whether the company has an accurate picture of what it will cost. Pre-decision services exist to close that gap, and for HR teams and recruiters, understanding what this stage covers can prevent a lot of downstream cost and frustration. What Are Pre-Decision Services? Pre-decision services are the assessments, cost estimates, and informational resources a relocation management company provides

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Mike September 7, 2026
MyRelocation® Technology A Walkthrough for HR Teams

MyRelocation® Technology: A Walkthrough for HR Teams

This post is also available in: FrançaisEvaluating relocation technology is rarely straightforward. Most platforms promise dashboards, reporting, and self-service tools, but HR teams comparing vendors need to know what those features actually look like day to day, not just what a sales page claims. This walkthrough breaks down what GMS’s MyRelocation® platform includes and how each piece fits into the daily work of managing a mobility program. What Is MyRelocation®? MyRelocation® is the cloud-based technology platform behind Global Mobility Solutions’ relocation programs. It gives HR teams and transferees a shared system for tracking a move from initiation through completion, replacing the scattered spreadsheets, email threads, and phone calls that still

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Mike September 7, 2026
Lump Sum Relocation

Lump Sum Relocation: What It Covers and Who It’s Best For

This post is also available in: FrançaisWhen a company needs to move an employee quickly and without a lot of administrative overhead, a lump sum relocation package is often the first option on the table. It is simple to explain, easy to budget, and gives the employee control over how the money gets spent. But simple does not always mean effective, and a lump sum that looks generous on paper can fall short once real moving costs come in. Understanding what a lump sum relocation package actually covers, and which employees and situations it fits best, helps HR and mobility teams decide when this approach makes sense and when a

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Mike September 7, 2026
What the Latest Tax Law Changes Mean for Relocation Benefits in 2026

What the Latest Tax Law Changes Mean for Relocation Benefits in 2026

This post is also available in: FrançaisRelocation benefits have not been treated as tax-free for the employee since the 2017 changes eliminated the moving expense deduction and exclusion for most workers, and every year since then has brought incremental adjustments that continue to reshape how companies structure and report these benefits. Heading into 2026, several developments are worth understanding clearly, both to stay compliant and to make sure relocation packages are actually delivering the value employees think they are getting once taxes are accounted for. The Baseline Most Companies Still Get Wrong Since moving expenses became taxable income to the employee, nearly every dollar of relocation assistance, whether it is

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Mike August 17, 2026
Cost-of-Living Adjustments

Cost-of-Living Adjustments: How to Set Them Fairly Across Markets

This post is also available in: FrançaisFew parts of a relocation package generate more employee pushback than the cost-of-living adjustment. An employee moving from a lower-cost city to a higher-cost one expects a meaningful bump in compensation to match, and when the number the company offers falls short of what the employee has already calculated on their own using an online cost calculator, the conversation gets tense fast. Getting this number right, and being able to explain how it was calculated, matters more to relocation program credibility than almost any other single policy element. Why Cost-of-Living Adjustments Are So Often Disputed? The core problem is that cost-of-living indices are not

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Mike August 17, 2026

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