International Pensions and Benefits

Employee benefits (pensions, life/disability, medical and more) are key to attracting and retaining talent in a competitive market

In the global war for talent, cash compensation isn’t the only thing on potential recruits’ minds.

Increasingly, employers across all sectors are finding that their employee benefits (pensions, life/disability, medical and more) are key to attracting and retaining talent in a competitive market.

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HR professionals are facing growing demands as they strive to stay current with legal changes while also ensuring that their pension and benefits packages stand out in attracting top talent

Tomm Adams

Partner

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Current market practices

Given the increasing recognition that employers are now giving wellbeing, many global organisations are aligning their benefits programmes to a number of pillars that support all areas of an employee’swellbeing.

A typical approach might include the following pillars:

Pensions and long-term savings plans
Financial education and access to individual financial advisers
Season ticket loans, retail partnerships and discounts

We can support you throughout the following stages:

1. Early stages

Understanding local requirements across your international footprint

Pension and benefits plan design and implementation

Use of flexible benefits and salary sacrifice by local market

Interaction between social security and employer-sponsored benefits

2. Formalising a strategy

Retirement and benefits as part of the Employee Value Proposition

Approach to globally mobile employees (including remote worker risks)

Employee communications and experience

Diversity, equity and inclusion in employee benefits

3. Improving central oversight

Governance best practices

Regular benefits benchmarking

Vendor management

International Pension Plans

4. Futureproofing and responding to change

Financial wellbeing and retirement adequacy

Response to legislative developments across your region

Mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions

Related services

Cross-border Pensions International Services Pension Planning

How we can help

If you have any questions about the above or would like to discuss your specific circumstance, please get in touch with your usual Blick Rothenberg contact or Tomm Adams using the form below.