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Chicago Calendar

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The Previous Event

25th February - ‘Candidate Assessment Case Studies – Supporting Talent Management’

28th March - Expat Satisfaction Surveys – Best practices for Todays Expat Population

The Chicago Chapter of the Forum for Expatriate Management met on March 28th at the Motorola Solutions World Headquarters in Schaumburg Illinois to explore best practices for measuring Expat’s satisfaction of the services they receive.  In this highly interactive session, all attendees were asked to share their companies’ successes and concerns about how best to measure employee satisfaction.  Included in the discussion there was the process, technology, frequency methodology and the philosophy behind the survey process. Attendees were rewarded with great examples of Best Practices in measuring and improving Expat satisfaction.

Meeting Details:

Location: Motorola Solutions World Headquarters
Briefing and Innovation Center

Sponsor:  Cornerstone Relocation Group

8th November - Extended Business Travelers, Rotational Assignments and Cross Border Commuters

Many Companies are seeing significant growth in Extended Business Travelers, Rotational Assignments and Cross Border Commuters. These Alternative Short Term Global Assignment Programs offer benefits to the company and to the employee but also represent risks as well.

Come and hear our panel of experts give their view on the how these alternative programs can work well and what you need to consider from a cost and compliance perspective as you manage these programs.

Our meeting is being Hosted by Baxter International, One Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, Illinois. The meeting begins at 5:00PM with member networking and the presentations begin at 5:30PM.

9th June - Innovations and Technology to Enhance your Expat’s Experience

This session will Hosted by Mercer at their Chicago Office, 155 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois

The moderator for the discussion will be:

• Ed Hannibal, Partner with Mercer.

Joining Ed and sharing their vision of Technology and Innovations will be:

• Robert Horsley – Executive Director of Corporate Development and Client Services, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
• Michael Cadden – Managing Director, Living Abroad LLC
• Nicole Kemerer – Global Account Executive, Berlitz Languages, Inc.

31st March - Tax Compliance in Economic Crisis

Insuring you are protecting your employees and your company in today’s environment of global deficit management.

It is no surprise that countries are suffering the aftermath of one of the most challenging economic times of recorded history. Virtually every country in the world is experiencing a deficit crisis and most are taking significant steps to tighten spending and raise revenue.

As a result, Expat compensation is being placed under the “Audit Microscope” as governments look for additional revenue. This places companies at significant risk to review their processes and procedures to insure full compliance with taxing authorities worldwide.

20 January 2011 - Re-Aligning your Localization Strategy

Economic hard times are forcing companies to continue to cut costs wherever possible—global mobility programs are not immune. One such area that some companies are considering as an option is localization—a term which is variously defined and often misapplied. The concept of localization is about a lot more than just compensation and, when done correctly, can offer real and immediate opportunities for cost-savings.

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November 4th – Custom Tailor Your Mobility Benefits for a Perfect Fit

These are names for programs designed to eliminate unnecessary cost to Mobility Benefits Policies, with the goal to reduce costs while maintaining or enhancing the value of benefits being provided.  This session will explore ways that companies have attempted and achieved this goal through non-traditional approaches to Mobility Benefits Policies.

22nd September – Expat Selection

Linking expatriate management with selection and critical talent development to better manage your expat population

Ever wish you could always have the right assignee in the right role at the right time in the right location? In most corporations this would require a complete talent engine overhaul.

The panel for the inaugural meeting of the Chicago Chapter of the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) was set and with the subject matter experts from both KPMG and Deloitte on the panel. In addition the panel included corporate representatives from Kraft Foods. The panel will speak about “Split vs. Home payroll processes with a particular focus on compliance and reporting issues”.

The Inaugural Meeting

Our inaugural meeting was held on the June 3rd.  McDonalds Corporation hosted the event at their Global Training Facility called “Hamburger University”. The facility is in Oak Brook Illinois.

In addition to the panel discussion, at the inaugural meeting AON presented an overview of how they structure and manage their Global Expatriate population.  A corporate overview will be hosted by a different corporate member at each Chicago Chapter meeting.  Thanks to AON for agreeing to be the first company to present this overview session.

We are also pleased to announce that Abbott Laboratories has agreed to help the Chicago Chapter by serving on the chapter steering committee.   The current steering committee members are from Kraft Foods, McDonalds, Molex, Hospira, AON and now Abbott. Thanks to Abbott and all of the steering committee members for their support of FEM.