Timeo Performance · International mobility benchmark

Seven questions on assignment terms

A short benchmark of how companies with comparable assignee populations set assignment packages in South Asia, Turkey and North Africa.

Answers are held confidentially and reported only as an aggregate range. No company is named against a figure.

Approximate answers are useful. Leave blank anything you would rather not answer. It takes about ten minutes.

Your population

Sector

Assignees on international terms

Host countries concerned

The seven questions

Do you pay a hardship allowance for postings in South Asia, North Africa or Southeast Asia?

Paid for the difficulty of the location itself, separately from cost of living.

Hardship allowance paid

If yes, range as a percentage of base salary

Number of bands operated

Do you pay a mobility or expatriation premium separately from hardship?

Mobility premium paid

Structure

If yes, percentage of base salary

What is your maximum assignment duration before localisation is considered?

Maximum duration

Do allowances reduce over the assignment

Are assignment packages set on a gross or a net basis?

If net, we are interested in whether the assignee contributes a hypothetical home country tax.

Compensation basis

Hypothetical tax contribution

In jurisdictions requiring a local employment contract, such as Morocco, what structure do you use?

Contract structure

Payroll

What events trigger a move from assignment terms to a local contract?

Select any that apply in practice, whether or not they are written in policy.

Q6 Permanent residencePermanent residence obtainedQ6 Marriage to a local nationalMarriage to a local nationalQ6 Maximum duration reachedMaximum duration reachedQ6 Role becomes permanentRole becomes permanent in the host countryQ6 Case by case review onlyCase by case review only

Anything else that triggers it

In countries where you have fewer than five assignees, how is international medical cover provided?

Medical cover

Is the family covered on the same terms

Where to send the findings

Optional. We would be glad to share a summary of the benchmark with you once the study is complete.

Your name

Company

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