INTHEBLACK July 2022 - Magazine - Page 50
F E AT U R E
// C A R E E R R E PAT R I AT I O N
“I think companies need to get a little bit
creative on how they can retain someone
in the organisation. Rather than expecting
an employee to resign because they want
to go overseas, employers could be looking
at it differently and offering extended
leave, or the opportunity to perform some
of the role from a different location,
because they know how difficult it is for
that person to be replaced.”
NICOLE GORTON, ROBERT HALF
SKILLS IN
DEMAND
Financial
management:
49%
Financial/Business
analysis:
Australia, the result being that not only was tax paid
in Australia (incorrectly), but often the overseas
country will also demand payment for
the tax on a client’s income.”
The best way for employers and employees to
avoid these and other issues is to consider whether
the current employment contract and employment
arrangements will remain suitable, and, secondly, to
always seek advice from accountants who specialise
in expatriate tax/global mobility of employees.
Joanne Alilovic, employment lawyer and director at
3D HR Legal agrees, and says putting it in the
too hard basket is not the best approach.
“I’ve had clients tell me they have an employee
who’s decided to move to New Zealand for six
months, and they decided they’d just keep doing
50 ITB July 2022
48%
44%
39%
36%
Accounting:
Treasury:
Internal audit:
Source: Robert Half’s
survey of 100 CFOs on
skills they look for in
international talent
everything remotely. My view was that you need to
get tax advice in that arrangement, and you need to
check the visa arrangements also.
“A lot of employers seem to think they don’t
need to worry about that or that it seems too hard.
Employers really need to make sure that they’ve
looked into it and done it appropriately with the
right advice,” says Alilovic.
Aysegul Kayahan, founder and principal at
Relocation Specialists, says this situation is coming
up more and more, and that businesses who don’t
seek advice could be at risk.
“Traditional assignment employers who are
multinationals do take responsibility in relation to
tax considerations and immigration, because they
sponsor their employees from other countries – but