The mass cultural shift towards remote work, as well as the proliferation of affordable cross-border employment solutions such as Boundless, means that employers can now tap into a global talent pool beyond the bounds of a city or a country with very little hassle.  However, beyond the ability to employ across borders and the connectivity […]

The best employers know that focusing on salary alone will only get you so far. You need to provide salary and support to engender loyalty amongst your people.  This is why employee benefits matter. They provide the support that impacts all aspects of people’s lives – our health, our happiness, our family, and even our […]

All permanent employees expect – and oftentimes are entitled to – benefits from their employer. Employers are obliged to provide certain benefits by law. Others are optional, designed to boost organisations’ recruitment and retention efforts by positioning them as progressive, people-centric employers.  Employee benefits straddle many aspects of employees’ lives – rewarding loyalty and impressive […]

One of the few silver linings of the Covid-19 pandemic is that the mass shift to remote working didn’t hit productivity in the way employers had feared. A recent Twitter feed reminded us that, in fact, not a single organisation collapsed as a result of needing to switch to remote work. On the contrary, countless […]

Savvy businesses know that to attract and keep hold of employees they need to set themselves apart from the competition – easier said than done in today’s increasingly remote-first working world, where people can work for pretty much anyone, anywhere. The good news is that there’s plenty of information out there to help you stand […]

Against the backdrop of an ultra-competitive jobs market, it’s no surprise employers are looking toward what constitutes a progressive employee benefits package as a way to attract and retain staff. And with the pandemic prompting millions of employees to reconsider where they work and what they do, employers are having to think particularly hard about […]

All over the world, Covid-19 has led to what's been dubbed the Great Resignation: millions of people, from frontline workers to senior executives, voluntarily calling time on their jobs. Is location-independent work the antidote?

Update: Since publication, we have put all three articles on UK benefits in a downloadable ebook and have added the full stories of four companies we spoke to about how they approach their benefits program. Grab it here. Building a UK employee benefits package from scratch can feel quite daunting. As we outlined in the […]

Update: Since publication, we have put all three articles on UK benefits in a downloadable ebook and have added the full stories of four companies we spoke to about how they approach their benefits program. Grab it here. As we pointed out in the first part of this guide to benefits in the UK, the […]

Update: Since publication, we have put all three articles on UK benefits in a downloadable ebook and have added the full stories of four companies we spoke to about how they approach their benefits program. Grab it here. A constant question on every employer’s mind is “What benefits should I be offering to attract and […]

An extensive guide on how benefits in kind tax works around the world, when employees are exempted from it, how companies can offset it, and how to file benefit in kind taxes accurately for your employees.

When I first moved from running Italian payroll to being responsible for international payroll in multiple countries, I remember being surprised by how complex being compliant with many different regulations was. It was challenging to ensure employees’ net salaries were impacted consistently across different countries. This was particularly the case with benefits in kind (vs general benefits) as they are treated differently across the board.