The Sydney Chapter Meeting on the 13th February 2018  was titled “Facing the Future of Global Mobility: Rise of the Expat Gig Worker " and hosted by Mercer.

 
The panel, facilitated by Karla Costa of Mercer, explored recent challenges/dilemmas in the global mobility landscape, particularly focusing on the fast growing gig economy which is changing the way companies run their business and manage their workforce. Identifying a disconnection between the expectations of companies and their readiness or ability to manage international gig workers.

Mobility policies originally designed for in-house employees undertaking long or short-term assignments are not aligned with the requirements of international gig workers. Nor is the concept of gig workers is not always well-defined (contractors, freelancers, temp workers, etc), can lead to confusion and communication can become a challenge. The panel discussion focused on  the implications of this new way of working, including attraction and engagement of top talent, compliance, regulatory, duty of care and international reward.

Panel of Speakers:
Karen Mathiesen, Group Manager, Mobility Asia/Pacific at WorleyParsons
Stephen Park, Head of Global Mobility at Fonterra
Ben Holliday, Senior Account Executive at Mercer Marsh Benefits

Mercer also kindly shared papers on GIG workers and their perspective on the “Seven Mobility Dilemmas”