GM Core Competencies - Compliance Control

Lessons

Learning Objectives

Specifics

Part 1

Immigration Program Management

by Jet Stigter

• Understanding the difference between the corporate Mobility Policy and the corporate Compliance Policy;

• Understanding the objections against combining both mobility policy and compliance policy in one policy;

• Knowing what building blocks constitute a compliance policy;

• Knowing which arguments can convince Leadership of the added value of a compliance policy.

Duration video: 17 minutes

Number of pages  handbook: 3 

Part 2

Assignment Preparation

by Jet Stigter

• Understanding what documents “tell” us and how to benefit from this information;

• Knowing what is meant by legalization and apostillization;

• Being able to look up which countries are signatories of the Hague Apostille Convention;

• Knowing what is meant by the Antecedent statement;

• Understanding the implications of an incorrect response to that statement;

• Knowing what is meant by the Police Clearance certificate;

• Understanding the implications the outcome of the police clearance may have; 

• Understanding the impact on timelines of document acquisition, ancillary filings, strikes, political unrest, elections, etc.

Duration video: 13 minutes

Number of pages handbook: 5 

Number of quizzes: 5

Part 3

Contemporary Challenges

by Jet Stigter

• Knowing what is meant by DUI;

• Understanding the impact of an existing DUI or criminal offence record on the immigration process;

• Understanding the immigration challenges of same-sex and unmarried partners;

• Knowing what is meant by ageing out;

• Understanding the importance of monitoring the ageing-out of accompanying children;

• Understanding the impact of mandatory retirement age in the host country.

• Understanding the implications the outcome of the police clearance may have; 

• Understanding the impact on timelines of document acquisition, ancillary filings, strikes, political unrest, elections, etc.

Duration video: 13 minutes

Number of pages handbook: 1

Number of quizzes: 2

Part 4

Connecting the Dots

by Henri Kuijpers

• Understanding that an assignee's presence abroad can have unforeseen corporate and personal income tax implications;

• Understanding that the financial impact on the company’s profitability from having to pay additional taxes and costs can be substantial;

• Understanding that corporate and personal income tax implications can lead to reputational and financial damage as a result of blacklisting to the equation and the outcome is even more worrying;

• Understanding that as a Global Mobility professional, you sit on top of vital intelligence relevant to address undesired tax liabilities;

• Understanding that stakeholders need to be aware of the risks that come hand in hand with international assignments;

• Being able to recognise where tax implications might arise and what to do when they arise.

Duration video: 4 minutes

Number of pages handbook: 22

Number of quizzes: 6

Part 5

Collecting Relevant Information

by Inge Nitsche

• Understanding the importance of social security for the world order;

• Knowing that every country has its own social security system;

• Understanding why social security in an international context is complicated;

• Understanding why countries enter into agreements with each other regarding social security across country borders;

• Understanding the importance of a step-by-step approach towards establishing the social security status of international assignees; 

• Knowing what is meant by country of origin, country of employment, country of residence, employer;

• Knowing what is meant by "The scope of applicability";

• Knowing what is meant by "Being subject to social security";

• Understanding the difference between determination rules and allocation rules.

Duration videos (3): 30 minutes

Number of pages handbook: 11

Number of quizzes: 9