Subscribe to our Newsletter here. There have always been relocation considerations related to an employer’s “duty of care.” However, duty of care has become super-sized during COVID, and it behooves HR’s to look at 5 key aspects of their relocation practices Interview your relocation management company – Pssst. It is different if you are a low…
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Subscribe to our Newsletter here. The age of COVID = the age of more information! The relocation industry has done a great job informing their clients about relocation changes that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. This would include relocation management companies, immigration partners and movers, but there is one supplier in the relocation ecosystem that…
Subscribe to our Newsletter here. All Points is recommending a second conversation with your cost of living provider to ensure that they have updated their cost of living data for Canadian cities. I will be honest. You have to read this article with two thoughts in your head at once. Most of it was written in…
This is a question I often get asked. Common wisdom has suggested that what works for high mobility corporations does not necessarily work for low mobility corporations. This is a truism for sure. This adage rears its head for a lot of mobility factors: can we get by without having relocation assistance? Do we have…
Subscribe to our Newsletter here. As provinces begin to open, so do their registration offices. However, with a near complete shut down of the vast majority of these offices since mid-March, there is significant pent-up demand for registrations, address changes, etc. In addition there is some confusion or challenges in some of these offices, so All…
Subscribe to our Newsletter here. All Points is starting to see signs of lenders tightening up their guidelines when assessing new mortgage applicants. This is affecting both those sellers (either through a Guarantee or directly to a buyer) and buyers. We have spoken to our mortgage broker partners and there have been two main changes…
Subscribe to our Newsletter here. As anyone who brings in foreign nationals on work permits knows, employer compliance inspections are possible from time to time under the rules of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). An inspection may be initiated from the first day of employment for which a work permit is issued up…
Subscribe to our Newsletter here. This may be a historic opportunity for skilled assignees to obtain Permanent Residence in Canada if they would normally have low CRS scores. Express Entry is an online system that IRCC uses to manage applications for permanent residence from skilled workers. The government selects the highest-ranking candidates from the pool and…
Should a 14 day Isolation Plan be Included in the typical Temporary Accommodation Benefit. Relocation during COVID-19 has meant that employees relocating into Canada (be they returning Canadians, PR holders or essential workers) or between provinces have been required to self-isolate for 14 days (Ask us for our Bulletproof Isolation Plan Template). Well, when the…
Subscribe to our Newsletter here. All Points’ COVID-19 Update and Business Continuity As of March 20 I just want to open by saying that we are thinking of your people, making sure they are ok and getting the information they need. In these challenging times, we felt it important to inform our clients that All…