Introduction Benefits are very important to employee’s and generally are listed towards the top of the priority list when considering a job. An employee’s sought after benefits are usually in line with their personal lifestyle. A single mother may be looking for the benefits of flexibility. A employee that is a husband and father, may be more concerned with family medical and dental plans. Whatever the case may be, the employer needs to be certain that they offer benefits that are effective for the needs of the employee’s. That being said, this paper will review something’s that an employer should consider for employee’s that are working abroad.

Consideration for the Working Abroad Employee Benefits

When you think about working abroad you first consider the fact that the environment is different than that of the home from in some way, shape, form or fashion. There are different dynamics that have to be addressed than an employee that is working local. One example of a working abroad employee benefits package is the military. When a soldier is deployed over seas’ they receive an additional pay, known as hazardous duty pay. The soldier is working overseas sometimes in a war situation, and sometimes in a rescue mission capacity. The soldier is exposed to dangers that they are not faced with on the home front so they are compensated more because of the risk. Another example is shift work, often times people who are working off hour shifts receive shift differential pay rate, which is paid for the inconvenience of working for example the” grave yard” shift. As a Human Resources manager who is developing a benefits plan for an employee that is working abroad there are many things that need to be considered; in order to achieve compensation that meets the needs of the employee. Travel must be considered when putting together the compensation of the