Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

The Canadian Employee Relocation Council (CERC) is Canadas leading authority on employee relocation.*Established in 1982, CERC is a membership organization whose goal is to provide leadership, services and*assistance to members enabling them to effectively serve relocated families by addressing issues that impact*workforce mobility both domestically and internationally.*With a growing skills shortage across many regions and industries, there is a real threat to business growth, and*the efficient deployment of talent is a vital part of the solution. CERC is there to help employers address this*challenge.*CERC is collaborating with Seneca researchers to develop global mobility, risk-control frameworks. The result will*be a series of recommendations, best-practices, and information resources which CERC can provide to its*members, enabling its member companies to develop internal, risk-control frameworks for moving employees*between countries. Seneca will draw on the expertise of student Research Assistants in Senecas School of*Leadership and Human Resources under the guidance of Professors Cal Barber and Ash Patel to understand*existing global mobility, risk-control frameworks, develop resources around the wide variety of regulatory hurdles*associated with global mobility, such as tax, immigration, data privacy, and country-specific employment*regulations, and identify upcoming trends in these regulatory areas.*CERC will utilize the results to assist its members in developing compliance-oriented, risk-control frameworks to*reduce the complexity of employee relocation and avoid unnecessary penalties associated with non-compliance.*The results will also be used to market CERCs services and benefits in order to increase membership.