Relocation

Who can use this feature: - All managers

If a staff is relocated overseas, managers have two options to administer the relocation in Marco:

Change the staff's designated country.
Set the staff as an Expat.

When administered, all relocations will take effect in Marco immediately, impacting several data points for the staff:

Impacted Data Point	Country Change	Expat
Staff information	The staff's Other Details section will reflect the new country-specific data fields.	A host/home country distinction will apply to the staff's information.
Public holidays	There will be no changes to the staff's existing holidays.	There will be no changes to the staff's existing holidays.
Weekend policy	There will be no changes to the staff's weekend policy.	There will be no changes to the staff's weekend policy.
Payment currency	The payment currency for the staff's expenses and payroll will change based on the new country.	The payment currency for the staff's expenses can be selected based on their host and home country's currencies.

Change staff's designated country

You can change a staff's designated country only if they are non-Expats.

To change the staff's country:

Go to People.
Select a staff > Mobility.
Under Country, select Change.

The Change Country screen appears.
Select the new Country and toggle the staff's Local/Non-Local status.
Select the Effective Date for the change in country.
Note: The Effective Date is for recordkeeping purposes only. The change in country will take place immediately upon confirmation.
Select Next.
A pop-up screen appears.
Select Yes to confirm.
The staff's designated country has been changed.

Set staff as Expat

In Marco, an Expat is a business expatriate employee who retains a host and home country distinction for contractual and payroll purposes. As such, Expats will have two designated countries in their Marco account.

To set a staff as an Expat:

Go to People.
Select a staff > Mobility.
Under Expat Status, select Set as Expat.
The Set as Expat screen appears.
Select the Host Country and toggle the staff's Local/Non-Local status.
Select the Expat Start Date and Service Type.
Note: The Expat Start Date is for recordkeeping purposes only. The change in the staff's Expat status will take place immediately upon confirmation.
Select Next.
A pop-up screen appears.
Select Yes to confirm.
The staff has been set as an Expat.

Terminate staff's Expat status

Once the staff has completed their overseas assignment, you can terminate their Expat status to resume the default one-country designation. The termination will take effect immediately.

To terminate a staff's Expat status:

Go to People.
Select a staff > Mobility.
Under Expat Status, select Stop Expat.
The Stop Expat screen appears.
Select the Expat End Date.
Note: The Expat End Date is for recordkeeping purposes only. The change in the staff's Expat status will take place immediately upon confirmation.
Select Submit.

View mobility records

You can view a staff's record of all country changes and Expat movements in Mobility.

To view a staff's mobility records:

Go to People.
Select a staff > Mobility.
Under Mobility Records, select View. The Mobility Records screen appears.
Toggle between Country Record and Expat Record to view the staff's country and expat records.