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Location Evaluation Reports

ORC’s Location Evaluation Reports assess more than 90 cities worldwide on 14 factors that make up daily life for expatriates and their families. Using a unique, and transparent, rating system, ORC comes up with an impartial recommendation on what percentage of base pay companies should provide their assignees. Whether the recommendation is 5 percent, or 30 percent, or nothing at all, you see how we arrived at the number; the 14 evaluation factors are reported in detail—and weighted—so that you can see how each contributes to making the location undesirable, difficult, or dangerous.

ORC fully discloses the criteria used for rating each location and our premium calculations, so that the results are explainable and defensible. The transparency of this process allows ORC to work with clients to tailor the reports to accommodate unique situations, and allows clients to adjust ratings for specific circumstances. And ORC updates these reports regularly, so the premium recommendation reflects the current situation “on the ground.”

These reports provide the information your company needs to

• Keep abreast of recommended incentive compensation for hardship assignments
• Determine an appropriate incentive for expatriates facing specific conditions in the host country
• Explain to the expatriate the rationale behind the incentive

Download a sample LER here.

Location Evaluation Reports are available for these locations.

For more information, go to Hardship Factors, Worldwide Office Network, or e-mail us.

Expatriate Services

Expatriate Programme Consulting

Expatriate Compensation Data

Balance Sheets

Business Travel

Car Reports and Norms

Hardship Factors

Housing

Location Evaluation Reports

Locations We Cover

National Expenditure Profiles

Net-to-Net Comparisons

Surveys

Terminology

Utilities

Custom Approaches

For Missionaries and Nonprofits

Seminars

Publications

Expatriate Networks

Compensation Services

Expatriate

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Why Our LERs are Better

Why choose ORC’s evaluations over other sources of information (e.g., U.S. State Department recommendations)?

The 14 evaluation factors are reported in detail—and weighted—so that you can see how each contributes to making the location undesirable, dangerous, or difficult.

The methodology is explicable and defensible, with fully disclosed premium calculations.

ORC’s unique calculation accounts for extremely negative conditions that may make a location especially difficult or dangerous.

ORC can show you how to tailor the incentive recommendation to your expatriate’s unique situation.

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