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Economic Trends

 

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Unemployment Rates

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Key Global Human Resource Sites with  

Specific Country  Information and Links

 

 

 

 


  Wages.com.au is an Australian site that provides free information on Australian wages with links to Australian industrial relations and labour sites.  
 
Check out job opportunities in Asia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.  Click here.        
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Job Finder Around the World

Cost of Living Indexes (State Dept)

  • State Department cost of living indexes for selected international locations

Cost of Living  (State Dept)

  • Department of State quarterly costs of living reports for selected international locations.

Foreign Location Per Diem Rates

  • Per Diem rates for selected locations around the world

International Travel Advisories

  • State Department Travel Advisories

INS

  • US Immigration and Naturalization Center -- helpful links and information on visas, work permits, and other tips

Foreign Consulate Offices

Visas and Passports

  • Information from INS regarding visa and passport requirements

McDonald Hogan Bayless Law Firm

  • McDonald-Hogan-Bayless law firm specializing in immigration legal support.

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, P.C.

  • Law firm practicing exclusively in global immigration and nationality law.

Labor Certification

  • US Department of Labor information on labor certification requirements.

AILA

  • Listing of immigration attorneys by American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Selected Newspapers Around the World

Berlitz

  • Resource provider of cross cultural education and language training

ORC

  • Organization Resource Counselors - international consultants on cost of living, expatriates assignments, etc.

Runzheimer

  • Runzheimer - consultants on domestic and international cost of living and relocation issues.

Tucker International

  • Tucker International -- a leading consultant on cross cultural education and international assignment effectiveness

ACIP

  • Home page for the American Council on International Personnel -- resource on global issues

WM Mercer

  • Leading benefits consultant on international benefits consulting (pensions, life, risk coverage) both domestic and international

Hewitt

  • Hewitt is a leading consulting firm specializing in compensation and benefits both domestic and international

Craighead

  • Craighead -- international data on demographic and country specific socio-economic, living conditions, etc. for expatriate, international business travelers, and others.

Living Abroad

  • Specializes in country specific information and living conditions for expatriates, etc.

International SOS

  • Emergency evacuation and response for international travelers and expatriates sponsored by International SOS.

Language Translation Services

  • Translation services for certain languages (French, German, Spanish, etc.)
  • Travlang. Online language lessons

SHRM Global

  • Society of Human Resource Management's information on global and international HR issues.  Good International Links

Canadian Transfers

  • Service provider of data on employee transfers - Canadians to US and US to Canada

Expatriate Taxation Consultants

Canada Visas

  • Information on Canadian Visas.

Canadian Immigration Attorneys

  • Canadian attorneys specializing in immigration (Chang and Boos)

Survival Guide

  • International emergency survival guide

Time Around the World

  • Time and date clock around the world

Pinkerton

  • Pinkerton - provides global intelligence and security services that track crime and incidents worldwide

Kroll Associates

  • Kroll Associates - its travel watch service details crime and problems in over 250 cities and countries

Social Security and Totalization Agreements around the world

Baker & McKenzie

  • Baker & McKenzie was named Best Global Law Firm at The 1999 Lawyer Awards in recognition of the Firm's commitment to quality legal services throughout the world.

Canadian Web Sites and Key Links

IRG

  • Integrated Resources Group, providing an array of services to assist with expatriate assignments, cross cultural education, and repatriation.

Melodija.com

  • Orientation strategies for inpatriates.

IPMA

  • International Personnel Management Association for HR professionals in the public sector.

BUPA

  • BUPA is a global health and care organization with members in nearly 190 countries worldwide.  They are a provident association which means that any profit is re-invested in better health and care services.

Federation of European

and Other International Organizations

Global Calculator

  • Compares salary amounts for hundreds of cities around the world. Also includes life-style information on cities, such as crime rate and climate/weather information.

Currency Converters and Exchange Rates

World Federation of Personnel Management Associations

Other Key Links

OECD Sites

General Public Management Sites

Specific Work Group Areas

Public Country Information Pages

Other International

 


African Children's Choir

   

Key Links on Visas and Immigration

bullet PassportandVisas.com
bullet Cost of Living Indexes (State Dept)
bullet International Salary Expert
bullet LatPro.com
bullet Visas and Passports
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Country Reports 

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Expat Exchange

bullet Expat Forum
bullet Global Jobs
bullet US Green Card Lottery
 

Featured Site:

 

bulletArab:  Arabian Society for Human Resource Management
- Based in Saudi Arabia

bulletAustralia: Australian Human Resources Institute.  Info on Australian industrial relations environment

bulletAsia: Asia Pacific Management Forum.

bulletBelgium: Management Centre Europe - Brussels-based training organisation. Interesting pages.  Belgium:   hrm.net - Gateway in Dutch and French versions. Good news features.

bulletCanada:  Canadian links Canadian Council of Human Resource AssociationsCanadian Employee Benefits Information
Searchable database on Canadian employee benefits.  Canada WorkInfoNet  Career, workplace and labor market information from Canada.  

bulletChina:  National Bureau of Asian Research has posting on China and the WTO.  Sinoplis present a collection of articles on the WTO agreement, mostly translated from Chinese sources.  Asia Source. China Business Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University,  
China Center for Economic Research,
Peking University, China Market Information Centre
 

bulletFrance:  Cadremploi - employment site. News, job offers, place your CV (in French).

bulletHong Kong:  Equal Opportunities Commission - statutory body set up in 1996 to implement the Sex Discrimination Ordinance (SDO), the Disability Discrimination Ordinance (DDO) and the Family Status Discrimination Ordinance (FSDO).  Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management,   Hong Kong Labour Department Hong Kong Labour Legislation 

bulletIndia:   Business Today - Website of India Today's 'Business Today'. Frequent interesting articles on HR issues with case studies and interviews. Doing Business In India 

bulletIreland:  Labour Relations Commission, Recruit OnlineThe Irish StateIrish Management Institute - Includes access to a number of research papers on the Irish economy, FAS - The Training and Employment Authority, Irish Newspapers

bulletJapan:  Japan Institute of Labor - Provided by the Department of Labor

bulletKorea:  Korea Employers Federation

bulletLatin America:  LatPro - Fascinating site about HR in Latin America and hispanic employment issues.

bulletMalaysia:  Malaysian Employers' Federation - Large site with information on employment law, etc.Women's Consultative Committee - Penang State Government - A wealth of fascinating material on women's employment issues, 
 Ministry of Human Resources

bulletMexico:  Asociación Mexicana de Ejecutivos en Relaciones Industriales (AMERI). Mexico-based HR association. Information available in Spanish only.
Secretaria del Trabajo y Prevision Social. Mexican labor information, statistics, studies, occupational safety and employment information. Information available in Spanish only.

bulletNew Zealand:  Association for Training and Development - A few articles and useful selection of NZ and other links.  Department of Labour - Industrial relations Info-Net.  Human Resources Institute of New Zealand Management Development Centre - Government centre. Some public access including information on Maori issues.  Safety Net - Occupational Safety and Health Service of the Department of Labour.  NZ  Newspapers and Journals

bulletPhilippines: Personnel Management Association of the Philippines

bulletRussia:  Russian Labor Law PrimerAmerican Chamber of Commerce in Russia

bulletSingapore:  SHRI - Singapore Human Resources Institute.  Singapore Newspapers and Journals

bulletSouth Africa:  South African Board for Personnel Practitioners'  - includes information on benchmarking, news, best practice standards and other useful material.  Institute of Personnel ManagementCOSATU - Congress of South African Trade Unions. Department of Labour -  includes a link to the Basic Conditions of Employment Acts.  WorkInfo.Com

bulletSweden:  Personal och Ledarskap - Excellent website by the Swedish HR journal.   Swedish trade union PA-bas - a Swedish network for HR novices.   The National Institute for Working LifeSwedish Employer Federation P net - a Swedish HR network 

bulletUnited Kingdom:  Nottingham Trent University's Business School has an extensive set of links to HR sites in the UK and around the world.

bulletThe EU Network. Monitors European legal changes, HR practices and government policies.

Country Reports 

  • Central Intelligence Agency Country Reports:  geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
  • Foreign Governments

Harvard Center for International Development

  • Harvard University's Center for International Development has launched the Global Trade Negotiations Home Page, which contains trade-negotiation information.

 

 

 
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