NetExpat and EY Relocating Partner Annual Report 2023  

In 2018, NetExpat and EY released the largest survey to date on the relocating partner. Since then, this benchmark survey has helped thousands of companies evolve their relocation policies and bring awareness to the importance of the relocating partner.

NetExpat and EY's 2023 Relocating Partner Annual Report survey reflects data collected from 650 respondents. Here are a few highlights from the findings:

• The well-being of the relocating partner, and, the entire family of mobile employees is a top priority for employers, employees, and families. Family experience is now recognized as key to employee experience and should be part of the relocation package. 
• The voice of relocating partners is -finally!- being heard by employers. Dual income is becoming more important: 74% of globally mobile professionals consider the partner income as "crucial" or "significant", a 5% increase from 2018. The importance of dual careers and dual incomes in global mobility is expected to continue rising. 

• Employers are now more likely to offer partner support to their mobile talent (international assignees, local hires, and permanent transfers), compared to the 2018 survey. The focus is also shifting from 'cash' to 'care': 69% of employers offer support for working partners, and 51% are offering Integration Support to non-working partners.

This is important. 

When you hire an international employee, they come with people they love, people they need and supporting those significant others is supporting the employee. Not only is it the right thing to do from a perspective of empathy: it also makes perfect sense from a talent attraction and retention perspective. 

As the numbers below show: for a potential new employee to say 'yes' to move and 'yes' to stay, the family's needs and the partner's career concerns must be considered and met. 

To read the full Relocating Partner Annual Report 2023 from NetExpat and EY, please visit NetExpat-Leaders in Global Mobility