'Untapped potential' for multinational pooling - Generali

Only a quarter of multinationals have pooling in place

Adam Saville
clock • 1 min read

Most do not feel sufficiently familiar with pooling, or it is not part of their corporate strategy

New research from Generali UK and HR Grapevine has found that only 26% of multinational companies, headquartered in the UK or Ireland, currently have a pooling arrangement in place - yet 60% of employers are trying to manage locally focused - yet globally aligned - wellbeing strategies for their employees. Nearly two thirds (64%) of respondents were predominately HR professionals from companies with over 10,000 employees in at least two countries (seven in 10 with subsidiaries in more than 10 countries). Only 6% said they were not pooling because it was not relevant for the size of their...

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