'Untapped potential' for multinational pooling - Generali

Only a quarter of multinationals have pooling in place

Adam Saville
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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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