Benefits Think Tip of the Day: If you send them abroad, let them fly coach

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Well, this industry never ceases to surprise me. I would have thought that, given the recession, employers would be cutting back on costly overseas assignments (and the also expensive training and communication for workers and families that go along with them).

However, new numbers from KPMG show that although companies are making cost-saving adjustments to their international assignment programs during the economic downturn, but continued to send assignees overseas. 


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