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Pay Variation For Parent Country and Host Country Nationals
Pay Variation For Parent Country and Host Country Nationals
Pay Variation For Parent Country and Host Country Nationals
-R.VIJAYARAGHAVAN
PARENT COUNTRY NATIONALS:
PCN (Parent-country nationals) are employees whose nationality is the same as
that of the firm headquarters — for example, a German employee of a German
company who is working at a Chinese subsidiary.
HOST COUNTRY NATIONALS:
HCN (Host-country nationals) are employees who have the same nationality
as the local subsidiary. This could be a Chinese employee working at the
Chinese subsidiary of the German company.
COMPENSATION FOR HOST COUNTRY NATIONALS
1. BASE PAY:
★Internal Business Factors
★The Level of economy
★Cultural Norms
★Supply and Demand for Labours
2. BONUSES:
★Paid during holiday or Vacation.
★Not Considered as a variable Cost.
★Not based on Employee’s Performance.
COMPENSATION FOR HOST COUNTRY NATIONALS
3. VARIABLE PAY:
★Profit Sharing Plans
★Stock Options
★Pay for Performance
4. ALLOWANCES:
★Position
○Shift work or poor physical working conditions
○Training new employees
★Behaviour
○Attendance Allowance
★Person
○Transportation Allowance
○Allowance for Family
COMPENSATION FOR PARENT COUNTRY NATIONALS
★
Foreign Service Premium
★
Allowances
➔
Cost of living Allowance
➔
Housing Allowance
➔
Home Leave and Travel Allowances
➔
Educational Allowance
➔
Relocation Allowance
★
Tax equalization Payments
★
Spouse Assistance
THANKYOU!