An important part of an expatriate package is the leave granted by the company – including time off for rest and recuperation if the assignee and family are posted to a difficult area.   

Companies have to consider time allowed, costs involved and how to distribute these costs.   

ECA’s Expatriate annual leave policy survey gives members the opportunity to find out how other companies are managing theirs and to check how their policy rates against the market.   

The survey includes information on: 

• Fixed and variable annual leave policy
  
  

• Factors influencing annual leave provision
  
  

• Unused leave policy
  
  

• Restrictions on when annual leave may be taken
  
  

• Provision of home leave
  
  

• Cost of trips other than to the home country
  
  

• Factors influencing the number of trips home
  
  

• Rest and recuperation policy on provision of, costs, specification of location and travel time