b"COMPLIANCELEGAL COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONSCERC joins forces with Seneca College to shed more light on risk management practices in global mobilityBy Kelly ParkerI n 2018, CERC partnered with Senecaevident they were missing a management Colleges School of Leadership andframework to address global mobility legal Human Resources to conduct ancompliance considerations. applied research project focusing on risk management practices in globalA search of what has been reported to mobility. The research commenced in earlydate in the different areas impacting legal 2019, with the goal to assist employers incompliance was the first step in the data-meeting compliance obligations in relationThe fullgathering process, followed by the drafting to their global workforce. The fact-findingof a custom survey circulated to members initiative is expected to provide a broad back- results of theof several organizations, including ground of knowledge that will be analyzedCERC, the Chartered Human Resources and developed into best-practices recommen- study will beProfessionals of Canada, the European dations for the relocation profession. Relocation Association (EuRA) and the presented at theSociety for Human Resource Management The impetus for conducting the study(SHRM). Organizations involved in the stemmed from an earlier CERC study thatupcoming CERC[relocation] business then participated in revealed a surprising 40 per cent of companies the survey and weve now released those indicated they did not have a formal riskConference,results, says Barber. Our further research control framework in place to monitor the various legal compliance issues tied to globalinvolves follow-up with stakeholder inter-taking placeviewsgetting more examplesand mobility. As well, a large number64 per centsaid they had incurred avoidable penal- reaching out again to the literature to Septembersupplement the findings that we have.ties for non-compliance during the mid-2012 to mid-2015 period.15 to 17 inInformation access was made available Based on those findings, CERC realizedthrough CERC and their partnership it needed to take a harder look at that andNiagara Falls,with IBM Canada using IBM's Artificial find out what it is that organizations areIntelligence and data analytics capabilities. missing, explains Professor Cal BarberOntario The project was made possible by funding of the School of Leadership and Humanfrom Ontario Centres of Excellence Resources at Seneca College. It was prettyand EuRA.32PERSPECTIVES Fall 2019"