Employers today are sending workers on assignments to foreign countries for shorter periods of time, according to a survey of corporate expatriates by Cigna.
Cigna’s survey of 1,511 people in 140 countries, which it last conducted in 2001, also found that the number of expats who expected to be on foreign assignment for a year or less more than doubled over that period to 13 percent.
And though North America remains the top location for expat worker assignments, the number of North Americans headed abroad fell from 63 percent to 49 percent over the past 12 years.
Those visiting the United States for work reported having difficulty understanding how the health care and tax systems work.
