The current economic landscape has created additional distractions and anxiety for relocating employees and extra challenges for employer-sponsored moves.  However, the right combination of relevant benefits and efficient and empathetic delivery of services can reduce the stress of the relocation for both the employee and Human Resource personnel.

  

Distracted workers cost businesses millions of dollars each year.  The 2013 Workplace Productivity Report revealed that, under ordinary workplace conditions, 4 out of 10 workers are so distracted by competing demands on their attention that they are unable to disregard distractions and focus on their job.  This resulted in an average productivity loss equivalent to almost 2.5 days per month, per employee. 

  

Depending on the size and pay scale of their workforce, distracted employees can cost companies...click here to continue reading NRI's newly released white paper on Employee Engagement during relocation.