During the holiday season, our Boston office ran a gift card drive in support of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal services to immigrant children. WR staff gave generously donated throughout the month, with the firm matching their donations. Read more about KIND and how you can contribute and support their efforts here.
BREAKING: On May 24th at 2:45 p.m. EST, WR Immigration will be presenting at the WERC Spring Virtual Conference! Here are the details on the panel: Reinventing Global Mobility Through Tech: Solutions for a Post-Pandemic World After a year of crisis, disruption, and novel challenges, the mobility industry has begun a technology revolution to address the evolving needs of its global workforce. What might have been a “wish list” or distant plan before the pandemic is now more necessary than ever, as global mobility professionals juggle a growing mobile workforce, new compliance challenges, wider duties and functions, and ever-present cost pressures. In this session, experts in mobility, immigration, and tax will discuss the elevated role of global mobility shaped by the pandemic, and technology advancements positioned to support the industry’s multifaceted growth and emerging challenges. Drawing upon their own experiences, panelists will share lessons in tech from the pandemic as well as key innovation strategies for the future. WR Immigration Partner, Charina Garcia, will be taking the lead on the presentation. Register for the conference now!
The Worldwide Employee Relocation Real Estate Advisory Council (WERC) has announced that WR Immigration has been selected to host a session at its Global Workforce Symposium 2021, an in-person conference taking place in Chicago, IL from Oct. 20-22. The session topic is one of close concern to WR Immigration: Forecasting Data Security Trends – 2022 and Beyond, and will be led by WR Immigration’s Director of Technology and Innovation, Crystal Williams. In WERC’s own words, the “Global Workforce Symposium 202One is about bringing the industry together as one and it’s time to celebrate all that global mobility professionals do to keep the world moving. We’re excited to welcome the entire industry under one roof for the first time in two years!” A description of WR Immigration’s session: Businesses of all sizes are under constant threat from cybercriminals and malicious software, none, not even the world’s largest and apparently impenetrable organizations are immune, as recent headlines are rife with the latest victims of cyberattacks. On top of that, an increasingly remote workforce has multiplied data security threats – how have companies adapted? The panel will discuss winning strategies that have successfully mitigated the dangers of this new, disparate landscape, while maintaining […]
