Title: Global Employee Benefits Consulting Source: https://ethosbenefits.com/services/global-benefits Publisher: Ethos Benefits Summary: Ethos Benefits helps U.S. employers with employees abroad review international benefits, compare them with local practice and govern them with the U.S. plan. 1. [Home](https://ethosbenefits.com/) 2. [Services](https://ethosbenefits.com/services) 3. Global benefits. # Global benefits. For employees outside the United States. If your company has employees outside the United States, their benefits follow local law, local carriers and local custom. Ethos Benefits reviews your international benefits, compares them with local practice, coordinates with local providers, and brings them under the same governance and record as your U.S. plan. [Request a Strategic Analysis](https://ethosbenefits.com/strategic-analysis) ## What you get. International benefits are often set up country by country as a company expands, then never reviewed together. Cost and consistency drift without anyone owning them. 1. **International benefits inventory** Every country’s plans, carriers, contracts and renewal dates in one place. 2. **Local practice comparison** Each country’s benefits compared with what is required and customary there. 3. **Coordination with local providers** Renewals and changes managed with local carriers and advisors in each country. 4. **Governance** International plans reviewed by your committee alongside the U.S. plan, with decisions recorded. ## How it _works._ Ethos Benefits starts with an inventory of every benefit plan your company offers outside the United States. Each plan is then compared with what is required and customary in its country, and Ethos coordinates renewals and changes with the local carriers. Your committee reviews the international plans on the same calendar as the U.S. plan, and every decision goes into the same record. ## One record, _every country._ Wherever your employees work, the decisions about their benefits belong in one record. International plans are added to your compliance calendar and committee reviews under your [Fiduciary Framework™](https://ethosbenefits.com/fiduciary-framework). ## Part of your Fiduciary Framework™. Every Ethos service reports to your benefits committee. The work is reviewed at your quarterly committee meeting, each decision is recorded with the reasoning behind it, and the record lives in your Ethos Fiduciary OS. That is what lets your committee show the plan was run prudently. [See the Fiduciary Framework™](https://ethosbenefits.com/fiduciary-framework) · [How fiduciary governance works](https://ethosbenefits.com/services/fiduciary-governance) ## Related reading. - [**The employee benefits strategy** Benefits 101: What an employee benefits strategy is, the data it is built on, how to build a three to five year plan with a committee, and how to measure it.](https://ethosbenefits.com/benefits-101/employee-benefits-strategy) - [**Employee benefits trends for 2027** Insight: The employee benefits trends that will shape 2027 health plan decisions, from premium growth and GLP-1 costs to PBM reform, parity and price transparency.](https://ethosbenefits.com/insights/employee-benefits-trends) [Browse everything in Learn](https://ethosbenefits.com/learn) ## Questions employers ask about this. Do you work with employers based outside the U.S.? Ethos works with U.S.-based employers that have employees in other countries. Do international plans follow U.S. rules? Generally no. Benefits for employees working abroad usually follow the laws of the country where they work, which is why each country is reviewed on its own terms. Can our committee oversee international benefits? Yes. International plans can be added to your committee’s calendar and record under the Fiduciary Framework™, so every plan is reviewed on a schedule. ## Keep reading Related to this page. - [**Benefits strategy** Ethos Benefits builds a three to five year strategy for your health and welfare plans: goals, plan design, vendor direction and targets your committee tracks. _Read more_](https://ethosbenefits.com/services/benefits-strategy) - [**Compliance** Ethos Benefits keeps your health and welfare plans compliant with ERISA, the ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, mental health parity and the CAA, with every item proven. _Read more_](https://ethosbenefits.com/services/compliance) - [**Renewals and marketing** Ethos Benefits starts your health plan renewal at least six months early, markets it to carriers and vendors, and puts every option in front of your committee. _Read more_](https://ethosbenefits.com/services/renewals) - [**Cost containment** Ethos Benefits evaluates and contracts cost containment for your plan: reference-based pricing, direct contracts, direct primary care and pharmacy programs. _Read more_](https://ethosbenefits.com/services/cost-containment) - [**Mergers and acquisitions** Ethos Benefits reviews employee benefits and health plan risk in mergers and acquisitions, and plans the integration so employees keep coverage on day one. _Read more_](https://ethosbenefits.com/services/mergers-and-acquisitions) - [**PEO evaluation** Ethos Benefits helps employers decide whether to join, stay in or leave a PEO for benefits by comparing the full cost and control against a plan of your own. _Read more_](https://ethosbenefits.com/services/peo-evaluation) ## See what your plan is really costing you. A Strategic Analysis starts with your plan documents and your broker agreement, then shows you what your plan costs, where the risk sits, and what a committee would decide with the full picture. [Request a Strategic Analysis](https://ethosbenefits.com/strategic-analysis) [Call (407) 803-4710](tel:+14078034710)