Relocare History
Owner and managing director, Else Christensen, founded Relocare in 2007. In 2014 Relocare grew to include the taxation company Relocare Taxation International ApS and Relocare Group ApS and in 2018 the company also welcomed the company Relocare Sweden AB with base in Stockholm. In 2020 Relocare formed their own IT department; Relocare Tech handling compliance App for business travelers “Relocare Complaince App”.
“It’s all about people” and “We Care” – Relocare
Else Christensen founded Relocare in 2007 based on her own experience and the final dissertation of her BA Hons. Degree in Business Administration – specialized in strategy.
When Else Christensen was 25 years old, she was headhunted by a world leading company in Paris to be in charge of starting the bakery development department with responsibility for EAME for a company working with flavoring. It was a big challenge for a 25-year-old, who did not speak French, and who had to work in a primary French team. It was not just a cultural challenge for her, but also a culture shock for her colleagues to work together with an inquiring, passionate, Danish woman, who was completely unfamiliar with a hierarchical organization. Actually she had been working independently with management and teaching since she was 17 years old. The relocation help she was given was sparse and she slept on an air mattrass for six months before she felt confident enough in her job to have her furniture sent to France. She had two good years in Paris with exciting tasks and great personal and professional development. After that she was headhunted by the competitor in Geneva in Switzerland 27 years old.
She was still responsible for development of EAME, but more comprising since the branches had many more people. In addition, she was working with the marketing manager for the baking department and was given responsibility within the global research team. Here Else Christensen experienced great assistance with relocation and was taken care of with regards to work and residence permits, housing, car, bank and even help to find a stable for her horse that had been left back in Denmark during her stay in Paris. She was introduced to everyone and had a very warm welcome. Because she was a Dane she had a lot of people coming to her to hear more about her network, market opportunities, products and potential customers, etc. She experienced a noticeable difference in her own work, which was much better than when she was introduced in Paris.
Three years after she decided to study her BA Hons., as part of her own development. She was commuting between Copenhagen and Geneva for a year while she was studying. When she became pregnant with twins, she decided to study in Denmark and thus have the maternity here as well.
She decided to write her thesis on the subject “Why can’t the Danish companies get the highly skilled expats they need, and is it due to the tax burden”. She chose the topic, because Novo Nordisk, MAERSK, Danisco and several other claimed that they could not attract expats due to the tax burden.
Compared to her own experience she had not decided on Switzerland because of the tax level. She knew that if it had to do with money, then it was all about the net salary. Therefore, she initiated an international survey where she asked questions such as: “What is your salary and your benefits?” – “What were the important parameters for your decision on where to work?” – “Why did you decide to stay?” and “Why did you decide to leave?”.
The conclusion was extremely different from the claims of the big companies, and it led her to a market segment in Denmark which was not served with the complete package. Her professor told her, “You have to start a company now – contact them and them”. She could do nothing but try it out.
That was the start of Relocare. Since the early years of the company, Relocare has had a healthy economy and a sustainable growth, which is what Relocare is all about. Our motto says, “It’s all about people” and “We Care”, and those are certainly not empty words, but the essence of how the company is managed – internally and externally.
Relocare Group ApS and Relocare Taxation International ApS
In 2014 the subsidiaries Relocare Group ApS and Relocare Taxation International ApS were founded. Today Relocare is the only consultancy in Europe offering the entire package within global mobility, employment law, secondments, international taxation, social security, Posted Workers Directive, permanent business establishment, retention, relocation and destination services, family relocation inclusive of spouse job search, HR consulting service and intercultural training. We assist with everything when it comes to international business expansion as well as attracting and retaining the best international employees.
From the beginning Relocare’s staff has been highly educated, experienced and competent employees. Early 2023 Relocare has 25 employees and consultants employed on full-time, part-time or on consultancy basis; depending on the needs.
Relocare Compliance App – True care for Business travelers and Business
For employees having the correct social security coverage on business travels is essential. And for the companies beeing able to assist and overview that their Employees are covered by a correct A1 is crutial to the business.
Although the A1 application form has the same name all over Europe, the different European countries have different needs for data and different processes for filing the A1 application.
Some countries demand online filing, whereas other countries demand manual filing of the form.
In 2019 this has changed, and all countries are expected to have an online filing option in the future.
Relocare has thus developped an App – Relocare Complience App.
True Care
