Mercer, the consultant company in human resources is releasing a study on Monday that ranks many of the world’s cities with regards to their quality of life. First place was attributed to Zurich, second to Geneva, and third to Vancouver Canada. The human resources consultant explains that the analysis is part of an annual World-wide Quality of Living Survey, covering more than 350 cities, to help governments and multinational companies place employees on international assignments. Each city is evaluated with 39 criteria, including political, economic, social, and environmental factors, as well as personal safety and health, transport, education, and other public services. Principal at Mercer, explained that ’when multinational companies set up expatriate assignments they have to provide attractive reward packages to compensate employees for any negative changes to their quality of living many companies use benchmark data to help them structure pay deals at the right level.’ Bangui, Brazzaville, and Baghdad were on the bottom of the Mercer’s quality of life list.

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