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ON TARGET?
To Benchmark or Not to Benchmark?
By Jessica Marquez
401(k) plan sponsors wrestle with whether to use benchmarks to gauge performance of target-date funds.
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UNION’S AGENDA FOR 2009
SEIU Unveils ‘Accountability Campaign’
January 8, 2009 11:05 AM PT
The Service Employees International Union intends to spend about 30 percent of its resources in 2009 on the ‘Change That Works’ campaign, including 1,000 full-time workers in the field in 35 states and the creation of a ‘war room’ in Washington to coordinate legislative outreach.
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HEAVY LOSSES
Analysis: Big Pension Plans Lose $469 Billion in 2008
January 8, 2009 9:33 AM PT
The unprecedented drop was the result of a huge decline in the value of assets held in pension plans sponsored by the 772 companies in the S&P 1,500 that offer defined-benefit plans.
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Best Practices in Compensation
Greater demand for innovative business practices coupled with an overarching need for timely business results require a move from traditional compensation packages and simple pay for performance models. Stay one step ahead and download our Best Practices in Compensation white paper now to learn how leading companies are designing new strategies and implementing creative compensation programs for greater results in this complex environment.
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Tools and Resources
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Employers seeking to help employees become more knowledgeable about defined-contribution and defined-benefit plans, how workers’ assets are protected and more may consider linking their intranets to a page on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Web site.
Blueprint for Health is a free online tool now being used by companies small and large to estimate how illnesses among workers affect medical costs, employee absences and productivity.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a number of resources for employers that can help with shaping HIV/AIDS policies in the workplace.
The special health care needs of children and mothers—and the associated costs—often go overlooked by employers, leading to stress for employees and lost productivity, according to health benefits experts. They have published a ‘tool kit’ aimed at helping employers better tailor their health benefits to address those costs.
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Properly measuring performance indicates areas in which improvements are made, and gives executives a grasp on the connection between rewards and employee achievement. Remember, however, that performance measures in a rewards program should link to your overall business strategy.
Eight Strategies for Top-Notch Employee Recognition
You want to drive productivity and take your organization to the next level. You need to reward and motivate a diverse global workforce in a tough economy. How can you get there from here? Many organizations are finding employee recognition a key part of the equation.
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It doesn’t exist, several recognized experts say. The issue for companies is not whether they should be paying more for performance compensation programs, but whether they should be paying less.
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