Reward Management: A Call for Changes to Meet the Challenges

How well is your organization engaging people and driving performance with effective reward management practices? Towers Perrin’s Reward Management: Closing a Growing Say/Do Gap, suggests specific steps to make your reward management program more effective. Among the potential payoffs: a more engaged workforce that can lift your organization’s performance.

Account-Based Health Plans: Making Consumerism Work

If your organization has an account-based health plan, or if you’re thinking of launching one, you’ll want to see our new research, Account-Based Health Plans: What Works — and Why. The report says the biggest hurdle isn’t making sure that you have a viable health plan option for your employees. It’s more about how you connect with your employees.

HR Service Delivery: Stepping It Up

How is your organization doing when it comes to HR service delivery? Chances are, you've made a lot of strides in the right direction, but there are critical areas, like talent management, where you can still make improvements. See what’s up in our survey report, HR Technology: Demanding Change, Delivering Results.

Global News Briefs  

Europe:

• European Court Ruling Rejects Use of Gender-Based Actuarial Factors for Pension Plans

Japan:

• DC Plan Reforms Await Attention by Lawmakers

United States:

• New Medicare Secondary-Payer Reporting Requirement
• Court Allows San Francisco to Enforce Pay-or-Play Mandate
• California Health Care Reform Plan Dies in State Senate