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May 2009

Webcast Series: Cost, Risk and Performance -- A Delicate Balance in Today's Tough Environment

Our five-part on-demand Webcast series will help your company address critical reward and workforce issues in today's economy:

  • Defined benefit pension plans after the meltdown — what to do now
  • Global pension cost management — a deeper dive for multinational organizations
  • Rx for rewards in the downturn — how to optimize rewards to balance cost and talent goals
  • The new realities of executive compensation — a review of the 2009 proxy season
  • Shared destiny — reengaging the workforce to get back to the future

Our Webcast series, Cost, Risk and Performance — A Delicate Balance in Today's Tough Environment, addresses some of the most critical challenges facing HR and financial executives right now. Hear in-depth discussions of these timely issues and get answers to your most pressing questions from Towers Perrin experts.

Click here to view all or part of the series (registration required).

Pension plans after the meltdown: What to do now?
Recorded on March 5.

  • Plan sponsors are likely to feel the effects of the 2008 bear market in their pension plans for years to come in higher required contributions, possible benefit restrictions and adverse cash flow and balance sheet implications. This session focuses on near-term cost-reduction tactics for U.S. plans as well as longer-term design and investment strategy considerations.

Global pension cost management: Timely interventions for a down market
Recorded on March 18.

  • The pension plan financial implications are especially complex for companies that sponsor plans around the world, although there are cost-management and financing strategies that are especially promising for multinationals.

Rx for rewards in the downturn
Recorded on March 26.

  • New research with employees examines the specific trade-offs people make in their total rewards package to build the portfolio of elements most relevant for them, and the implications of those trade-offs for a company's investments. Learn how this analytic framework helps companies "resize" and reallocate rewards, especially financial rewards, in ways that better align company cost with employees' perception of value.

The new realities of executive compensation
Recorded on April 14.

  • The financial crisis is swiftly and dramatically reshaping the executive pay landscape. The 2009 proxy season offers a new window on company practices.

Reengaging the workforce to get back to the future
Recorded on May 14.

  • With the economy fostering a growing sense of "shared destiny" between companies and their employees, smart employers are taking added steps to keep top performers and pivotal talent engaged and motivated to drive growth as the business climate turns around.

Click here to view all or part of the series (registration required).