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COMMUNICATING COMPENSATION, PENSION & BENEFITS CONFERENCE
Conference held in Toronto on January 29 & 30, 2007
Chairs: Nicole Howick, Casino Windsor, Kelly Kreutzweiser, Dare Foods Ltd., Ross Gascho, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Marybeth Dyment, Regional Municipality of York.
CD-ROM: App 6 hours of video presentations
To purchase, please contact Federated Press.
TRENDS IN COMPENSATION, BENEFITS & PENSIONS
Communicating your rewards program brand to your employees
Tony Kerekes, Nvision Consulting
- Communication techniques for tying a successful total rewards program to your corporate brand
- Educating management of their role in promoting rewards programs
- Surveying employees to determine what should be included
- Partnering with the marketing team to tie total rewards to the corporate brand
"Building a culture that embraces these ideals every day requires commitment, patience and single-mindedness, but once in place they become self-sustaining, a habit as natural as breathing."
Video: 54 minutes • Overheads
Communication change to compensation and benefits plans
Managing compensation & benefits during M&A
David Michaels, David Michaels Consulting
- Compensation challenges that arise in the wake of the merger
- Communications techniques leading up to the merger or acquisition
- Distinguishing the differences between the various plans
- Determining how much information you can share during the merger process
"Amalgamation or otherwise, the importance of a well planned and thorough communications strategies cannot be over-stated."
Video: 36 minutes • Overheads
Communicating changes to compensation: Retiree benefits
Kelly Kreutzweiser, Dare Foods Ltd.
- Communicating change while preserving employee goodwill
- Fulfilling governance responsibilities for full disclosure and education
- Creating partnerships with employees through good times and bad
- Dealing with employees' resistance to change through improved communication
"What was actually an annual expense of $100,000 became an ABO of close to $15,000,000. That changed the entire focus of profitability, the bottom line and that was why changes and adjustments were needed."
Video: 22 minutes • Overheads
Using pension communications to help drive cultural change
Sarah Hisey, Norbord Industries Inc., Paul Harrietha, Eckler Partners Ltd.
- Pension plan design as a key communicator of culture
- The role of leadership in the communication processes
- The importance of plan member input and feedback as part of change
- The effective use of appropriate media to promote the plan
"We are all responsible for the decisions we make. The new D pension plan gives employees an opportunity to take control of their financial situation."
Video: 43 minutes • Overheads
Communication tools
Legal developments in pension, benefits & compensation communications
Ross A. Gascho, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
- Recent case law impacting your communication policy
- Changes to pension and benefit regulations and legislation as it pertains to communication
- Minimizing the likelihood if negligent misrepresentation
- Making the CAP guidelines work in your favor
- Drawing the line between investment education and investment advice
"Human rights code cannot discriminate in employment on basis of age, therefor if benefits are or are not going to be provided to employees over the age of 65, tell them."
Video: 43 minutes • Overheads
Communication total rewards
Cyndy Allen, Bell Aliant
- Partnering with the marketing team to tie total reward to the corporate brand
- Communicating total rewards internally and externally
- Developing automated total rewards modeling tools
- Revising the intranet to focus on employee-centric total rewards
- Lessons learned and pitfalls of total rewards communication
"If you have the small achievable steps in your plan, you will get there."
Video: 38 minutes • Overheads
Reward and recognition programs in the Region of Durham
Denise O'Brien, Region of Durham
- Using e-mails to employees posters, memos, road shows, and intranet sits to create visibility
- Launching the program at an event that all employees can be present at
- Developing clear internal branding of the program and linking it with values and behaviours
- Including promotional items with the program name for enhancing visibility
"Creating a successful employee reward program requires the right combination of various factors, like visibility, executive management and employee involvement and awareness."
Video: 42 minutes • Overheads • Handouts 12 pages
Different messages for different audiences
Communicating with employees close to retiring
Gary Tompkins, University of Regina
- Leading practices used by the University of Regina
- What to include in seminar series
- Providing educational material: how much is too much?
- Ensuring employees ate fully informed about retirement options
- Incorporating different methods of communication: print, verbal, online
"One of the problems of DB plans is the 'set it and forget it' attitude people have."
Video: 22 minutes • Overheads
Communicating total rewards
Marybeth Dyment, Regional Municipality of York
- Responding to employee surveys where "pay" is an issue
- Opening the door to discussion focused on the design of the salary program
- Engaging employees at all levels in activities and education sessions about total rewards within a limited budget
- Measuring the success of your communications strategy
"No matter where you are in your career journey, York Region has a program to support your work and lifestyle."
Video: 29 minutes • Overheads
Applying adult learning theory to employee communications
Kevin Press, Sun Life Financial
- See how a life event, like retirement, causes adults to learn more effectively
- Hear why specific , action-oriented lessons are more appealing to adult audiences
- Understand why self-directed learning with self-service media, like video and the internet, is preferable to a classroom environment
- Recognize that a key to preparing adults for learning is helping them get past their inhibitions and preconceptions about what you are communicating
"Learning is a means to an end. When your message is valuable to them, they will commit to learning."
Video: 42 minutes • Overheads |