IRS Masterclass and Conference


Reward, Benefits and Pensions

19th - 20th November 2008, London

Day 2 - Thursday 20 November 2008

9:00

Registration and Coffee

9:30

Chair's opening remarks

Dr Peter Reilly , Director, research and consultancy, Institute for Employment Studies
9:40

Developing disciplined reward strategies to award key talent

  • How to identify business critical roles
  • How to use research insights to give pinpoint accuracy to your reward strategy
  • What methods to employ to maximise the impact of rewards programmes, making them efficient, effective and optimal
Julie Naismith , Leader UK Reward Practice, Towers Perrin
10:20

Maximising the return on rewards

  • Highlights from CELRE’s latest salary surveys, which cover pay and benefits in (among other job functions) IT, HR, finance, management and sales and marketing
  • Top-line median and quartile figures
  • Trend data from both CELRE surveys and IRS publications.
Rob Willock , Commercial manager, CELRE
11:00

Tea, coffee and networking

11:20

Norwich Union- Case study

Norwich Union: Employee reward and CSR
 

  • Overview of Norwich Union as organisation
  • Why the company has embedded CSR into employee reward
  • How the policy works and is presented to staff
  • The impact and employee response
Helen Jackson , Director of Reward, Norwich Union
11:50

Legal implications of employee benefits

  • What are the key areas of legislation which HR should be aware of?
  • What are the likely future developments?
  • What pension changes are in the pipeline?
Chris Holme , Associate Director, Barlow Lyde and Gilbert
12:30

Case study: 'More for' staff at Buckinghamshire County Council

  • Background to the development of the scheme why, what and how
  • What we offer
  • Communication of the scheme
  • Lessons learnt and future plans
Vincent Walsh , Senior Human Resources Officer, Buckinghamshire County Council
13:00

Lunch and networking

14:00

All together now: The role of team pay

  • How common is team pay and when is it most effective?
  • What are the benefits of team pay? (Examples – less divisive, teams only paid when success is achieved.)  
  • What obstacles have to be overcome to succeed? (Examples - team composition, target setting) 
  • What is the impact on business performance? (Examples – unlocking discretionary effort, signposting/reinforcing goals.)
Dr Peter Reilly , Director, research and consultancy, Institute for Employment Studies
14:40

Case study - The benefits of Co-ownership

  • The Partnership context for reward
  • Components of the reward strategy
  • The challenges and opportunities ahead
Andrew Clark , Head of Reward, John Lewis
15:10

Tea, coffee & networking

15:30

Ten years of Total Reward - perspectives and lessons for the future

  • Why understanding the psychology of Total Reward  matters
  • How applied Total Reward practice can help raise motivation, engagement and performance
  • Getting implementation right - building capability to deliver
  • Using the Total Reward approach to build a strong employer brand
  • Where it works and where the challenges remain
Helen Murlis , Director, Hay Group
16:10

Chair's closing remarks

16:30

Close of conference


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