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Here in the middle of the “Great Resignation,” wellness programs play a huge role in attracting and retaining top employees. Courtney Schroeder, Well-being Strategy Consultant at WellRight, says the top question used to be “What is my bonus structure?” Now there’s been a shift back to “What is the culture?”

Standards are higher for perks and benefits, and people expect greater flexibility than ever before. Choice has become a primary factor in wellness programs: choice in incentives, activities that employees can join, and the ways they can interact with programs, such as websites, text messages, and video calls.

With 300 pre-built wellness challenges and more than 400 unique wellness activities in WellRight’s stable of offerings, Schroder’s role could be extraordinarily difficult. But she boils it down to understanding what is most important to the employer, asking questions such as: 

• What point solutions do they have?
• What role does financial well-being play?
• What kinds of in-person vs. virtual options are needed?
• How do you use social determinants of health to select programs and benefits?

Schroeder says data analytics, like those from Springbuk, help drive the direction of wellness programs, especially when considering how to use social determinants of health. She advises to start small - and gives tips on how to do that - so employers can gain some quick experience and direction.

Used effectively, data analytics can inform the strategy and dictate when a change is needed by setting benchmarks and monitoring the progress toward them.

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• Visit WellRight
• Learn more about the Springbuk Health Intelligence platform

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Produced by David Pittman

Theme music: "Overboard" by Stay Outside

In this HRchat interview, we talk about why total reward data is an important resource for organizations trying to respond to the impact of Covid-19 as we consider some recent findings that suggest a new focus needs to be given to the roll-out of automation and digitization of reward management.

Bill's guest this time is Ken Charman, CEO at uFlexReward, an HR and rewards data platform that collates all costs to do with employees (salary, pension, bonus, shares, etc) into one real-time platform.

uFlexReward recently published the results of the uFlexReward Digital Reward survey. The poll had responses from 30 key companies across various industries such as Engineering, Oil & Gas, and Healthcare. Findings include the suggestion that 73% of companies calculated pay equity without including all categories of reward, and the majority of respondents said their companies only generate pay equity data once a year. 

Listen and learn: 

• Why is Total Rewards data especially critical right now for organizations trying to get out the other side of Covid-19?
• How has calculating pay equity been made more complicated as a result of covid and blended/hybrid workforces and what do your findings suggest? 
• Why are traditional fixed salary and one-size-fits-all benefits packages archaic?

Want to learn more? You can hear from Ken and Peter Newhouse, Global Head of Reward at Unilever in episode 198. In that conversation, we focus on why total reward data is an important resource for organizations trying to respond to the impact of Covid-19 in ways that allow for the retention of employees. 

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Mary Mosqueda is the Practice Leader for Lockton's Total Rewards & Compensation Practice. With over two decades of experience in compensation, human resources, and work/life programs, she is an expert at designing and implementing compensation, executive compensation, and total rewards programs for both public and private businesses. She is also a national speaker on these subjects and has her finger on the pulse of the shifting market dynamics and generational factors that drive these programs. 

In this episode, Mary walks through the planning and reflective work needed before a company can build a successful compensation structure. We define a number of terms and talk about motivation, leadership, and the limits of pay on performance. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Drive by Daniel Pink (plus this video recap)
• Conjoint Analysis
• Terms We Define:
  • Base Pay
  • Variable Compensation
  • Merit Pay
  • Salary Grade
  • Pay Equity

In this HRchat interview, we consider why total reward data is an important resource for organizations trying to respond to the impact of Covid-19 without being scared into abandoning loyal, engaged, and highly-skilled employees. Our guests are uFlexReward's CEO Ken Charman and Peter Newhouse, Global Head of Reward at Unilever.

Ken is the CEO of uFlexReward, an HR and rewards data platform that collates all costs to do with employees (salary, pension, bonus, shares etc) into one real time platform.

Peter joined Unilever in September 2010 as Global Head of Reward and a member of the Unilever HR Leadership Team, having previously worked as a senior executive at Ford in North America and as Group Head of Remuneration at Standard Chartered Bank in London.






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In this episode of the HRchat show, we will consider employee rewards, change management, and employee experience.

Our guest is Matt Pavelich. Matt recently joined Normandin Beaudry as a Principal in its Toronto office. He has more than 20 years of experience in total rewards consulting and specializes in workforce communication and change management. He has worked with employers of all sizes and across the private, para-public and public sectors.

Matt will be speaking at the Total Rewards Meetup Breakfast Session in Toronto on October 10th.

By supporting organizations with change, communication, and employee experience strategies, Matt helps organizations achieve business and HR objectives. He translates complexity into user-friendly communication that drives understanding, alignment, engagement, and action.





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Manny Campione, Senior Consultant and Market Leader in compensation and performance management at Normandin  Beaudry returns to the HRchat show to share more tips  for business leaders and HR pros. Listen to hear ways to better leverage tools and strategies that impact organizational your objectives.

Enjoyed the show? Check out Manny's other HRchat interview recorded back in 2018: HRchat #62: Pay for Performance w/ Manny Campione, Normandin-Beaudry.



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In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Manny Campione, Senior Consultant and Market Leader in Compensation and Performance Management at Normandin-Beaudry, and speaker at the upcoming InnovateWork Toronto event.

Manny recently joined Normandin Beaudry as Senior Consultant in its Toronto office. He has worked across multiple industries over the past 25 years in Human Resources leading teams in total rewards, employee engagement, leadership development, organizational effectiveness and workforce planning. Manny's industry and consulting experience, along with his passion for working with clients, ensures that Business and HR leaders leverage relevant solutions to impact organizational objectives. He is a trusted advisor, coach and thought leader in the Canadian HR community.

With offices in Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City, Normandin Beaudry is a total rewards consulting firm providing advisory services in 8 areas of expertise: Health, Performance, Group Benefits, Compensation, Pension and Savings, Pension Plans Administration, Investment Management Consulting, and Communication.





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