http://www.watsonwyatt.com Latest Watson Wyatt Communication Articles and News en-us Copyright 2008 Watson Wyatt Worldwide http://backend.userland.com/rss091 5/9/2008 12:55:56 PM 20 UK - April 22, 2008 - Analysis by Watson Wyatt of figures published this week by HM Treasury shows that the contributions paid by UK Government departments and employees to public sector pension schemes are less than the cost of the new benefits being earned, as measured in Government accounts. [UNITED KINGDOM]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=18992Significant Increase in Communication to Boost Benefit Enrollment. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=18638Companies with the most effective employee communication programs provided a 91 percent total return to shareholders from 2002 to 2006, a recent Watson Wyatt study has found. The return was only 62 percent for firms that communicated least effectively. Moreover, a significant improvement in communication effectiveness is associated with a 15.7 percent increase in market value. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=18462WASHINGTON, December 4, 2007 – Six communication practices distinguish high-performing companies from their competitors, according to a new study by Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=18385Imagine this: The chair of a global <i>FORTUNE 500</i> company asks management for an inventory of all incentive compensation plans. The CEO thinks the company probably has 10 to 20 plans, but he passes the request along to the chief human resource officer. Then the HR executive asks the global head of rewards. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=17925Is your organization using technology to facilitate improved employee communication? If not, you could be missing an opportunity to make a difference to the bottom line. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=14404Producing summary plan descriptions doesn't have to be a nightmare. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=11604WASHINGTON, August 7, 2007 – Most employers that offer a consumer-directed health plan say communicating with workers about these plans is their greatest challenge. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=17669Many U.S. employees don’t understand how their health care coverage works and admit their familiarity with the most basic health care vocabulary needs improvement, a new survey has found. As a result, employers may benefit from efforts to improve employee health care literacy. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=17625WASHINGTON, July 9, 2007 – Many U.S. employees don’t understand how their health care coverage works and admit their familiarity with the most basic health care vocabulary needs improvement, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=17548Take a look at the most successful organizations today, and you’ll find they share two important characteristics: a corporate culture where employees thrive and employees who align their decisions with business strategy. But it’s becoming harder for companies to offer the appropriate performance management, customer service and diversity management instruction necessary to create that environment. That’s largely because corporate spending on face-to-face training is an increasingly precious resource. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=17274Communication challenges topped the list of employer concerns during the recent annual benefits enrollment process, a poll by Watson Wyatt Worldwide has found. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=17139Communication challenges topped the list of employer concerns during the most recent annual benefit enrollment process, according to a recent poll by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a leading global consulting firm. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=16997UK, November 27, 2006 - The contributions the UK's largest companies are making to defined contribution pensions schemes have increased by over 10 per cent in the last two years, according to new research by consultants Watson Wyatt. [UNITED KINGDOM]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=16789The IRS released its to-do list for the year on August 15, two days before the Pension Protection Act was signed into law. The PPA is certain to require reams of new guidance, so future quarterly updates of the priority plan will likely include PPA-related projects. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=16647Nothing endures but change. Though written thousands of years ago, those words certainly ring true in today’s workplace. Employers, pressured by high health care costs, pension plan volatility and a workforce with more varied needs and desires than in past generations, are redesigning benefit plans and rewriting the employer-employee deal. Questions about how baby boomers’ retirement will affect the workplace only add to the pressure. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=16457 [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=16439Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a global human capital consulting firm, announced today that Weston Tompkins has joined the firm as the leader of investment consulting for its Atlanta office. Tompkins will be responsible for directing and expanding the firm’s investment consulting services to clients throughout the Southeast. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=16388 Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a global human capital consulting firm, announced today that Jon Samuelson, a 22-year veteran of the firm, has been appointed managing consultant of its Southwest U.S. offices. In his new role, Samuelson will have overall business responsibilities for the firm’s consulting activities in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. [GLOBAL]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=16198The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) recent study of consumer directed health plans (CDHPs) examined their prevalence, funding, use and prospects. The study found that the number of CDHP enrollees is rising — from roughly 3 million in January 2005 to between 5 million and 6 million in January 2006. [UNITED STATES]http://www.watsonwyatt.com/search/parser.asp?ID=16225