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Economic Crisis: The New Reality 

The economic crisis is creating new realities for people and financial management. Watson Wyatt's economic crisis section features a wide range of research reports, articles, videos and other content covering investment, retirement, executive compensation, talent management and insurance.

Companies' Cost-Cutting Plans Slow
Companies' cost-cutting plans for the next 12 months have decreased across the board. Most companies surveyed are planning no further hiring freezes, organizational restructuring changes or layoffs.

Pension Plan Funding Plunged in 2008
A Watson Wyatt analysis of pension disclosures for the 100 largest U.S. pension sponsors has found that aggregate funding fell by $303 billion last year, going from an $86 billion surplus at the end of 2007 to a $217 billion deficit at the end of 2008.

Addressing New Workforce Legislation 

A number of bills pending in the Congress could affect the management of human capital in all U.S. organizations. While only one of the three has already passed, employers can begin taking steps to prepare for the changes that would be required in their organizations under all of the new and proposed legislation.

Talent Management 

Today's workforce is complex. It includes three generations of workers with differing needs and motivations, and an increasingly global employee base. Building, engaging and maintaining such a workforce is a challenge best addressed in a holistic, strategic fashion.