Join us for four free one-hour web briefings on hot HR topics from the comfort of your own desk.

Optimizing workforce strategy to realize the value of your M&A transaction
Speakers: Chuck Moritt, Mac Regan and Ilene Siscovick

In every M&A transaction, workforce strategy is critical to deal success. Defining the strategy should start very early in a transaction by asking these critical questions:

• Why are we doing the deal and how will our business change?

• How do these business changes affect our workforce strategy?

• What actions can we take to address the resulting workforce strategy implications?

The degree to which workforce strategy issues are tackled will directly affect the financial value and success of the deal. In this web briefing, we will use actual client experiences along with Mercer’s proven framework and well-researched methodology to demonstrate the impact that the right workforce strategy has on deal value creation. Attendees will learn how to address their workforce strategy issues that are so critical to deal success.

Don’t miss this one-hour web briefing on 14 November starting at 12 noon ET. This is your chance to gain practical insight on addressing workforce strategy issues during all phases of the transaction.
 

Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 12 noon - 1:00 pm ET

Personal health records - Discussing the value proposition
Speakers: Dr. David Gregg and Brian Golden

Personal health records are a hot topic in the health care market today. However, there are many definitions of what a personal health record is, what functionality it offers and the value (direct and indirect) it adds to an employer and its employees.

Please join Mercer on November 30 at 12:00 noon ET for a free, one-hour discussion on personal health records. We will discuss the current industry landscape and the long-term value proposition of a personal health record. We will discuss the current industry landscape and the long-term value proposition of personal health records, touching on both their current “intangible” value and the future impact they could have on medical spending.
 

Thursday, 30 November, 12 noon - 1:00 pm ET

• Learn how employers are integrating and aligning their programs to improve productivity and reduce absenteeism
• Learn some strategies for managing intermittent and unscheduled leaves
• Discuss the complications of administering FMLA and other legally required leaves

Improving plan performance in unforeseen places?
Speakers: Jeff Kearny and Paul Sachs

We all remember the heyday of double-digit returns. Back then, if a few basis points were left behind in a custodial or brokerage back office, who noticed? Today’s single-digit returns may be positive, but they offer little refuge. Earning a sufficient return and complying with increased fiduciary governance requirements make managing and monitoring investment operations more complex and more difficult to achieve.

Because many fiduciaries neither regularly examine these activities nor benchmark the associated costs and risks, they remain unaware of their exposures. To minimize return erosion and enhance fiduciary governance practices, it is essential to develop an explicit discipline and framework for managing and monitoring investment operations. Doing so can yield surprising expense reductions for funds.

Mercer IC’s Jeff Kearny and Paul Sachs will share their experiences in discovering opportunities that allow fiduciaries to reduce costs, increase returns and better manage their investment operations.

They will use a presentation and case study approach and discuss how to:

• Identify and realize opportunities to reduce costs, increase returns and generate revenues

• Increase the efficiency of manager and custodian interaction

• Achieve effective transitions

• Enhance fund governance

Please join us for our 12 December web briefing at 2:00 pm (US ET).
 

Tuesday, 12 December, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET