Conference Sessions By Track

Perception is Reality: Best Practices in Benefits Communications

Workplace Application: You will learn how to apply communication strategies to help employees see the full value of your benefit plan offerings.

Monday, June 23, 2014 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM EST

State of Benefits in the Workplace: An Update on Best Practices and Trends for 2014

Workplace Application: This session provides an overview of common trends and best practices in the implementation of benefits across industries.

Monday, June 23, 2014 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM EST

Now the Real Work Begins: Positioning Your Organization for Health Care Reform

Workplace Application: Learn the strategies, requirements, and opportunities you need to help your organization leverage the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Monday, June 23, 2014 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM EST

True Cultural Change: How To Successfully Evolve From Base Pay To Comprehensive Variable Rewards

Workplace Application: Learn a pragmatic, step-by-step process for successfully designing, implementing and communicating variable reward programs.

Monday, June 23, 2014 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM EST

20 Components of Best in Class Workplace Wellness Programs

Workplace Application: Learn how to implement a successful and cost effective wellness program in your organization.

Monday, June 23, 2014 | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Retiree Medical: An Employer of Choice Offering Thought to be Extinct

Workplace Application: Learn best practices for integrating a retiree Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) into your benefits program, including key regulations, account features and set-up requirements.

Monday, June 23, 2014 | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Designing the Right Total Rewards Strategy in a Rapidly Changing Landscape

Workplace Application: Learn how to conduct a Total Rewards gap assessment to evaluate the effectiveness of your strategy & adapt to changing business and performance needs.

Monday, June 23, 2014 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST

Health Care Reform: Where Are We Now?

Workplace Application: Since the complexity of health care reform leaves many organizations uncertain, this session will show you how to adapt to the newly required market reforms.

Monday, June 23, 2014 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST

Using Incentives to Drive Wellness Program Participation

Workplace Application: You will learn how to implement an incentive strategy linking wellness programming and benefit plan design.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM EST

Blue Oceans and Clean Paper: Using the ACA as a Catalyst to Move Organizational Culture Forward

Workplace Application: Learn how to use the ACA to drive your benefits strategy, with direct connection of the links between wellness, worker’s compensation, safety and customer service.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Employee Benefits: Where Strategy Intersects with Compliance

Workplace Application: This session addresses the importance of employee benefits compliance as well as an employee benefits strategy using the same best practices.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM EST

“Exchanging” Your Employee Benefits Program

Workplace Application: This session will provide an overview of exchanges and the effect they can have on employee benefits programs.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Effective Incentive Plan Design

Workplace Application: This session will help you understand why and how to implement effective incentive plans for all employees within your organization.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Marketing a Successful Financial Wellness Program to Improve Your Workforce's Financial Literacy

Workplace Application: Learn how to improve the financial literacy of your workforce and the best marketing strategies to increase the usage of these programs.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Retirement Plan Management: Choosing a Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA)

Workplace Application: This session will provide an overview of the QDIA provision of the Pension Protection Act as well as a practical process for choosing and monitoring your plan’s QDIA.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM EST

20 Components of Best in Class Workplace Wellness Programs

Workplace Application: Learn how to implement a successful and cost effective wellness program in your organization.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST

LTD Designs to Minimize Litigation Exposure and Maximize Participant Value

Workplace Application: This session reviews recent LTD litigation and offers design approaches that will optimize benefits and minimize litigation and costs.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST

Avoiding the Five Most Dangerous Trends in Employee Wellness

Workplace Application: Learn how to avoid or correct the five most dangerous trends in employee wellness negatively affecting employee engagement and ROI.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

Health Care Reform: Talk is Over, Time for Action

Workplace Application: This session addresses considerations for efficiently maintaining compliance, and reviews applicable plan design options before 2015 open enrollment.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

Is There Hidden Liability in Your Compensation System? Identifying and Eliminating Pay Inequity

Workplace Application: This session shows you how to identify and eliminate pay disparities in your organization.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

The Foundation for Success: Effectively Aligning Performance Management Systems with Total Rewards

Workplace Application: This session identifies a proven methodology that effectively aligns performance with rewards, and discusses tools and techniques to ensure design success.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM EST