http://select.mercer.com/podcast/ps/102220/en-usAudio content on current HR issues from Mercer SelectAudio content from Mercer Select (select.mercer.com), including news headlines and features on key topics from around the world affecting employers' retirement, health, compensation and HR programs.Audio content from Mercer Select (select.mercer.com), including news headlines and features on key topics from around the world affecting employers' retirement, health, compensation and HR programs.Podcast: Research Matters ¿ Engagement in the energy sectorIn this podcast in the Research Matters series, Mercer expert Peter Rutigliano explores the latest trends in employee engagement in the energy sector and how employers should change their practices to appeal to millennials and exploit new technologies.In this podcast in the Research Matters series, Mercer expert Peter Rutigliano explores the latest trends in employee engagement in the energy sector and how employers should change their practices to appeal to millennials and exploit new technologies.29 Aug 2018Research Matters podcast: Top H&B compliance issuesHear Mercer expert Katharine Marshall discuss the top 10 health and benefit compliance issues employers will face in the upcoming year. Top of mind for employers are issues relating to state law and HSAs.Hear Mercer expert Katharine Marshall discuss the top 10 health and benefit compliance issues employers will face in the upcoming year. Top of mind for employers are issues relating to state law and HSAs.9 Aug 2018Research Matters podcast: US CEO pay ratiosHear Mercer expert Susan Eichen report what's been learned from US companies' disclosure of the ratio between CEO pay and the median pay of employees. Eichen is interviewed in this 15-minute podcast in the Research Matters podcast series.Hear Mercer expert Susan Eichen report what's been learned from US companies' disclosure of the ratio between CEO pay and the median pay of employees. Eichen is interviewed in this 15-minute podcast in the Research Matters podcast series.17 May 2018Research Matters: Total rewards podcastLearn how the total rewards concept is changing and how high-performing companies are adapting to new trends in personalization and communication to enhance their employee value propositions, in the first of a podcast series highlighting the latest research.Learn how the total rewards concept is changing and how high-performing companies are adapting to new trends in personalization and communication to enhance their employee value propositions, in the first of a podcast series highlighting the latest research.19 Apr 201810:10Data Mining & Insights2017 Worldwide Benefit & Employment Guidelines¿Western EuropeMercer¿s 2017 Worldwide Benefit & Employment Guidelines helps you keep track of constantly evolving benefit laws and regulations, as well as understand employment conditions and statutory and typical benefits in 77 countries.Mercer¿s 2017 Worldwide Benefit & Employment Guidelines helps you keep track of constantly evolving benefit laws and regulations, as well as understand employment conditions and statutory and typical benefits in 77 countries.1 Jun 2017Conversation difficile en vue: êtes-vous prêt?"Un outil simple et efficace pour affronter les conversations difficiles... Une conversation improvisée peut créer des frustrations et biaiser le message à communiquer. De là l'importance de bien se préparer." (Webdiffusion, 6:51)"Un outil simple et efficace pour affronter les conversations difficiles... Une conversation improvisée peut créer des frustrations et biaiser le message à communiquer. De là l'importance de bien se préparer." (Webdiffusion, 6:51)3 Aug 20156:51Why We Pretend to Be WorkaholicsErin Reid of Boston University discusses her research revealing how men find unobtrusive, under-the-radar ways to skirt the demands of long working hours while women who had trouble with long hours tended to take formal accommodations and paid the price.Erin Reid of Boston University discusses her research revealing how men find unobtrusive, under-the-radar ways to skirt the demands of long working hours while women who had trouble with long hours tended to take formal accommodations and paid the price.7 May 201518:42The Massive LGBT Shift In The Workplace"Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn [talks] about the rapid shift in businesses to ensure equal rights to LGBT workers. ... Koehn noted that twenty years ago businesses that supported LGBT rights were few and far between.""Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn [talks] about the rapid shift in businesses to ensure equal rights to LGBT workers. ... Koehn noted that twenty years ago businesses that supported LGBT rights were few and far between."5 May 201523:19Autism at Work: Releasing Talent and Harnessing Creativity"In the run up to World Autism Awareness Day ... a diverse panel featuring an employer, an academic, an autism at work expert, and an autistic employee ... ask: how can workplaces adapt so as to offer greater opportunities to those with autism, and benefit themselves as a result?""In the run up to World Autism Awareness Day ... a diverse panel featuring an employer, an academic, an autism at work expert, and an autistic employee ... ask: how can workplaces adapt so as to offer greater opportunities to those with autism, and benefit themselves as a result?"27 Mar 2014Pensions make progress in third quarter"Resilient global equity markets helped lift Canadian pension plans back into positive territory during the third quarter, finds a survey from RBC Investor & Treasury Services. ... DB pension assets rose 3.6% during the three months ending Sept. 30, 2013.""Resilient global equity markets helped lift Canadian pension plans back into positive territory during the third quarter, finds a survey from RBC Investor & Treasury Services. ... DB pension assets rose 3.6% during the three months ending Sept. 30, 2013."29 Oct 2013Overcoming your unconscious bias"Making yourself and others aware of unconscious bias can make for a more inclusive culture and wider pool of talent. So how should organisations tackle it? ""Making yourself and others aware of unconscious bias can make for a more inclusive culture and wider pool of talent. So how should organisations tackle it? "18 Jun 2013Une assurance médicaments qui peut coûter très cher"Au Québec, tout le monde doit participer à un régime d'assurance médicaments; c'est la loi. Si votre employeur ou, par exemple, votre ordre professionnel vous offre un régime privé d'assurance médicaments, ... vous devez y adhérer.""Au Québec, tout le monde doit participer à un régime d'assurance médicaments; c'est la loi. Si votre employeur ou, par exemple, votre ordre professionnel vous offre un régime privé d'assurance médicaments, ... vous devez y adhérer."8 Jan 2013John L. UtzLeaves of Absence: Employee Benefits ConsiderationsWhen an employee on leave remains covered under a retirement plan, the employer must evaluate how service is counted, distributions, and the mechanics of employee contributions that are permitted or required.When an employee on leave remains covered under a retirement plan, the employer must evaluate how service is counted, distributions, and the mechanics of employee contributions that are permitted or required.1 Sep 2012Mental incompetence at workCBC's Anna Maria Tremonti looks at dementia in the workplace. Experts discuss the need for a strategy and standards to de-stigmatize the disease, balance privacy and protection concerns, and to better meet the needs of employers and employees diagnosed with the disease.CBC's Anna Maria Tremonti looks at dementia in the workplace. Experts discuss the need for a strategy and standards to de-stigmatize the disease, balance privacy and protection concerns, and to better meet the needs of employers and employees diagnosed with the disease.3 Sep 2012Prescription drug shortagesCBC's Anna Maria Tremonti and Dr. Brian Goldman discuss the impact of prescription drug shortages on the health of Canadians, the "opaque practices" that have led to recent shortages and mechanisms that could be employed to better manage drug availability.CBC's Anna Maria Tremonti and Dr. Brian Goldman discuss the impact of prescription drug shortages on the health of Canadians, the "opaque practices" that have led to recent shortages and mechanisms that could be employed to better manage drug availability.3 Sep 2012