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		<title><![CDATA[Completing the Puzzle: The 3-P Integrated Solution]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260285]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Shouldn't there be a consistent, simple, and integrated approach to human resource management? One in which all aspects of HR, whether performance management, organization effectiveness, compensation, or training and development, are clear, speak to each other, are presented in a consistent manner, and work toward a common goal? Fortunately, there...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Practical Realities of Pan-European Pensions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260973]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There was much fanfare and press coverage about the pension's directive, which was finally a legal requirement from 2005. In comparison, the proposed portability directive has received relatively little in the way of media attention - but the financial consequences of this legislation are far more worrying for European multi-nationals....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hot Potato: Can Employees Handle Pension Risks Shunned by Employers?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260958]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business success is highly dependent on having the right people in place at the right time, on motivating them well, and on providing the appropriate means to retain them and help them exit employment in a planned way. Although financial statements do not directly focus on it,   talent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mind the Gap - International Retirement Plans and Other Global Mobile Retirement Delivery Approaches]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260959]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The most common approach to dealing with globally mobile employees is to maintain participation of those employees within the home country arrangements when they are moved on assignment. In fact, many multinationals base their entire expatriate benefits policy on this "One-size-fits-all" approach. But it is not always possible to maintain...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A New Approach to Dutch Pensions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260960]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Employer-sponsored retirement benefits are an essential component of the Dutch retirement income. While social security is fairly generous, employees rely heavily on employer-sponsored pensions during their retirement. More than 90 percent of the workforce participates in occupational or supplementary retirement plans, and for the average employee income during retirement from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Key Factor 8 - Refine Company Objectives]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260954]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[During 2006, company managers will be presenting a new view of their companies to investors and analysts, based on international accounting standards. The company managers may well find that the procedures they have built up over the years to avoid sudden changes to the accounting picture are not so effective...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Finally, a Defined Benefit Plan Without Volatility!]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260961]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating shareholder value and mitigating risk are two important themes in pension fund management and design. The volatile accounting costs and contribution requirements of Defined Benefit DB pension plans have prompted many global companies to consider switching to Defined Contribution DC plans as the sole vehicle for employer-supported retirement income....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Benefits for Globally Mobile Employees - Tried and Tested Policies for Traditional Assignees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260962]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Home country programmes are the most commonly used approach, but they do not always work well. Sometimes they work only with awkward patches. As companies are re-evaluating their approach to retirement benefits in general, they are also re-evaluating the handling of global employees. An alternative approach - the international plan...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France: A New Landscape for Employer-Provided Retirement Plans]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260964]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[France still has many fundamental demographic problems with its population and Social Security arrangements. For a long time, France has not attracted much attention from multinationals as a hospitable country in which to do business. But now could be a good time for companies to take another look at France....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Work Choices: From IR to HR - Are Your Choices Clear?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=260290]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Engaged and motivated employees mean a more efficient and profitable organisation. Employees who do not have their information needs met are likely to be preoccupied with workplace change. The absence of effective two-way communication leads to workplace disruption and hence reduction in productivity and ultimately profitability. Organisations embarking on workplace...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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