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• World at Work Certification | Health and Welfare Plans - Strategic Planning and Design

  • Start
    September 19, 2022
  • End
    September 21, 2022
  • Location
    Virtual (from Scottsdale, AZ)

  Health and Welfare Plans -- Planning and Design

  Learn advanced, cost-effective strategies for designing and managing employee health and welfare benefit plans.

  Effectively managing health and welfare plans is vital: These programs are highly valued by employees but can be costly and complex to provide. This course will help you understand design strategies and learn techniques for creating and maintaining competitive health benefits programs that support changing employee and family health needs while managing costs.

  This course dives into the essentials of a multi-year health and welfare benefits strategy that establishes plan priorities and a framework for traditional management. It covers eligibility, plan design and cost sharing, as well as strategies for connecting your core benefits philosophy with well-designed health plans that will save money while keeping your employees healthy and happy.

  What You Will Learn 

  • Learn to strategically assess benefits plan design and the strategies that typically play a role.
    
  • See the key activities performed when conducting a gap analysis.
    
  • Learn about the methods used and considerations taken when selecting and designing health and welfare benefits plans.
    
  • Hear about the process for determining costs within health and welfare benefits plans.
    
  • See how to fund health and welfare insurance plans.
    
  • Learn how to obtain management approval for new or proposed benefits programs.
    

  Who Will Benefit from This Course? 

  This course is ideal for U.S. HR professionals seeking to expand their understanding and practical knowledge of the health benefits design process.

  Course Credits

  WorldatWork Certification: 

  • Successful completion of this course and its accompanying exam can be applied to the Certified Benefits Professional certification.

  WorldatWork Recertification: 

  • Course — 2 credits
  • Exam — 0.5 credits

  CEUs: 
  

  • Course — 1.6 credits
  • Exam — 0.9 credits

  HRCI Recertification: 

  • Course — 16 classroom hours 
    

  SHRM Recertification: 

  • Course — 16 classroom hours

  Sep 19, 2022 - Sep 21, 2022

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• World at Work Certification | Compensation Immersion Program

  • Start
    October 03, 2022
  • End
    October 13, 2022
  • Location
    Virtual (from Scottsdale, AZ)

  Global Compensation Immersion Program

  Course Program

  Week 1

  Format: Virtual program held online Monday through Wednesday, from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM ET, with a 30-minute break for lunch. 

  Content: Attain a solid foundation in global compensation, including:

  • Discover key international standards, including the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). 
  • See how culture may influence global rewards and employee motivation.
  • Explore base and variable pay and identify potential global compensation challenges. 
  • Learn processes that support job analysis, documentation and evaluation. 

  Week 2

  Format: Virtual program held online Monday through Thursday, from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM ET, with a 30-minute break for lunch. 

  Content: Gain practical skills in global compensation:

  • Learn to better understand survey data by examining factors such as data sources, formats and components of data integrity.
  • See how to design fair and competitive compensation programs by examining the principles, design, implementation and evaluation of a base pay program.
  • Explore common business strategies and see how variable pay plans can help achieve business objectives.
  • Discover the non-technical skills needed to succeed as a global compensation practitioner.  

  The last day features an open discussion forum with leaders and colleagues and includes time for Q&A.

  Oct 03, 2022 - Oct 13, 2022

  Week One daily sessions: October 3-5. Week Two daily sessions: October 10-13. All sessions run from 10:00am - 1:30pm Eastern

  
  

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• World at Work Certification | Compensation Immersion Program

  • Start
    November 07, 2022
  • End
    November 17, 2022
  • Location
    Virtual (from Scottsdale, AZ)

  Compensation Immersion Program (CIP)

  Course Program
  Formats:

  Attend via the format that best fits your needs. Either way, you will obtain the same great content. 

  Virtual: Meet online for seven live 3.5-hour sessions, spread over two weeks.

  In-Person: Meet onsite for five consecutive days, Monday through Friday. Monday and Friday are half-day sessions.

  Content:

  • Gain a strategic overview of compensation programs and how they align with your rewards program.
  • Explore U.S. federal rules and regulations related to compensation design and administration.
  • Learn processes that support job analysis, documentation and evaluation.
  • Learn to better understand survey data by examining factors such as data sources, formats and components of data integrity.
  • See how to design fair and competitive compensation programs by examining the principles, design, implementation and evaluation of a base pay program.
  • Explore common business strategies and see how variable pay plans can help achieve business objectives.
  • Discover the non-technical skills needed to succeed as a global compensation practitioner. 
  • Receive time for Q&A and open discussion with leaders and colleagues.

  Nov 07, 2022 - Nov 17, 2022

  Week One (Monday-Wednesday) - November 7-9; Week Two (Monday-Thursday) - November 14-17; Sessions are 3.5 hour blocks (2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET) with a 30-minute break

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