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Posted on January 30, 2013 by Warren Heaps | Comments Off on Africa Compensation and Benefits Event – Feb 7th
Are you interested in Compensation and Benefits in Africa? If you are nearby to Johannesburg, you should plan to attend the Employer Roundtable sponsored by Birches Group, Emergence Growth and Aon Hewitt on February 7, 2013.
The event will be held at Aon Hewitt South Africa offices in Sandton. You must register in order to attend. Click here for more information and to reserve your seat.
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Posted in Africa, Benefits, Compensation, Developing Markets, International Employment Law	
Tagged Africa, Compensation, emerging markets, Global HR, international hr, salary surveys	
Posted on August 27, 2012 by Warren Heaps | Comments Off on Salary Scales – Why Can’t We Have Just One?
Organizations operating in dozens of international locations have a lot of work to do to maintain separate salary scales in each country. Every once in a while a client suggests they are considering using just one scale for all their countries globally, or in a region. Then they ask me what I think. I tell them it’s a bad idea.
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Tagged Compensation, Global HR, international hr, salary structures, salary surveys	
Posted on August 12, 2012 by Warren Heaps | 7 comments
Working as an international HR professional is a challenge in so many ways. How can you best prepare for success in your role? Here are some tips which I refer to (with apologies to the late Dr. Steven Covey) as the “Seven Characteristics of Highly Effective International HR Professionals.” Continue reading →
Posted in Cross Cultural Insights, Global HR Expertise, Leadership Development, Professional Development	
Tagged Global HR, international hr	
Calling all compensation professionals! OK, some of you prefer the term “comp geek” but either way, I want to share a great resource.
Recently, I discovered a great new website called XLCalibre. It’s hosted by a chap in the north of England, who prefers to keep his identity a secret for now. I can confirm, however, that the author is male, hence I shall continue to use the male gender for references to him. Continue reading →
Tagged Compensation, compensation analysis, Global HR, hr dashboards, payroll	
Posted in Compensation, Developing Markets, Global HR Expertise, International Benefits	
Tagged Compensation, emerging markets, Global HR, salary surveys	
Posted on May 13, 2012 by Warren Heaps | Comments Off on Maxi-Devaluation in Malawi – HR Response
One of the most challenging situations that compensation professionals face is how to respond to unexpected or unusual external events such as maxi-devaluation, civil unrest, or natural disasters.
On Monday May 7, the new government of Malawi agreed to the demands of the IMF and other donors, and floated the Kwacha, resulting in a 47% devaluation versus the US dollar. The new exchange rate, 246.26 Kwacha per US Dollar as of May 13, is fairly close to the parallel rate that has been in effect for the last several months, so in many ways, this move just makes official a rate that has been operational already in many parts of the economy. Continue reading →
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Posted in Africa, Compensation, Developing Markets, Global HR Expertise	
Tagged Africa, Compensation, devaluation, Developing Markets, emerging markets	