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2008-2009 Editorial Calendar & Deadlines
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2008
November —Spotlight on Performance and Recognition
*Focus on Asia Pacific — workspan Supplement
Space Reservation: 9/12/2008
Materials Due: 9/25/2008
- Recognition by generation
- Performance management
- Enrollment
- Automated 401K enrollment
- Turnover (beyond prevention)
- Total rewards case studies
December
Space Reservation: 10/13/2008
Materials Due: 10/24/2008
- Geographic pay
- Premiums vs. differentials or separate structures
- How, why, rationale, pros, cons, trends
- Paid time off banks
- Controlling rising prescription drug costs
- Mentoring
- Generational work styles
- Benefits trends
*Media Calendar subject to change
2009
January — Tools for Total Rewards Success Advertorial
Deadline for manuscript submissions: Oct. 20, 2008
- How to be successful in 2009
- Total rewards
- Communication
- Strategy and business performance
- Talent management
- Employee engagement
- Telework
- The relationship of CEOs and total rewards professionals
February — Survey Advertorial
Deadline for manuscript submissions: Nov. 24, 2008
- Sales compensation trends
- Work-life effectiveness
- Health and wellness
- Workplace flexibility
- Success stories in total rewards
- HR/total rewards/benefits surveys
- Survey providers
- Getting the most out of your surveys
March
Deadline for manuscript submissions: Dec. 20, 2008
- Variable pay
- Program communication
- Global comparisons
- Development and career opportunities
- Career paths
- Succession planning
- Talent management during M&A
- Trends in consumer-driven health care
- Executive compensation
- Corporate sustainability
April — Pre-conference Showcase
Deadline for manuscript submissions: Jan. 19, 2009
- WorldatWork Total Rewards Conference preview
- Attraction, motivation and retention trends around the world
- Continuity of operations and telework
- Equity compensation
- Expatriate issues
- Severance trends
- Technology in total rewards
May — Annual Conference Issue
Bonus Distribution to WorldatWork Conference
Deadline for manuscript submissions: Feb. 23, 2009
- Global compensation practices
- Trends in pay communication
- Work-life programs by generation
- Succession planning
- Mentoring/coaching
- Health-care cost increases
- FMLA issues
June — Bonus Distribution to Benefits Practitioners
Deadline for manuscript submissions: March 23, 2009
- Recognition practices
- Global retirement trends
- Income protection (disability, long-term disability, long-term care, etc.)
- Sales compensation
- Self-service benefits administration
- Caregiving and eldercare
- The ROI of disease management
July — Executive Compensation and Benefits Advertorial Issue
Deadline for manuscript submissions: April 20, 2009
- Generational differences in total rewards practice
- Global executive benefits and perquisites
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health-care funding
- Compensation discussion & analysis review
- Retirement and financial education
- Onboarding
August — Technology Trends Showcase
Readex Advertising Effectiveness Survey
Deadline for manuscript submissions: May 25, 2009
- Technology’s increasing role in total rewards
- Expatriate/repatriate issues
- Market pricing
- Paid time off
- Recognition
- Global job leveling/pay bands
- Global trends in career development
September — WorldatWork Salary Budget Survey Issue – Bonus Distribution to Compensation Practitioners
Includes Survey Showcase
Deadline for manuscript submissions: June 22, 2009
- The shifting sales talent pool
- Job evaluation
- Internal vs. external equity
- Issues in base pay management (e.g., shift differentials)
- Managing performance
- Coaching
- Alignment of rewards and performance measures
- Merit cycles/base pay management
- Competencies
- Flexible benefits
October — Partners in Practice: A Guide to Consulting Advertorial Issue
Deadline for manuscript submissions: July 20, 2009
- Work-life effectiveness
- Telework
- Flexible work arrangements
- Wellness benefits
- Generational differences
- Executive compensation
- Outsourcing
- National Work and Family Month
- Attracting and retaining in a down economy
- Peer group selection
November — Focus on Performance and Recognition
*Focus on Asia Pacific — workspan Special Section
Deadline for manuscript submissions: Aug. 17, 2009
- Recognition by generation
- Talent management
- Enrollment
- Automated 401K enrollment
- Turnover (beyond prevention)
- The ROI of Wellness Programs
December
Deadline for manuscript submissions: Sept. 21, 2009
*Focus on Europe — workspan Special Section
- Geographic pay
- Premiums vs. differentials
- Trends
- Paid time off banks
- Controlling rising prescription drug costs
- Mentoring
- Generational work styles
- Benefits trends
*Focus supplements are subject to change
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