Dont let your guard down, nominate your winner by 19 August 2011

SARA challenges organisations to recognise the contenders within their organisation. Who will you nominate to step into the ring?

Don’t let your guard down, nominate by 19 August 2011.

HR FUTURE Digital: August 2011 issue

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Please turn to page 54 where SARA is featured

GR2 Made Easy With Excel

South African Reward Association presents:

GR2 MADE EASY  

27 September 2011
Bytes Conference Centre
Only attendees who are GRP Graduates or Current GRP Candidates who have completed GR2 will be registered to attend.  

Venue:    Bytes Conference Centre
241 3rd Road
Midrand    
Cost:    R2 000.00 per delegate   
Cancellation Fee:    Please note that  if registration is not cancelled 48 hours before the function or if delegate is a 'No Show' at the function, the delegate will be responsible for the full cost of the function.

RSVP:    Please RSVP by Wednesday, 31 August 2011. Only 20 seats available.
Please email Marlindi@vdw.co.za to register.
Please advise of any dietary requirements: halaal, kosher, vegetarian

More about the facilitator: Dianne Auld

• Dianne was born and educated in Zimbabwe, where she obtained a B Sc Psychology Hons degree. She then spent a year in Malawi, where she taught English and Mathematics at a secondary school, before moving to South Africa.
• In South Africa, Dianne first worked for Richards Bay Minerals as an HR Officer, then for Unilever in Durban, for 5 years as Remuneration Manager and for two years as a Systems Analyst responsible for the integration of HR systems.  From Durban she and her family moved to Cape Town, where Dianne worked for Old Mutual for 7 years as a Remuneration Consultant.
• In 1999 Dianne started up her own consulting practice – Auld Compensation Consulting.  She currently consults on all aspects of reward to a wide range of corporate clients, and runs a number of remuneration training workshops.  She also works part time (3 mornings a week) for Pick n' Pay,  where she advises on group remuneration policy and practices.
• In 2007 Dianne, in partnership with Remchannel, designed REMeasure, an internet based job evaluation system,  which was launched in April 2008.
• Dianne is a faculty member with Worldatwork and a reviewer for the Worldatwork journal.  She completed her Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) certification in 2006, her Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) qualification in 2010, and is an accredited trainer for the Worldatwork GRP courses, run through the South African Reward Association (SARA).  Dianne is on the committee of the Western Cape branch of SARA.
• Dianne has published many articles on remuneration in HR journals, a chapter on remuneration in “Managing Industrial Relations in South Africa”, and a series of fact sheets on remuneration for IPM.  She has been publishing a weekly column in the Worldatwork Compensation Newsletter since November 2008.   Dianne developed and presented a webinar for Worldatwork on Regression Analysis using Excel in 2009.

MORE INFO

What reward challenges does you organisation face?

Please help us shape the Pre-Conference session this year on the 26th of October by sending in the top reward challenges and issues you are currently facing and have to deal with in your organisation. We have a panel of experts that will review and prepare the feedback to debate these issues at the session on the 26th of October. We will allow for the audience to participate in the discussions in order for you to take home with you possible solutions and perspectives on these issues.

The panel of experts we have identified for this session are:

1. John Rubino
2. Dianne Auld
3. Ronel Nienaber
4. Nicolene de Beer

Please click here to submit the top reward challenges and issues you are currently facing by Friday, 29 July.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Did you know that SA is being viewed as a leader in the Reward Management arena?

It is widely discussed and confirmed by those travelling the world that SA is at the forefront of developments and practices in the area of Reward Management. This is due to the expertise in the reward field and reward and human resources professionals making a difference by customising and implementing reward solutions unique to the organisation's requirements. 

We "HAVE TO RECOGNISE" and acknowledge those that are contirbuting to this positive image of our industry. If you have been involved in or if you have witnessed colleagues going the extra mile to develop, implement or maintain appropriate reward strategies or practices in your organisation, please do not hesitate to forward their nomination to SARA for this year's awards.

The winners will join an esteemed group of people who have won these awards over the last 9 years - see the list below. But even if the nominees do not win an award, the industry will still recognise their contributions and celebrate their achievements at our year-end function at the end of October with those that nominated them. Best practice is your customised reward strategies and practices in your organisation which is managed, maintained and developed by reward and human resources professionals that deserves the recognition for their hard work. Get your nominations in before the closing date on the 19th of August. Nominations must be done online, please click on the link below to submit your nomination.

Online nomination form

Previous Winners:

SARA REWARDS AWARDS
YEAR	REWARD STRATEGIST AWARD	REWARD PRACTITIONER AWARD	REWARD TEAM AWARD
2003	Paola Ciucci BAT	Aisha Wadee PPC
2004	Sue Tosh Old Mutual	Willemien van der Merwe Business Connexion
2005	Kirk Kruger & Petrus Hendricksz SAB Miller	Anusuya Govender Cell C
2006	Yvonne Webb Sasol Group Services	Lee-Ann Samuel ABSA Bank Ltd	Nedbank
2007	Neil Ulrich The Presidency	Chrisilla Grigoriadis Cell C	DPSA
2008	Ronel Nienaber Nedbank Goup	Gerrie Cloete Transnet	Transnet
2009	Linda McMullin Accenture	Samantha van Rensburg Goldfields	First National Bank
2010	Bertina Engelbrecht Clicks Group Limited	Menushka Govender Cadbury SA (Pty) Ltd	Woolworths
2011	???	???	???

The Flexible Workspace - A Dialogue Session in Durban

The workplace of the future in not necessarily in the workplace.  Talent attraction and retention is a key driver of the need to find a new and more balanced approach to work in the modern world.  This round table discussion focuses on a very recent South African case study where flexible work practices were implemented.

Date:	Friday, 26 August 2011
Venue:	Sica’s Guesthouse 19 Owen Avenue Durban
Programme:	07h00:  Registration 07h30:  Breakfast 08h00:  Presentation 08h30:  Dialogue Session 09h30:  Closure
Cost:	Members:  Free of charge Non-members:  R250 per delegate
RSVP:	Please RSVP by Friday, 19 August 2011. Please click here to register
Please advise of any special dietary requirements:  Halaal, kosher, vegetarian, etc

MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER

ALISON RICHARDSON SunGard Africa After matriculating, Alison spent a year in the South African Army Women’s College in George. She joined the South African Permanent Building Society in 1984, and worked in various roles while studying part time; the Perm was taken over by Nedbank. Alison spent many years at Nedbank in various roles, the last as the Head of Talent Management for the group. During this time, Alison led a small project team which researched and implemented flexible work practices for the Group in 2009. Alison left Nedbank in early 2009 to complete her MBA, and joined SunGard Systems South Africa (Pty) Ltd.  She is currently the HR Director for SunGard Africa, which includes Israel and Dubai.   Alison enjoys travelling, and has travelled to more than 20 different countries during the past few years; her next adventure is to Italy to discover Venice, Florence and Tuscany in September 2011.  She also enjoys long walks, wilderness trails in the Kruger National Park, scrapbooking, art, good coffee and reality TV. SPONSORED BY

THE FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE A DIALOGUE SESSION IN DURBAN

The workplace of the future in not necessarily in the workplace.  Talent attraction and retention is a key driver of the need to find a new and more balanced approach to work in the modern world.  This round table discussion focuses on a very recent South African case study where flexible work practices were implemented.

FUNCTION DETAILS

Date: Friday, 26 August 2011 Venue: Sica’s Guesthouse 19 Owen Avenue Durban Programme: 07h00:  Registration 07h30:  Breakfast 08h00:  Presentation 08h30:  Dialogue Session 09h30:  Closure Cost: Members:  Free of charge Non-members:  R250 per delegate RSVP: Please RSVP by Friday, 19 August 2011. Please click here to register Please advise of any special dietary requirements:  Halaal, kosher, vegetarian, etc

MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER

ALISON RICHARDSON SunGard Africa After matriculating, Alison spent a year in the South African Army Women’s College in George. She joined the South African Permanent Building Society in 1984, and worked in various roles while studying part time; the Perm was taken over by Nedbank. Alison spent many years at Nedbank in various roles, the last as the Head of Talent Management for the group. During this time, Alison led a small project team which researched and implemented flexible work practices for the Group in 2009. Alison left Nedbank in early 2009 to complete her MBA, and joined SunGard Systems South Africa (Pty) Ltd.  She is currently the HR Director for SunGard Africa, which includes Israel and Dubai.   Alison enjoys travelling, and has travelled to more than 20 different countries during the past few years; her next adventure is to Italy to discover Venice, Florence and Tuscany in September 2011.  She also enjoys long walks, wilderness trails in the Kruger National Park, scrapbooking, art, good coffee and reality TV.

The Flexible Workspace - A Dialogue Session in Durban

The workplace of the future in not necessarily in the workplace.  Talent attraction and retention is a key driver of the need to find a new and more balanced approach to work in the modern world.  This round table discussion focuses on a very recent South African case study where flexible work practices were implemented.

Date:	Friday, 26 August 2011
Venue:	Sica’s Guesthouse 19 Owen Avenue Durban
Programme:	07h00:  Registration 07h30:  Breakfast 08h00:  Presentation 08h30:  Dialogue Session 09h30:  Closure
Cost:	Members:  Free of charge Non-members:  R250 per delegate
RSVP:	Please RSVP by Friday, 19 August 2011. Please click here to register
Please advise of any special dietary requirements:  Halaal, kosher, vegetarian, etc

MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER

ALISON RICHARDSON SunGard Africa After matriculating, Alison spent a year in the South African Army Women’s College in George. She joined the South African Permanent Building Society in 1984, and worked in various roles while studying part time; the Perm was taken over by Nedbank. Alison spent many years at Nedbank in various roles, the last as the Head of Talent Management for the group. During this time, Alison led a small project team which researched and implemented flexible work practices for the Group in 2009. Alison left Nedbank in early 2009 to complete her MBA, and joined SunGard Systems South Africa (Pty) Ltd.  She is currently the HR Director for SunGard Africa, which includes Israel and Dubai.   Alison enjoys travelling, and has travelled to more than 20 different countries during the past few years; her next adventure is to Italy to discover Venice, Florence and Tuscany in September 2011.  She also enjoys long walks, wilderness trails in the Kruger National Park, scrapbooking, art, good coffee and reality TV. SPONSORED BY

THE FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE A DIALOGUE SESSION IN DURBAN

The workplace of the future in not necessarily in the workplace.  Talent attraction and retention is a key driver of the need to find a new and more balanced approach to work in the modern world.  This round table discussion focuses on a very recent South African case study where flexible work practices were implemented.

FUNCTION DETAILS

Date: Friday, 26 August 2011 Venue: Sica’s Guesthouse 19 Owen Avenue Durban Programme: 07h00:  Registration 07h30:  Breakfast 08h00:  Presentation 08h30:  Dialogue Session 09h30:  Closure Cost: Members:  Free of charge Non-members:  R250 per delegate RSVP: Please RSVP by Friday, 19 August 2011. Please click here to register Please advise of any special dietary requirements:  Halaal, kosher, vegetarian, etc

MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER

ALISON RICHARDSON SunGard Africa After matriculating, Alison spent a year in the South African Army Women’s College in George. She joined the South African Permanent Building Society in 1984, and worked in various roles while studying part time; the Perm was taken over by Nedbank. Alison spent many years at Nedbank in various roles, the last as the Head of Talent Management for the group. During this time, Alison led a small project team which researched and implemented flexible work practices for the Group in 2009. Alison left Nedbank in early 2009 to complete her MBA, and joined SunGard Systems South Africa (Pty) Ltd.  She is currently the HR Director for SunGard Africa, which includes Israel and Dubai.   Alison enjoys travelling, and has travelled to more than 20 different countries during the past few years; her next adventure is to Italy to discover Venice, Florence and Tuscany in September 2011.  She also enjoys long walks, wilderness trails in the Kruger National Park, scrapbooking, art, good coffee and reality TV.

Survey: The effect of expatriate salary on host country nationals

Good day,
 
Natasha Sage, Masters Degree Student, is conducting research to evaluate THE EFFECT OF EXPATRIATE SALARY ON HOST COUNTRY NATIONALS (Local Employees) IN SOUTH AFRICA: A STUDY INVOLVING PERCEIVED COMPENSATION DISPARITY, ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION.This is to comply with the requirements of a Master’s Degree from the University of Pretoria.
 
People fulfilling ALL the following requirements should complete the survey:
 
1.  South African employee working in South Africa
2.  SA employee who works in close proximity with an expatriate (foreign employee).  Also:
     a. On the same or similar hierarchical level OR
     b. Doing the same or similar work
 
 
HOW to complete the survey: It is an online survey which takes approximately 7-10min; simply click on the link and follow the instructions
The link is: http://www.up.ac.za/hrresearch/index.php?sid=67897&lang=en
 
Confidentiality: Confidentiality of results of participants as well as your institution will be maintained. Your organisation will not be identified in any of the publications (except in the report to yourself). The questionnaire does not request any form of identification from individual or organisation.
 
Results: Results will be made available on request, in addition result comments and recommendation of my thesis study will be passed on to your organisation.
 
Natasha’s supervisors details are: Dr  Nicolene Barkhuizen nicolene.barkhuizen@up.ac.za 
 
Please feel free to access the survey to verify its legitimacy – if you are also working on the same level as an expatriate you may also complete the survey; otherwise please open and review and then you may close without completing.
 
Your assistance will be GREATLY appreciated!