Friday Coffee Talk from Planet Fair

The latest trends in AI and its growing impact in HR processes is one of the key points that Margret talks about with Henrike in this coffee talk live from Total Rewards ´25 in Orlando.

Join Henrike von Platen, CEO of FPI and Michelle Sequeira, CEO of Included, in this engaging coffee talk as they discuss the importance of embedding fairness and equity into talent management processes. Michelle shares her insights on data-driven approaches to ensure fair pay, reduce pay gaps, and address biases in recruitment and performance management. Learn about strategic and sustainable appro...

Today, we had an engaging coffee talk at Planet Fair. We delved into the intricacies of the Austrian tariff system and compared it with the German system, discussing the importance of fair initial wage placement and its long-term impact on employees' careers. We also explored methods for ensuring pay equity, including analyzing deviations from minimum pay and grouping employees effectively. A...

In this episode Margret Bjarnadottir discusses the first steps towards pay transparency with the founder of Fair Pay Partners Vicky Peakman. Vicky has extensive experience in advising companies on pay equity and transparency and in this episode Vicky and Margret discuss how simplifying compensation policies are a key step towards pay transparency and how company and national culture affect how com...

In this episode, Henrike von Platen sits down with Dr Sue Black OBE, a professor of computer science and technology evangelist at Durham University. They dive into the fascinating topic of bias in AI, discussing real-world examples and the implications of biased AI systems.

In this episode, Henrike sits down with Michael Elling a leadership and HR expert to discuss the importance of leadership, HR strategies, and the mindset needed for company growth. The episode highlights the significance of having the right leadership and HR value chain for company success and reflects on a fair pay success story.

Margret attended the EPIC (Equal Pay International Coalition) technical meeting and gives an update. During the two day meeting the discussion focused on persistent gender pay gap, the pension gaps and strategies for pay transparency. During her short remarks during the meeting Margret emphasized that we have to tools to drive the equal down to zero - yesterday!

What about benefits?  Mastering Pay Equity: Tackling Employee Benefits, Health Insurance, and Fair Compensation Strategies. Are your benefits truly fair? Join Henrike and Margret as they delve into the intricacies of employee benefits, health insurance, and fair compensation strategies. Gain valuable insights and practical advice on ensuring equity in your organization's benefits package.

After three years of intense coffee talks, Margret and Henrike took a well-deserved summer break that stretched into the fall, and now they're back in action! In Episode 66, they share what they've been up to and how their focus has evolved over the years. Tune in to catch up with them and hear about their exciting new directions.

Breitling is known for its expertly engineered timepieces. And in the last few years, the renowned watchmaker has also been applying its eye for precision and accuracy to a workforce goal: evaluating and minimizing its gender pay gap. This week, Henrike talks with Nadja Sirotkina, Breitling’s rewards and performance lead, about what she and her colleagues have learned during the company’s pursuit...

This year's WorldatWork Total Rewards conference is over, and before flying out, Margrét fills Henrike in on all the exciting insights she gained from the event. These include focusing on job architecture to prepare for upcoming regulations like the European pay transparency directive , shifting from a job evaluation to a skill evaluation approach, and implementing AI in the compensation space...

The need for workplace gender equality is global—but business environments and local requirements vary tremendously from one country to another. This means that one-size-fits-all approaches and advice can often fall short. And any program that aims to help employers worldwide move towards fair pay must also be able to offer a highly individualized approach. This is exactly the kind of program that...

Henrike brings a challenging case to the table for this week’s coffee talk. She’s been deeply involved in helping companies prepare for the EU pay transparency directive , and the directive requires companies to establish pay bands. The directive will also allow employees to ask for a comparison between their pay and the pay of their co-workers. This means that employers must be able to explain to...

In this coffee talk with Henrike von Platen and Dietmar Knoess of the PUMA group, we hear about both the pleasant surprise and the challenges in PUMA’s journey into fair pay leadership.

It’s intuitive that a gender pay gap would leave women feeling less than satisfied in the workplace. But according to Sana Zafar, our coffee talk guest, the real effect is more nuanced. Pay gaps lead to lower satisfaction among both women and men, but through different mechanisms.

University of Iceland Researcher Thora Christiansen has been looking into why, despite Iceland’s intensive work on pay equity, there are still so few female CEOs. In this coffee talk, Thora joins Margrét to talk about her research into this problem—and a few possible solutions.

The pay gap is a well-known problem—but Margrét and her research collaborators are always looking for better ways to solve it. This week, Margrét tells Henrike about her new article in the Harvard Business Review . Written with PayAnalytics co-founder David Anderson and research partner David Gaddis Ross, the article describes a fresh and more effective approach to closing the pay gap.

The Coffee Talk team is back with renewed energy to discuss the piece of legislation that all European companies are talking about: The EU Pay Transparency Directive. Discover the key takeaways of the Directive and the first steps your company can take to comply.

To achieve and maintain pay equity, you need to ensure that compensation across countries, provinces and states, and cities is fair and equitable. But how do you do that?

Lightning round. In this week’s Coffee Talk, Henrike von Platen and Margrét Bjarnadóttir talk about the Reykjavik Global Forum – Women Leaders,  which was held in Reykjavík on November 13-14, 2023. At the Forum, each session was short—and Henrike moderated an 18-minute session with four panelists on a particularly urgent topic: The rising cost of living.

In our latest installment of Coffee Talks with Planet Fair, Margrét has just returned from a visit to the Conference Board’s Executive Compensation conference in New York City with many lessons to share with listeners about bonuses, incentives, and base pay.

This week, Henrike caught up with Marcus Priest, Head of U.S. and R&D Rewards at Novartis, to learn about Novartis’ public pledge with the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) . Many companies have taken this pledge in their own way, committing to reducing inequalities through targeted goals that fit their organizational culture.

Join Margrét and Henrike on an insightful conversation about pay equity statements and discover what to include in those reports when communicating, both internally and externally, your organization’s pay equity philosophy.

In this week’s Coffee Talk, Henrike von Platen of Fair Pay Innovation Lab speaks with Marcus Priest, Head of Global R&D Rewards at Novartis, about communicating the pledge to become a fair pay organization. Listen to Novartis’ success story in this episode of the Coffee Talk with Planet Fair to learn more about how to build an internal communications strategy to support pay transparency—even a...

In this episode, Margrét and Henrike talk about certifications and their benefits. Tune in for an insightful conversation!