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Work Groups (International) Organizational Structure and Governance Work Groups Our Mission  Regional Roundtables The domestic and international forums each have a Our mission is to impact the evolution of global benefits and o APAC Steering Committee that make up the Board of create leading edge innovations. We develop and improve o EMEA Directors. The Steering Committees meet quarterly the global market while supporting the culture, philosophy, o India and the Board of Directors meets at least annually. and benefits strategy of our member companies. o CaLATAM The decision making is held within the organization What We Do through the all-member Forum level where  Global Retirement approvals of new members and the budget are We are a coalition comprised of high-tech companies that  Global Operations made. impact the evolution of global benefits. SVEF supports two forums: domestic and international, both of which have Affiliations Quarterly Meetings distinct memberships and focus on comprehensive employee benefits. We benchmark benefit plan and program Pacific Business Group on Health The domestic and international forums each hold designs to support the sharing of best practices and lessons Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) is one quarterly all-member meetings that are pivotal points learned. The group leverages our purchasing power to bring of the nation’s leading coalitions focused on of the work and support valued professional improvement and change to the practice of employee healthcare. Respected as a purchaser voice about networking. The meetings are hosted at employer benefits management. reform, the mission of PBGH is to moderate cost sites in the region. and improve quality. Measurement, accountability, Member Companies: Lam Research and transparency are cornerstones of the work of Adobe Systems Work Groups and User Lenovo PBGH. SVEF’s domestic forum is a member of Agilent Technologies Groups (Domestic) LinkedIn AMD PBGH and supports their mission through a Marvell Apple strategic alliance. All PBGH activities are available Routine webinars include a planned presentation Mentor Graphics to SVEF members and the groups’ respective and an opportunity for roundtable discussion. Work memberships work together in various ways. groups gather to share insights or impact a specific NetApp CA Technologies, Inc. subject area. User groups are made up of a vendor’s American Benefits Council (ABC) clients and focus on vendor-specific issues. American Benefits Council is a nationally NXP Citrix Work Groups Oracle recognized employer resource for global benefits. Palo Alto Networks SVEF has an affiliate partnership with ABC and  Retirement program eBay PayPal participate in a number of ABC-sponsored  Leave of Absence program management activities. Facebook  Health Improvement (wellness)* Salesforce.com Flex America  Onsite Clinics* GLOBALFOUNDRIES National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH)  Affordable Care Act* Square Hewlett Packard Enterprise SVEF has a membership with the National Symantec Hitachi Data Systems Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), which User Groups HP Inc. supports networking and collaboration with other  Health plans (Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, UHC)* employer healthcare coalitions across the country. Twitter * These groups are in partnership with the Pacific Business Veritas Group on Health (PBGH) Juniper Networks VMware Keysight Technologies Workday KLA-Tencor Yahoo!

Surveys and Tools Current Projects (International) Current Projects (Domestic)

Each forum sponsors annual surveys Shared International Database Corporate Fitness Challenge and an ad hoc survey system. A subset of members utilizing the Aon-Hewitt Greater Partnering with a global vendor, SVEF members Domestic Benchmark Survey Insight product to support their organization’s benefits can participate through a collaborative pricing to This survey contains granular information about inventory and management needs. The tool supports sponsor community events, e.g. triathlons, benefit designs, offerings, and policies. The cross-company benchmarking of country-specific marathons. The platform supports inter-company summarized report includes charts and graphs benefit offerings. Access to the information when and and intra-company teams and competitions. illustrating your company’s posture compared to how you need it is priceless. Infused Rx the identified information of SVEF peer Multinational Pooling (MNP) Vendor Scorecard companies. Members refer to the data throughout A data mining process which provides the the year and leverage the customizable charts Collaborating with National Business Group on opportunity to address this “site of administration” and graphs for use in senior leadership Health’s (NBGH) Global Business Group on Health, issue, bringing value to employees, while saving communications. SVEIF has created multiple years of MNP vendor money for self-insured employers. performance reports, with proven market impact. Global Practice & Policy Survey Areas of Interest Global Employee Assistance Program This survey captures the broad global activities of Other projects include a collaborative for employer programs, e.g. global wellness and Following an extensive RFI and RFP process, SVEIF addressing pre-diabetes, a comparison of cost retirement strategies, BTA, EAP and policies. selected Optum as a preferred vendor offering calculator tools that support consumer driven discounts to employer EAP. healthcare, routine discussions about ACA Ad Hoc Surveys implementation, focused benchmarking on401(k) A valuable benefit of membership, the ad hoc and disability plans, and a movement to curtail surveys administered through the use of out-of-network pricing. SurveyMonkey license allows members to create their own “quick” 3–5 question and obtain the group results within 24–48 hours. All surveys are archived, categorized, and indexed for a comprehensive library of valuable information.

Miscellaneous Surveys Based on demand, SVEF conducts topic-specific surveys, partnering with consultants.

Toolkits: Vendor Matrix, Country Counts Reference documents track vendors used across various services and products. Country-counts inform us about where in the world we have leverage based on large headcount.

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