RewardNerds
This podcast covers topics within Rewards, Compensation & Benefits, including the EU Pay Transparency directive, HR Tech, and best practices. Hosted by Jon Sannes, founder of Nordic Reward Partners, it features practitioners sharing their experiences in a Nordic and global setting. The show aims to inspire listeners working in Rewards and broader HR fields.
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Gauging the Current State of the EU Pay Transparency Directive
Season 2, Episode 1: In this season’s premiere of Reward Nerds we’re back with MEP Kira Marie Peter-Hansen gauging the state of the Pay Transparency implementation process. Kira was one of two chief negotiators on the Directive, and she will take us on a tour behind the scenes of the political dialogue leading up to the adoption of the Directive and we will deep-dive into the likely near future of
The role of DE&I vs. Rewards - their interplay now and in the future
In this episode of Reward Nerds, Jon is talking with Tina Albrechtsen, who is not only an expert within the field of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, she also has a keen interest in understanding the brain and how that affects organizations and the solutions we develop. Together they explore the interplay within the Rewards and DE&I disciplines and their impact on the business.Plot spoiler:
Preparing the leadership team for Pay Transparency
Stephen Parker is the founder, owner and director at Leadership & Talent, which is an organization that makes leadership training. His mantra is “everyone deserves a good leader” and through more than two decades he has been training leaders and not least training leadership training program designers across the globe, creating the foundation for great places to work.Spoiler alert: In this epi
Working with Rewards in a low profit margin business
Bjørn Kjerulf is a seasoned player in the Rewards industry. He started as a student assistant in the 90s conducting his first salary survey from scratch, and since then he’s been a key figure in developing our nerdy niche field from the more transactional Comp & Ben to the growing field of Rewards that we see today. His career encompasses a variety of different angles on Rewards, from a union,
Differences in Rewards between Europe and the United States
In this episode Jon is chatting with Søren Mieritz Anderson, a seasoned Global Reward Director, who has worked in both European-based and US-based global companies and subsidiaries. In the interview, they reflect on the various differences there are in the ways we work with Rewards on each side of the pond, and they also touch upon some of the implications of and experiences with pay transparency
Becoming transparent - Novo Nordisk's journey toward the launch of their internal Pay Transparency program
In this episode Jon is interviewing Keld Nielsen, who is Sr. Director, Total Rewards at Novo Nordisk and who's been instrumental in their journey toward internal Pay Transparency. On April 1, 2025, Novo Nordisk announced that they are launching their internal Pay Transparency program, which they have been working on even before the EU announced the Pay Transparency Directive, thus becoming a world
Becoming a Fair Paying Employer - The Road to Fair Pay Certification
In this episode Jon is interviewing Henrike von Platen, who is the founder of Fair Pay Innovation Lab (FPI). The interview is centered on Henrike's mission to ensure it will not take 200 years before we have pay equity - in Europe and the World. She tells the story of her journey from the years leading up to her founding the FPI in 2017 until today, where FPI is a renovned non-profit well on the w
Tech and AI in Rewards
In this episode Jon is interviewing Alexander Gram Jensen from PayGap on the topic of tech and AI in Rewards and how software can make our work-lives easier and how it may potentially change the nature of our work as Rewards professionals. Naturally the topic of the upcoming Pay Transparency legislation and reporting requirements is also discussed, as is how to use AI and what to be aware of when
Understanding the Pay Transparency Directive
We were curious about some of the details of the EU Pay Transparency Directive and who better to ask than the chief nogotiator herself? Kira Marie Peter-Hansen was one of two chief negotiators bringing the Pay Transparency Directive to life and we had the pleasure of speaking with her directly on this topic, when she attended a roundtable we hosted in January 2024 with Rewards specialists from acr
Pay Transparency in a historical perspective
We take a look at the timeline leading up to the EU Pay Transparency Directive, talk about women's suffrage across Europe and important international events within the area of pay equity. We also touch upon some of the things companies can do to prepare for the upcoming pay transparency legislation and why it is important to be ready when the implementation deadline of June 7, 2026, rolls around.I
The Basics of the EU Pay Transparency Directive
We deep-dive into the main themes of the EU pay transparency directive and discuss the implications it has on companies operating within the EU, especially the departments of Finance and HR including Rewards / Compensation & Benefits. We discuss the requirements as they are known now, pre-implementation, and how best to safeguard against a negative effect on the business. This episode is hoste
Welcome to Reward Nerds
In this prequal we will briefly introduce ourselves and the Reward Nerds podcast. Jon Sannes is hosting the podcast and in this prequel he's joined by Marie, who is also a partner of Nordic Reward Partners. The music used in this podcast is a piece called "New Funk" by the Ukrainian composer Vlad Gluschenko. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
