How could stock-based compensation — which is a company expense, after all — have helped PayPal’s performance in the quarter? Simple. The company does not consider stock awards a cost when calculating its favored earnings measure. So when PayPal doles out more stock compensation than it has done historically, all else being equal, its chosen non-GAAP income growth looks better. READ MORE
U.S. jobs come with paltry pay growth
American jobs and more of them continue to be a crowing point for the White House, as over one million jobs have been created since President Trump took office, as tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And more are likely on the way thanks to recent deals like the one Wisconsin cut with Apple (AAPL) supplier Foxconn – which alone will create 3,000 jobs. READ MORE
Balance Due
Structuring executive compensation is a delicate balancing act that isn’t getting easier. Pay plans have multiple goals — attracting and retaining top talent, motivating performance, and keeping activist shareholders at bay — that are often at odds with each other. READ MORE
Why Has CEO Pay Grown So Much Faster Than the Average Worker’s?
By now it is well established that American executives make much, much more than rank-and-file workers. In fact, in the early 2000s, the average executive earned about 135 times more than the average worker. READ MORE
Executive Compensation Practical Pointers- CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure
Some state and local governments are attempting to apply new taxes and other charges to publicly traded companies with disclosed pay ratios that exceed certain thresholds. Therefore, companies making such disclosures should consider whether these laws will apply to it and, if so, whether the ratio will exceed the applicable threshold. The company should also involve its tax department to determine any potential tax impact. READ MORE
Healthcare CEO compensation skyrocketed under ACA
The Affordable Care Act certainly hasn’t hurt the pay of CEOs from some of the largest U.S. publicly traded healthcare companies. In fact, it was just the opposite. READ MORE
Lehman Bankruptcy Ruling Shows Risk of Deferred Compensation
Judge Shelley C. Chapman of the Federal Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan has issued an opinion that provides an important reminder for employees throughout the United States who participate in deferred-compensation plans. READ MORE
Big Ten commish Jim Delany shrugs off question about reported $20 million bonus
You are what someone will pay you.
That was basically the reaction by Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany on Monday when asked about his reported $20 million bonus. READ MORE
U.S. orders Wells Fargo to reinstate whistle-blower and pay $577,500 in compensation
The U.S. Labor Department has ordered Wells Fargo & Co. to reinstate another former employee who alleged she was fired after reporting part of the widespread fraud that engulfed the bank in a major scandal.
The whistle-blower, a former branch manager in Pomona, will be reinstated and paid $577,500 in back wages, damages and other compensation, , the agency said, based on an investigation by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. READ MORE
Top 10 Ways to Change Compensation Structure Without Causing Panic
Business owners often need to make employee compensation alterations for various reasons, whether it’s to adjust for new business goals, launch new incentive programs or simply lower expenses. Unfortunately, many organizations forget to include employees in the process. This can lead to an overall sense of disappointment, anger and frustration with the employer and ultimately, hostility and lower productivity. To help avoid any unwanted surprises and keep a calm and professional working environment, we’ve asked 10 members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following question: READ MORE
Low-Income Earners See Weekly Pay Gain Faster Than Other Groups
Tighter labor market appears to be leading to better pay for workers making the least. READ MORE
CEO-to-worker compensation gap shrinks in 2016 – but it's still 271-to-1
Report by Economic Policy Institute shows slight dip over past three years but ratio is still ‘light years’ beyond that of previous decades READ MORE
Extreme compensation has become the norm
In 1965, a high-water mark of the middle class, the average CEO made 20 times the average worker’s pay. Since then, the gap has grown 17-fold to more than 340 times the average worker’s pay. READ MORE
Survey Shows Job Satisfaction High, Compensation Satisfaction Lags
The good news? Overall U.S. employee job satisfaction continues to rank highly at 89 percent. The not-so-good news? There's a wide gap between those who rate satisfaction with compensation as very important (61 percent) and those who actually feel very satisfied with their current level of compensation (26 percent). This 35 percentage-point difference regarding compensation was the largest gap noted in the 2016 Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Survey from the Society for Human Resource Management. READ MORE
Wells Fargo official: Executives have been held accountable for scandal
As the bank continues to rebuild its image, Wells Fargo CFO John Shrewsberry insisted Friday that the institution has taken aggressive steps and has held its leaders accountable for the fake accounts scandal. READ MORE
How to Transition to Employee Ownership
If your exit plan involves your employees taking over, these smart tips will help ensure that they're ready when you walk out the door. READ MORE
Wells Fargo Is Trying to Bury Another Massive Scandal
The bank became notorious last year for creating fake accounts on behalf of customers. Now it's trying to kill a class-action lawsuit over shady debit card fees. READ MORE
Whole payout? Whole Foods officials stand to get $171 million on Amazon deal
Whole Foods Market executives and insiders will be able to afford to shop at the famously high-priced organic grocer for years to come if regulators and shareholders green-light the Texas company’s $13.7 billion merger with Amazon. READ MORE
The 3 most likely explanations behind decades of soaring executive pay
Why has executive pay soared when the average American worker has seen wages stagnate in recent years? READ MORE
Superstar athletes, entertainers and sky-high CEO compensation
If superstar athletes pull down major scratch, why complain about the bulging pay of top chief executives? But there are plenty of differences between the two. READ MORE